My brother Josh and I decided to check out a local pond in the kayaks. Seeing as how most waters are closed until opening day, our options were very limited. Neither of us had put much, or any time into this particular pond, but we figured we would give it a shot. We got on the water about 8:30, the air temperature was a frigid 35 degrees, while the water temp was a touch warmer, ranging between 46-49. We paddled around for a while trying to figure out where to start, surveying depth, structure and cover. With the whole pond staying pretty steady at 8ft, we decided to work the shorelines. There were a lot of lay downs on the eastern bank, and the wind was allowing us to drift south so we could get our casts in without much of an issue.
We started out throwing chatterbaits and crankbaits to cover some water. After a little while with no action, I decided to tie on a Booyah 3/8 oz black and blue jig with a Yum watermelon flake crawfish trailer. A short while later, I cast right into a lay down and pull out a dink largemouth. It wasn’t much, but it gave us a clue as to what the fish were doing. Josh also began throwing a jig, and maybe 5 casts later pulls out a nice 4.5lb largie.
A little while later, he hooks up again, a smaller but respectable 1.5lb largemouth. This jig pattern seemed to be working, so we stuck with it. We keep fishing with a few missed strikes, and not a whole lot going on. I drift down to a nice lay down with a brush pile to the right, and toss my jig in there, I pick up on the jig and I feel a tug, I set the hook, not expecting so much weight, I nearly drop my rod. I pull back on the rod again, and fish on. After a couple short runs, and turning my kayak almost 180 degrees, I grab the fish out of the water. This fish went 6.35 on the scale, my new personal best largemouth!
Overall, we were surprised at the quality of fish in this pond. We were expecting a lot of smaller fish. Instead it was the exact opposite. We’ll take it!
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