My latest trip was over to Walter
pond. This time it was just me and Jeremy. We had plenty of daylight left so we
decided to take fly rods and spinning rods. 
We arrived at the pond at around 5.
We started with fly rods and cahills. I was eager to catch some fish to use my
new measure net! Luckily I got to christen it with some fish.
Most of the time the net was
obnoxiously unnecessary but like I said, I just wanted to use it to measure my
fish. I drew first blood with a gill and a bit later Jeremy did as well. Gills
were a plenty but then at one point they just stopped eating flies at which
point I tied on a popper and tried for some bass. I had a couple strike the
popper but none of them stuck. 
Meanwhile Jeremy went to work with a
rubber worm and did what he does on the
bait caster. For whatever reason there is a specific worm that the bass
there LOVE! It is a blue with a chartreuse tip. He continued catching bass
after bass.
After a while I switched over to
this worm and spinning rod as well. Within the first five casts I had a fish
on, a nice little bass. I got to measure all of my bass with my new measure net
so I was happy about that.
I continued to catch a few bass as did Jeremy.
As it was getting a little darker, I tossed my senko in and had a nice
takedown. I set my hook, reeled in and this fish pulled right back! I knew it
was going to be a nice one. I reeled and reeled and this bruiser peeled line
for moments at a time. Just when I would think that I had it close, it would
take off and make my rod double over. Luckily it is an ugly stick so I had no
fear of it breaking but I still loosened up my drag. Eventually, this big mama
came to net and we were able to get her measured, weighed and set free. I made
sure she had plenty of water in her before I saw her violently splash and swim
away. Although she fought hard, looked fat and measured 19 inches, my scale
only read 3.6 lbs. I could have sworn she was at least 4 or 5 lbs but both of
us were surprised when the scale only showed 3.6 lbs. either way, she was a
beautiful fish and the last of the night.
Total fish: 6 bluegill + 4
Largemouth bass = 10 fish
At least you're getting out and fishing.
ReplyDeleteNice fish!
ReplyDeleteI never really trust those little hand held scales. A 19" bass is usually in the 4 lb range... so I think you can safely round up and no one will question or doubt you on it. But I do have one question...
Is that your personal best Largemouth?
That's a nice catch. One nice fish is better than catching dinks all day in my opinion.
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ReplyDeleteMissing bluegill can be annoying, but most the time it is the little ones slapping at it and can really get it in their mouth. Nice haul on the bass and gills. Thanks for sharing
Hi, Juan. I'm back to blogging again after a short break. As you know I have started afresh again with a new blog. I appreciate your support and being a BlogBuddy. First things first, could I please ask you to update your Blogroll with my current blog. If you want to leave the old one up that is fine too. However, I won't be writing there in the future.
ReplyDeleteNow, with all that said, really happy to see you getting into the Bluegill and Bass. That bigger Bass is a beauty. Nice work with the worm. Thanks for sharing. The smile on your face says it all!