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Author:
PECo
Date:
May 14, 2010
Subject:
Batterson Park Pond 05/14
Message:
I got to Batterson around 9:30 AM. I've been relying pretty heavily on wacky-rigged five-inch watermelon Yum worms so far this year, so I decided to fish only other lures for a while. I explored the deeper area to the right of the boat launch facing out (i.e., the southeast corner) and didn't get a nibble. I used a shad rap and a soft plastic Storm bluegill, and worked my way around the corner and north about 200 yards. Nada. After a few casts into the center of the corner area of the pond, I paddled across to the western shore (i.e., to the left of the boat launch facing out). I also tried swirly tail plastic jigs and a swirly tail plastic worm, but got nothing as I worked my way around the first corner. After an hour and a half of absolutely nothing, I pulled out the wacky-rigged worm and on the fourth or fifth cast caught a 16-inch, 1 lb. 11 oz. largemouth bass. I've decided that the bass in Batterson are lazy and just want to eat their food off the bottom. They were totally uninterested in every swimming lure I tried.
I ended up catching four largemouth bass:
16-inch, 1 lb. 11 oz.
9-inch
15-inch, 1 lb. 11 oz.
14-inch, 1 lb. 6 oz.
The 16-incher and 9-incher were caught on five-inch watermelon Yum worms. The 15-incher and 14-incher were caught on red and black four-inch Cabela's garlic-impregnated glowing worms, because I ran out of the five-inch worms. The last two fish also showed some signs of predation. The 15-incher had red marks on both sides of its body and the 14-incher had some older marks on one side. Are there pickerel or pike in the pond?
If anyone has luck at Batterson with any other lure/technique, please let me know. I'd love to try something else that works.
Author:
slimecoat
Date:
May 14, 2010
Message:
A 16" bass weighs approximately 3lbs. in just about any body of water in CT.
Are your weights just estimates, or do you need a new scale? :D
Author:
PECo
Date:
May 14, 2010
Message:
I've always evaluated my largemouth bass by length, but everyone else seems to go by weight, so I just got one of those Berkley digital scales from Walmart. I checked it on some dumbbells and it appears to be fairly accurate. Maybe I'm just catching all the skinny fish. I already had a Lipper Push Button Fish Gripper that has a certifiable spring scale on it, but I don't trust the scale. I got it because I got tired of cutting my fingers on chain pickerel teeth and needed something with which to hold them.
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