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Author:
avidangler
Date:
Sep 09, 2013
Subject:
Lake Winfield/Zeiner Pond
Message:
After helping my grandfather mow his lawn today,i headed over to Winfield since i was close by. I hadn't been there since last year and was curious about how things were there.I arrived at 5:30PM and saw that the place was surrounded by thick cattails.Most of the place was now unfishable from shore.I parked at the end on Seymour road and started walking counter clockwise around it.The first spot i tried was directly across from the launch. I used a Jr spook brown back/light gold sided/red throat and eyes/white belly.The first spot only resulted in a small pickerel going airborne and missing the spook.I decided to move on and went to the cove and fished off the rocks.A few casts and i ended up with a small pickerel that came from the right side of the island. [img:f8f3d5aa7b]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21716[/img:f8f3d5aa7b] I took a few more casts on that side and only had 2-3 swirls and misses.I then started casting to the left side.When the spook hit the water i didn't even have a chance to work it before a small bass grabbed it [img:f8f3d5aa7b]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21723[/img:f8f3d5aa7b] .I made another farther cast and the same thing happened again.Another small bass hit it immediately. [img:f8f3d5aa7b]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21718[/img:f8f3d5aa7b] .Things died down a bit so i moved on. The next spot i tried was from the old beach area.It was overgrown with cattails so i MADE A SPOT and stepped on a bunch so i could cast.I had a ton of swirls,misses and lost a few small bass there.I did however manage to hook and land another 2 small bass there. [img:f8f3d5aa7b]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21733[/img:f8f3d5aa7b][img:f8f3d5aa7b]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21728[/img:f8f3d5aa7b] .I had 1 large bass follow my lure into a foot of water and keep bumping my spook over 4 casts but,it wouldn't actually hit it.It looked to be a 2-3 lber.I would have broken out the scale had i caught it. Again,things died down and i started down the other side heading back to my truck. About half way back i tried one more clear spot.The only thing there was another larger pickerel going airborne and missing the spook.It's nuts to see a fish leap about a foot and a half out of the water after that thing,even if they don't actually hit it and hook themselves. I made a complete trip around and it was now 7:00PM. I decided to go rather than walk around to the first spot again.A lot of small fish and a lot of action.I bet if i were in a canoe or kayak i would have been able to hit a lot more spots and possibly caught more fish.The water was pretty clear and there was only a small amount of algae at the end where i parked.There were lilly pads along half the lake edge.The cove was about 1/4 covered with them.
Author:
Wanna Fish
Date:
Sep 10, 2013
Message:
Those little ponds can hold some gems!
Author:
avidangler
Date:
Sep 10, 2013
Message:
I think I'm going to go back there today with waders. That way i can get on the inside of those thick cattails.
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