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Author:
PECo
Date:
Jun 19, 2012
Subject:
Spring Pond 06/19
Message:
I decided to go fishing this morning, since I had to get up crazy early to drive my wife to the airport. I hadn't been to Spring Pond in a while, so after I dropped her off, I headed to the pond with The Other Woman to try and catch some largemouth bass. When I launched near the culvert of the west shore of the south cove just before 6:30 am, the sky was overcast and there was just a slight south breeze. The air temperature was in the upper 50s and the water temperature was 68 degrees. I could see down in the murky water less than a foot. I'd run out of white spinnerbaits, so I tied on a 1/2 ounce Crappie pattern Persuader Imaged Blade Spinnerbait. On my third cast toward the shore, I got a hit from what I knew was a decent largemouth bass: [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6729/img2815st.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9852/img2816g.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] Whoo hoo! I had forgotten how hard largemouth bass can pull! :D It weighed 3-1/2 pounds, which is exactly what I expect a 19 inch Connecticut largemouth bass to weigh. I threw the spinnerbait around the south cove for the next 1-1/4 hours, without any more hits. As I headed out of the south cove and up the east shore, I tied on a wacky rigged green pumpkin/red flake five inch Senko. After a few casts toward the shore, it was picked up by a 17 inch, two pound, five ounce largemouth bass: [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6773/img2817yk.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] I had been throwing the spinnerbait and the wacky Senko into clear water along the shore and around weedbeds, so I decided to tie on a Bullfrog Zoom Horny Toad and head back into the south cove to hit the weeds. As I threw it over the weeds off of the south shore of the south island, I got a hit and set the hook on another 17 inch largemouth bass: [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7682/img2819em.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] Although I measured its length on my Hawg Trough measuring board, I didn't weigh it because the hook had gotten into one of its gills and it was bleeding all over the place. I quickly released it and it swam away pretty strongly, but it left a bloody mess: [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/2982/img2820jc.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] As the south breeze became a steady five mile per hour south wind, the air temperature rose into the low 60s and the water temperature rose to 72 degrees, I headed up the east shore and into the northeast corner of the pond. As I passed a weedbed, I heard a splash and saw a swirl in the water behind be, so I tossed the wacky Senko at it over my shoulder. When the Senko hit the bottom, it was picked up by a 13 inch largemouth bass: [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5385/img2822tp.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] I worked my way across the north end of the pond and down the west shore. It wasn't until I approached the channel between the south island and the west shore that the frog got me another 13 inch largemouth bass over a weedbed underneath a tree on the west shore: [img:6105ce1b8f]http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1941/img2823y.jpg[/img:6105ce1b8f] I headed off of the water just after 11:15 am. Man, it felt good to catch some largemouth bass, again! :D
Author:
SAP284
Date:
Jun 19, 2012
Subject:
Re: Spring Pond 06/19
Message:
[quote:b5500fa770="PECo"]I headed off of the water just after 11:15 am. Man, it felt good to catch some largemouth bass, again! :D[/quote:b5500fa770] I can tell by the smiles, and by the first picture! That's awesome, thanks for the report Phil.
Author:
CT_BASSman
Date:
Jun 19, 2012
Message:
Awesome catches! Spring pond in Granby? Always wanted to fish there but via google maps it looks like a long haul thru woods into it
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