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Author:
PECo
Date:
Oct 12, 2017
Subject:
Spring Pond 10/12
Message:
I schlepped my kayak over to Spring Pond for a couple of hours. I was on the water from about 9:15 am to 11:15 am. The water level is very low and it's very murky. The air was a lot colder and the north wind a lot stronger than I expected. Quite frankly, I considered just heading home. I paddled slowly around the pond counterclockwise from the culvert on the west shore. As I worked my way around, I threw a wacky-rigged five-inch Senko, a drop shot 2-1/2 inch Emerald Shiner Gulp! Minnow, a drop shot four-inch Pearl White PowerBait Minnow and a weightless Keitech paddletail swimbait. I didn't get even a nibble for the first 1-1/2 hours. It wasn't until I rounded the north island that something small took a swipe at the Keitech swimbait. I quickly followed it up with the wacky Senko, but got nothing. At this point, I pretty much gave up and began heading back toward the culvert. I almost decided to stop fishing and just paddle back, but tossed the wacky Senko randomly out into the pond about 20 feet from a point on the shore. As I reeled it back in, I felt it pull through and snag up on some weeds, but as it got closer to my kayak, it began drifting toward deeper water. Hey! That's not just weeds! [img:52e917c663]http://imageshack.com/a/img922/6756/jJKEO9.jpg[/img:52e917c663] The little keeper largemouth bass fought like a clump of weeds, but I suppose I should be glad that I didn't get skunked. I guess that I should break out a spinnerbait, chatterbait or crankbait, next time.
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