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Author:
PECo
Date:
Nov 15, 2010
Subject:
Nod Brook WMA 11/15
Message:
After catching the skunk this weekend at Spring Pond [b:4d9653694e]and[/b:4d9653694e] Winchester Lake, I had to hit the water today. I texted TurtleKiss (aka Kira) and arranged to meet her at the north end of the lower (i.e., north) pond at Nod Brook WMA. She wasn't able to get there until 1:15 pm, but I was on the water around 11:00 am. It was totally overcast today. I'm not sure about the air temperature, but it was probably around 50 degrees. I launched from the shallows by the outlet to the Farmington River in my Hobie (aka The Other Woman), which was difficult because the water level in the pond is a half a foot lower than it was last week. I forgot to charge the battery for my fish finder, so I don't know the water temperature. I'll just say that it was cold. [b:4d9653694e]Brrrr![/b:4d9653694e] The water was tea stained and clear down to only two feet. I started throwing a one ounce River2Sea Bottom Dweller Stock Trout swimbait and a three-eighths ounce Strike King Redeye Special chartreuse spinnerbait. I got nothing as I worked my way south through the channel and into the area in the main body of the pond that's clear of weeds. I remembered Jon Stanco's report about having success with a dropshot on Cedar Lake. Since a dropshot would be tough to throw in the weedy pond, I decided to tie on a Texas rigged 10 inch swirlytail worm. After only a few casts, I felt a tug on the worm as I dragged it along the bottom and set the hook on a solid 13 inch largemouth bass:
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Whoo hoo! Skunk off! :D After Kira arrived, I helped her launch in The Other Woman and settled into El Habaņero. About 30 minutes later, I landed an 11 inch largemouth bass while dead sticking a wacky rigged five inch green pumpkin/red flake Senko as I actively fished the Texas rig:
[img:4d9653694e]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2175/1115101351corrected.jpg[/img:4d9653694e]
Several minutes later, Kira yelled that she had a fish on, but then she lost it. Almost immediately afterward, I felt a twitch on my wacky rig and yelled that I had a fish on, but then I lost it. After some satisfying cursing, I went to reel my wacky rig in and, surprise, the fish was back on. I saw that it was a good 16 to 17 inch largemouth bass, but as I tried to lip it next to the boat, it spit the hook. Sonofab*tch! A lot of less satisfying cursing followed. I worked my way around the pond in a clockwise direction, over the thick weeds along the east and south shores where Kira really couldn't go in The Other Woman. It wasn't until I got to the southwest corner of the pond where the culvert from the upper (i.e., south) pond empties into the lower pond that I got a hit on the wacky Senko and landed a 16 inch, two pound, six ounce largemouth bass:
[img:4d9653694e]http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9749/2010111516inch2pound6ou.jpg[/img:4d9653694e]
Around 4:00 pm, as the sun began to set, I landed another 11 inch largemouth bass on the wacky Senko in the less weedy area of the east shore. We got off the water shortly after 4:30 pm, when it got really dark. Unfortunately, other than the one that got away and a follow by a yellow perch, Kira didn't get any action. But we'll give it another shot tomorrow!
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Nov 15, 2010
Message:
Nice job Phil! Not bad for the cold water conditions. Those fish at Nod Brook must know your name by now ;) Maybe some day I'll get to fish there.
Author:
weekend angler
Date:
Nov 15, 2010
Message:
Great Job!
BTW- I'm thinking of heading to Ball Pond in New Fairfield Friday, have you ever been?
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