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Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 08, 2010
Subject:
Spring Pond 07/08
Message:
I beat the heat today and went fishing in my kayak on Spring Pond from 5:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Despite the forecast of sunny skies, it was overcast until noon. Hallelujah! I decided to fish up the W shore, because my father-in-law caught a decent 18-incher in the SW corner of the pond the last time we were there. Until that fish, I had never seen one taken off the W shore in the S cove.
To paraphrase Steven1Smith, the early wacky-rigged watermelon/red flake Yum Dinger gets the fish. I had my best day on Spring Pond in a while. I caught only largemouth bass, 11 in all:
18 inches, 2 lbs 8 oz, SW corner
16 inches, W shore, S cove
16 inches, 1 lb 11 oz, W shore, S cove
16 inches, 1 lb 13 oz, W shore, S cove
14 inches, NW corner of S island
12 inches, E shore, N by hyacinths
11 inches, E shore, N by hyacinths
14 inches, NE cove
12 inches, NE cove
19 inches, 2 lbs 6 oz, E shore, S of basalt boulder and pebble beach
11 inches, E shore, S cove
Here's the 18-incher:
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I caught the 18-incher on my second cast and the first 16-incher on my third cast. I didn't weigh the first 16-incher, because it had swallowed the hook and I didn't want to stress it any more after removing the hook with my forceps.
The last two fish were caught on a soft plastic crawdad with an appropriately-sized jig head. I think I'm going to start using larger soft plastics more often, instead of worms. Bigger bass seemed to love the crawdad. I was five feet from the shore when I tied it on and threw it into the shallows next to my kayak to see how it would sink/swim. The 19-incher swooped in, grabbed it and pulled it 10 feet up the shore. The fish spit out the lure, but I reeled it in, straightened it out, threw it 20 feet up the shore and the fish grabbed it again immediately. I was surprised that the 19-incher weighed less than the 18-incher. I guess it was a skinny fish:
[img:abdaa18532]http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6978/2010070819inch2lb6ozlar.jpg[/img:abdaa18532]
I hooked a 3+ pounder on the crawdad off the E shore on the S end of the S cove that pulled my kayak around for several seconds. I saw very clearly that the hook was through its upper lip and was taking my time reeling it in when it dove, banged against the bottom of the kayak and somehow managed to spit the hook. I know that it was over 3 lbs, and while I was yelling "[b:abdaa18532]Sonofab*tch[/b:abdaa18532]!" over and over, I was left to wonder whether it was over 4 pounds. [b:abdaa18532]Sonofab*tch![/b:abdaa18532]
All in all, though, I had a terrific morning. I even got a light case of largemouth bass thumb. Like Flipper said, It sure beats working.
Author:
DV
Date:
Jul 08, 2010
Message:
Looks like a good outing, I also hooked into something large my last time there. I was surprised by the amount of vegetation growth since my last visit.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 08, 2010
Subject:
It's not too weedy
Message:
Derek
The water's still a little murky, but there are fewer weeds in the pond now than there were a few weeks ago. I was able to see that the W side of the S cove is very shallow. A large area is only a couple of feet deep. It's so clear of weeds that I was wondering whether they had used an herbicide in there. However, I forgot to look at the sign before I left.
Phil
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