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Author:
PECo
Date:
Mar 12, 2011
Subject:
Countryside Park - Upper Pond 03/12
Message:
This will probably be my last report from Countryside Park. The ice looks like it's almost done. I put my foot through it on the edge at the shore. However, if today was the last day, it was a beautiful one. The sun was out, there was very little wind and it was warm. When I left Simsbury Reservoir yesterday, I discovered that three of the minnows left in my bucket had come back to life. I set three tip-ups immediately after I got on the ice at 10:00 am and began jigging in the middle of the pond. There was just a very thin layer of ice on most of the old holes, so I only drilled a few today. I lost the last of my waxies somewhere, so I baited my micro jig with Gulp maggots. And whaddaya know, they actually work! Within half an hour, I jigged up a yellow perch: [img:f1358598f9]http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5373/20110312countrysidepark.jpg[/img:f1358598f9] And five minutes after that, I jigged up a short largemouth bass: [img:f1358598f9]http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/5373/20110312countrysidepark.jpg[/img:f1358598f9] I got a couple of flags, but missed the hooksets. I jigged up another perch, another bass and another perch, but around noon the bite died. Completely. :cry: However, at 2:00 pm, just as I was thinking of packing it in, I got another flag. By the time I got to the tip-up, the fish had stopped pulling out line. So I pulled up the slack and set the hook. I knew immediately that it was a good fish and when it flashed by the bottom of the hole, I saw that it was gold! It did NOT want to put its head into the hole! But I finally got it: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiSAe2N7qx0[/youtube] It was just over 16 inches long and weighed one pound, 12 ounces. Whoo hoo! Not THAT's a good way to end the ice fishing season!
Author:
metalfish
Date:
Mar 12, 2011
Message:
Congrats bro. Nice fish .
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Mar 12, 2011
Message:
Nice fish! Nice way to end the season indeed.
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