Air Temperature: 55 - 72
Water Temperature: 68-71
Water Clarity: Clear/Stained
Skies: Sunny/ Partly Cloudy
Wind: 7-22 Mph, Gusts to 28 Mph
Barometric Pressure: 30.02 - 30.05
I woke up a little later than I had planned today, I was hoping to get on the water at sunrise, and try to get a good topwater bite early. Well, that didn't happen, and there was no topwater bite to be found today. I started fishing some laydowns with a jig, a square bill crank bait, and a wacky rigged pumpkinseed Cobra Bait Deadbolt. I landed my first fish after about 15 minutes on the deadbolt, probably about a pound. I continued on, and as soon as I turned the corner from where I was, I realized just how windy it was. I was tired, and I didn't feel like battling wind all day, I was so close to leaving, you have no idea. But, I stuck with it, and landed my second fish on a spinner bait. Two guys in a small aluminum boat were fishing behind me, seemingly trying to "push" me out of the way. But, I was on my spot and I wasn't moving, they can go around or wait. I'm glad I stood my ground, because I pulled 3 fish off this laydown, on 3 consecutive casts, while they sat and watched.
I kept moving, and caught a good pickerel.
I started throwing the wacky rigged deadbolt and a Cobra Bait 4" paddle tail on a drop shot near laydowns adjacent to deep water, and deep banks with a defined shade line, and began rapidly catching fish. Most fish were in 6-8ft of water, but nothing was particularly big. The majority were about a pound, a couple being a pound and a half. I worked my way back to the launch fishing like this, losing my anchor in the process.
As I was leaving, I wanted to take a cast from shore into the large stream that flows into this pond. In the summer months, the larger fish seem to stack up in there in search of colder water. I spotted two bass swimming with the current, so I cast the drop shot ahead of them, and landed one of them. Probably a little over 2lbs.
More expert level cropping!
I wound up with 14 bass and 1 pickerel. 8 bass and 1 pickerel on the deadbolt, 5 bass on the dropshot, and 1 bass on a Booyah spinner bait.
So, I caught a good number of fish, but the size of them was unimpressive. I see some Selective Harvest in my future. FISH FRY!
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