Busy Pond - Beech Hill

It has been some time since I fished Beech Hill Pond, even tho it is in the so called back yard. But remember the state record togue was taken here years ago. So off we went. Since I bear hunt the area I was not surprised by the number of camps, large homes arund the pond. However the road traffic was high, the beech was packed, the landing was packed and the pond was full of water travelers from jet ski's to power boats to water skiers. We didn't even slow to a stop, instead we headed to Hopkins. The water had a chop to it, but that was ok as we knew the wind would shift and drop later in the day. Loons were out in force, about 6 looking for trout. A locals were working the party boats and as always waved. We saw a boat drifting with a family aboard and just as we dropped the down riggers they hollered our name. It was the Fickett Family out for a day of trout fishing. Nothing but sunfish yet. After talking a few mintues we hit the water, trolling 50 feet down and at 2.2 mph. Within 1/2 an hour we had landed two togue, one was a female with transmitter and was 23" long. The water calmed about 2 hours before dark and the fish continued to hold in 50 feet of water, but the loons seem to like our boat, as I noticed they followed us and not the kayakers or drift fisherman.