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Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 21, 2011
Subject:
Spring Pond 07/21
Message:
Thanks to MarkO for reminding me that I can kill time at ponds other than Stub Pond! :D I fished Spring Pond from my Trophy 126 this morning, from 8:15 am to 9:45 am. It was already sunny and warm, with an on again, off again south breeze. I launched at the culvert on the west shore of the south cove: [img:16c0a95942]http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8153/img0821v.jpg[/img:16c0a95942] I worked my way counter-clockwise around the cove. I wanted to drag a frog over the weeds in the shallow area on the west shore that's just south of the culvert. It wasn't long before I got a good hit, reeled in the slack line and set the hook on a nice largemouth bass: [img:16c0a95942]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/117/img0818zo.jpg[/img:16c0a95942] It was 16 inches long. At this point, I realized that I had left my digital scale in the trunk of my car, but the bass weighed about two pounds. 10 minutes later, I got a hit from what I could tell was a smaller bass and set the hook on it, but lost it after I got it out of the weeds and within a few feet of my kayak. It was a small keeper, maybe 12 or 13 inches long, so I wasn't too upset about losing it. And 10 minutes after that, I got a big hit and set the hook on a really good bass. It pulled drag, and swam underneath my kayak and turned it. I was relieved when I finally pulled it out of the weeds and lipped it: [img:16c0a95942]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6171/img0819jm.jpg[/img:16c0a95942] It was 21 inches long and a solid 4+ pounds. Whoo hoo! I debated putting it on a stringer or in my new net (yes, Daryl, I got a net :roll: ) while I retrieved my scale from the trunk of my car, but after reading Flipper's post about losing some pike to the heat this year, I decided to just release it. Now, if it had been 22 inches or longer, it might have had to wait before being released. . . . :wink: I didn't get any more hits after that, but the south and east shores of the south cove don't have much weed cover. I had hopes for the weedy shallows to the south of the south island, but got nothing there. I had a good 1-1/2 hours on the water, anyway. :D
Author:
Flipper
Date:
Jul 21, 2011
Message:
Nice catch. You don't have to worry about bass that way, though. They are a much heartier fish than pike. Bass and cats can stay out for a while and be fine. Pike remind me of trout in this manner - wussies out of water.
Author:
Fishface
Date:
Jul 21, 2011
Message:
Nice Job Phil, The Trophy was the game changer. Tim
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