elias444

Recently, my dad and I were up on our New England pond sitting out on the dock when we saw fish blitzing on the surface out in the middle of the lake. Picture bluefish, arched backs, heads out of the water, all in a concentrated area. So we got in a boat, grabbed some rods and went out to investigate. A Blitz started and I cast into the boil and brought out a 22 inch largemouth, in the middle of the lake! Now as far as we know, there are no baitfish like alewives in the pond, however there are white perch. Our theory was that, the white perch fry clumped together in the middle of the lake, and all the big largemouths left the safety of their spots in the weeds to feed on this white perch "Bait ball". We have no idea if this is correct reasoning, yet have never heard of anything like this happening before. Can anyone shed some light onto this mystery? Has this happened to you? Do you know why it might happen? Thanks, I'm really curious Elias