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Author:
PECo
Date:
Aug 30, 2010
Subject:
West Hill Pond 08/30
Message:
I headed out to West Hill Pond this afternoon to try my hand at drop-shotting from my Hobie. I got a late start because I had to tie flourocarbon leaders onto my 50 pound braid before I left the house. I think I got on the water around 2:45 PM. I stopped fishing around 5:45 PM. It was hot and sunny, but with a slight NNW breeze when I launched at the ramp on the N end of the lake. I headed straight for the submerged island in the bottom third of the lake. Here's a map that shows where I went:
[img:8d8ea1938c]http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7820/map1p.jpg[/img:8d8ea1938c]
Surprisingly, I didn't have any discomfort in my left leg, which had cramped up when I was pedaling my Hobie up the Connecticut River yesterday. I must have been saved by the banana that I ate before I left the house today. Or the 400 mg of Advil that I took. :shock: In any case, I had no trouble finding a nice steady pedaling pace and soon arrived at the buoy that marks the north end of the submerged island. While I dug through my tackle bag for a worm to put on my drop shot rig, I noticed a boat motoring in my direction. It was SeaDog1 in his wooden guideboat. While I was talking with SeaDog1, we drifted with the wind almost to the beach at Brodie Park on the E shore. When we parted and he headed back to the ramp, I pedaled back to the submerged island and began throwing a drop shot with a 3/8 ounce weight and a Zoom finesse watermelon/red worm. It took me a while to get the hang of dragging the weight along the bottom. But shortly after I started, I caught my first ever dropshot largemouth bass:
[img:8d8ea1938c]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4350/20100830myfirstdropshot.jpg[/img:8d8ea1938c]
It was only an 11 inch fish, but I was thrilled that the drop shot worked. I ended up catching 7 undersized largemouth bass off the submerged island and the island with the stone fireplace and chimey on it:
[u:8d8ea1938c]Submerged Island[/u:8d8ea1938c]
11 inches - watermelon/red DS
10 inches - watermelon/red DS
9 inches - watermelon/red DS
[u:8d8ea1938c]Fireplace Island[/u:8d8ea1938c]
10 inches - white lipless crankbait (snag hooked)
11 inches - watermelon/red DS
10 inches - watermelon/red DS
11 inches - black DS
I'm thinking of trying to drop shot with bigger hook and a 10-1/2 inch worm the next time. Do you think that would yield bigger fish?
Hey, SeaDog1! It was a pleasure to finally meet you out on the water, Oh, and it was nice to meet your buddy McDonough, too. :D
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Aug 30, 2010
Message:
Nice work with the dropshot Phil.
Author:
SkeeterRon
Date:
Aug 31, 2010
Message:
Peco,
I was there on Sunday with the wife, I had the safe luck fishing.
Great report was always...
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