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Unfortunately I didn’t. Next time I’m there I’ll remember to snap some.

Visited the pond I checked out Monday this morning. Turned out it was worth the hike. 70 and sunny with a dead calm. Caught 21 between the Bronze eye and the Evo. Pictured below are some of the highlights.

Smallies are a blast. You’re lucky to have both in your pond(s). Around here I have to go wading in creeks and rivers to find them!

Today was just the recon. Tomorrow I have stuff to get done around the house. Wednesday will be the real adventure since I’ll be carting the canoe back there. 2.83 miles one way but it looks to be worth the effort.

Low 80s mostly sunny winds 1-7 out of the east. Scouted out a new pond today. I think it’s going to be productive. Saw lots of bass swimming around, got a few to bite and fewer still to stay hooked. Biggest pictured below.

Little better luck today than my last trip at least from a size standpoint. 74 and overcast, winds 3-7 sw. Got 6 altogether. This one being the biggest of the bunch on the Evo. And then there was this one, my first frog fish. I’m still a work in progress I had another 3 bite the frog and wiffed on the hookset.

Decided to do a quick 6 mile day hike yesterday morning. Brought along a rod just in case. Overcast skies with a light breeze from the north. Caught 19, from 3 different ponds. A buzz toad did all the heavy lifting. Bad news was it was a bunch of hyper aggressive dinks roaming the shallows in packs so no big fish.

Yeah absolutely. Has worked well for me especially around weeds.

Got out for a late afternoon trip. 79 and cloudy winds 6-11 wsw. Small murky pond ringed on 3 sides by cattails. The fourth was overgrown with trees and bushes. Long story short caught 6. 5 keepers 1 dink. All on the Mini Max except for one which was a wacky worm fish. Biggest one below. All the action was along this bank. They were relating to it loosely enough that I caught most on parallel casts, although I did get a few making casts deep into the pockets.

Sounds like an epic day! I believe 1800 is within reach for you, I know I’ll be rooting for you.

That’s a heckuva bag!

Totally makes sense. I’ll confess that I’ve thought about going over to the dark side more than once. What’s stopping me is the space considerations….and the weight. Ounces add up to pounds and pounds add up to pain.

Awesome fish! But what is this heresy about a kayak? Lol 😆

Given how prolific of an angler that you are, the amount of fish those reels have brought in boggles my mind. Shimano Corp. should be giving you a sponsorship 😂

I’ve never had much luck on them either. I’m not giving up on it, there are just too many bodies of water near me that set up well for that kind of fishing. The way I figure it’s just one of those techniques that’ll take me some time to get proficient at. For me that was the case with jigs and other topwaters including buzzbaits, but I’ve broke that curse recently. One the thing that helped me with other baits I’ve struggled with was just going out with only one rod and only that bait tied on. Forced myself to get good at it. That being said, at the end of the day fish what you want to fish. No worries.