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Author:
PECo
Date:
May 17, 2013
Subject:
Little Pond 05/17
Message:
I made the mistake of drinking coffee after noon, yesterday, so I was unable to get to sleep until after 4:00 am, this morning. I woke up at 6:30 am to make sure that my daughter put the garbage can out by the curb on her way to the school bus stop and decided to try my best to stay awake. I figured that paddling a kayak would help, so I loaded El Habaņero into my Jeep and drove out to Little Pond in Litchfield. I intended to park at the end of South Lake Street and wheel El Habaņero down the boardwalk to the pond, but the road was blocked at Gallows Lane:
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I drove down Whites Wood Road to the canoe launch on the Bantam River and got on the water at 9:00 am:
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I intended to paddle directly up the river to Little Pond, but couldn't resist fishing along the way. It ended up taking me two hours to get there. :roll: I threw a wacky rigged Watermelon & Lemon Laminate five inch Senko, a wacky rigged green/red flake five inch Gander Mountain Senko knockoff and a Bullfrog Zoom Horny Toad, which got me a short largemouth bass, a rock bass and a chain pickerel, respectively:
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[img:f9e96cb4bd]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5792/img5615cropped.jpg[/img:f9e96cb4bd]
[img:f9e96cb4bd]http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1865/img5616cropped.jpg[/img:f9e96cb4bd]
As I approached Little Pond, a steady five to 10 mile per hour wind blew from the west-northwest. I began throwing the Horny Toad over the lily pads that ring the shore of the pond in the shallows. At 11:05 pm, I finally set the hook on a decent fish:
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Whoo hoo! The largemouth bass was a solid 16 inches long and weighed two pounds, five ounces. 15 minutes later, I caught another 16 incher:
[img:f9e96cb4bd]http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/803/img5619cropped.jpg[/img:f9e96cb4bd]
And 30 minutes after that, I caught a 17 incher
[img:f9e96cb4bd]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9135/img5621cropped.jpg[/img:f9e96cb4bd]
In between largemouth bass, I caught or shook off several more chain pickerel. After I caught the 17 incher, the wind rose and began blowing at a steady 10 to 15 miles per hour:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhEOcJsRkF4&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
I [i:f9e96cb4bd][b:f9e96cb4bd]HATE[/b:f9e96cb4bd][/i:f9e96cb4bd] fighting the wind! :x At 12:42 pm, I caught a 13 incher:
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Of course, after catching four keeper largemouth bass, my goal became to catch a fifth for a full five fish bag. It took a while, but shortly before 2:00 pm, I got it:
[img:f9e96cb4bd]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3388/img5632cropped.jpg[/img:f9e96cb4bd]
Whoo Hoo! :D My lunker largemouth bass was 19 inches long and weighed three pounds, 10 ounces. Immediately after I caught it, I stowed my gear and paddled directly back to the launch. I put out from the water at 2:20 pm. Hopefully, I'll be able to stay awake until after dinner :wink:
Author:
Bluegill Terminator
Date:
May 17, 2013
Message:
Hey Phil did you use an Iphone for the video clip?
Author:
Megaman
Date:
May 17, 2013
Message:
Nice HAWGS Phil.....big bait = big bass.....jigncraw/olMONSTER/Triggedcraw id throw next...that place looks Very Bassy....
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