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Author:
PECo
Date:
May 09, 2013
Subject:
Nod Brook WMA - Lower Pond 05/09
Message:
When mep21 (aka Mark) and I went to check out the ponds at Nod Brook WMA, last weekend, we found that the [i:705acb71c0][b:705acb71c0]entire area[/b:705acb71c0][/i:705acb71c0] was closed for a dog club to run field trials. :roll: I had a few hours to kill, this afternoon, so I decided to take a kayak and check out the lower (aka north) pond. It was raining lightly when I arrived, but pretty much stopped when I launched in El Habaņero near the culvert in the southwest corner of the pond at 2:35 pm. I tied on a Bullfrog Zoom Horny Toad on a Number 4 Gamakatsu Offset Shank Worm EWG Hook and headed counterclockwise around the pond. It wasn't long before I got a hit on the frog in the middle of the south shore: [img:705acb71c0]http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/8857/img5559cropped.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] Whoo Hoo! I know it was just a 13 inch long largemouth bass, but it was a keeper. And I made a new little friend: [img:705acb71c0]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1238/img5560cropped.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] I headed up the east shore and banged it with the frog. I never get much action along that shore, so I [i:705acb71c0][b:705acb71c0]wasn't[/b:705acb71c0][/i:705acb71c0] surprised that I didn't get anything. However, as I worked my way around the shallows in the center on the north end of the pond, I [i:705acb71c0][b:705acb71c0]was[/b:705acb71c0][/i:705acb71c0] surprised that I didn't get even a swirl on the frog. :? When I hit the north shore and turned to enter the shallows in the northeast corner of the pond, it began to rain: [img:705acb71c0]http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2098/img5561cropped.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] I suspect that the sound of my paddling frog got lost in the noise of the rain hitting the surface of the water, because I got [i:705acb71c0][b:705acb71c0]absolutely nothing[/b:705acb71c0][/i:705acb71c0] with it. :? I headed south along the east shore and swapped out the frog for a wacky rigged Green Pumpkin/Red Flake five inch Senko as I entered the canal. It wasn't long before I caught a couple of more largemouth bass. The problem was that they were getting smaller and smaller. The first was 12 inches long and the second was only 11 inches long: [img:705acb71c0]http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/8938/img5562croppedjpg.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] [img:705acb71c0]http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7006/img5563cropped.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] I worked my way all the way to the end of the canal, before the rain stopped falling. When the rain stopped falling, the fish started biting: [img:705acb71c0]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/20/img5564cropped.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] This 16 inch long, 1.96 pound largemouth bass ended up being my lunker for the day. 10 minutes later, as I was making my way out of the canal, I got a 13 incher, too: [img:705acb71c0]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7425/img5567cropped.jpg[/img:705acb71c0] Almost as soon as I got back to the shallows in the northeast corner of the pond, the rain began to fall, again, but even harder than before. :? I decided to just paddle straight back to the culvert and get off of the water. It was still pouring rain when I put out at 5:20 pm. If it rains during the kayak fishing tourney on Saturday, I'll have no chance at all to win. :roll:
Author:
Michael
Date:
May 09, 2013
Message:
Nice job as always Phil!
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
May 10, 2013
Message:
Cool little turtle!
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