I just realized before posting this that this is my first spring fishing trip. Let's make this spring a good one, folks!
On Sunday we decided to hit davis pond, which we now decided
to call, “Walter Pond.” It was pretty windy so I decided against taking my fly
rod and only took the spinning rod. I knew that using the spin rod would make
it easier.
Upon getting there I went to some topwater lures. A popper,
a torpedo, and a jiter bug. No interest, which surprised me because they were
all over the small popper . After that I switched to some ratl traps and
crankbaits. Still, no takers. Jeremy decided to try some top water as well and
he wasn’t having any luck either. A bit later Walter arrived and he started
fishing with a senko. We have had a lot
of success with a green senko here so it didn’t surprise me to see Walter be the
first to catch a fish. A bit later Jeremy switched over to the green senko and
he caught a couple so what else could I do but follow their lead.
A bit later I got into my first bass. It was a nice skinny
looking fish with a big head which made me think it was a post-spawn bass. A
bit later I switched spots, cast into the cattails and caught a second bass.
Now it was all coming together. Every few casts was a strike or a fish.
During one of my casts I tossed the senko into the cattails,
it dropped and I had a fish on. This one felt a little heavier and when I
pulled it to shore I realized it was a fatty. When I lifted it out of the water
I realized it was a female with a belly full of eggs. I took a couple of pictures and made sure she
was swimming well before she left.
Towards the end of the night the wind had blown all the
slime away and the water was super clear. We could see all kinds of panfish
swimming the shallows and chasing our big lures which had hooks which were way too big for a panfish mouth.
And on top of that the wind died down which would have been great for fly
fishing! Oh well, next time I won’t
leave home without it!
Total fish: 5 Largemouth Bass
Juan
ReplyDeleteAll those bass lures you mentioned brings back fond memories of my days tournament fishing for the largemouth. Landing bass on the spinning tackle was always much more fun than landing bass on bait casting reels. I think I would have to go back and check out the bluegills, sounds like their will be a great spawn in that pond. Congrats on a great trip. Thanks for sharing
Sweet outing, Juan! I'm still waiting for a Spring like day over here. Those are some great looking LMB!
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