I launched shortly after four in near darkness. I considered the weather to be perfect, with no wind, cloudy skies, and fog. I did okay, landing 26 bass and some solid fish. I pity folks who never get to see the world when it's still sleepy. And I hope that all my fellow BR anglers will get to launch onto a lonesome lake/bog/pond at least once in their lives, water without people, docks, and other boats. If you don't have such water, I hope that seeing pics of this morning's pond will motivate you to reach such a place. Here's a peek at the pond through the woods:

 

 

And here's looking at the pond from the shore where I launch:

 

 

This was my second bass, an 18.75-incher.

 

 

I caught some other thick fish:

 

 

I also caught some short fish that were thick. It's good to see the kids are alright and eating well. Shout out to The Who for borrowing their line!

 

 

Now let's take a pretty picture break!

 

 

I caught some healthy, average-sized bass too:

 

 

I caught one bass on a spinnerbait, three on a green pumpkin ribbon tail worm, and the rest on a Loon-colored (black) Whopper Plopper. That Whopper Plopper has caught so many bass that it's looking like one of my old musky lures, having lost a third of its paint. What was strange was that I couldn't catch a single bass on my underspin with a green pumpkin Crush City Mayor. Didn't even get a single hit on that and that's my best lure most trips.

 

One last pond pic!

 

 

 

Beautiful, magical, whimsical, and a bunch of other adjectives 😎

I just love those pictures. Out here I am fishing big rivers but when I lived in PA and NC I used to fish small bodies of water like you show from a small boat I built myself while I was in grad school. Launching at ponds in the woods with that thing was always such a blast. I don't get to experience that out here but your photos really trigger some great memories.

Nice bass! We can launch in middle of nowhere in desolate darkness but lake/pond/bogs don’t exist naturally in the entire state of TN. But I plan on doing something similar in a creek/river this weekend or next sans the canoe, gotta do a swim/wade where I’m going 

 

land is too steep for water to sit still, it rolls downhill 

Very nice. I prefer having my fun in the dark.

On 8/15/2024 at 10:33 AM, ol'crickety said:

I launched shortly after four in near darkness. I considered the weather to be perfect, with no wind, cloudy skies, and fog. I did okay, landing 26 bass and some solid fish. I pity folks who never get to see the world when it's still sleepy. And I hope that all my fellow BR anglers will get to launch onto a lonesome lake/bog/pond at least once in their lives, water without people, docks, and other boats. If you don't have such water, I hope that seeing pics of this morning's pond will motivate you to reach such a place. Here's a peek at the pond through the woods:

 

 

And here's looking at the pond from the shore where I launch:

 

 

This was my second bass, an 18.75-incher.

 

 

I caught some other thick fish:

 

 

I also caught some short fish that were thick. It's good to see the kids are alright and eating well. Shout out to The Who for borrowing their line!

 

 

Now let's take a pretty picture break!

 

 

I caught some healthy, average-sized bass too:

 

 

I caught one bass on a spinnerbait, three on a green pumpkin ribbon tail worm, and the rest on a Loon-colored (black) Whopper Plopper. That Whopper Plopper has caught so many bass that it's looking like one of my old musky lures, having lost a third of its paint. What was strange was that I couldn't catch a single bass on my underspin with a green pumpkin Crush City Mayor. Didn't even get a single hit on that and that's my best lure most trips.

 

One last pond pic!

 

 

 

Speechless!

@Blue Raider Bob: I know you love a pretty pond, Bob. You love them like I do. 

On 8/15/2024 at 11:33 AM, ol'crickety said:

I pity folks who never get to see the world when it's still sleepy

My favorite time of day.

 

On 8/15/2024 at 11:33 AM, ol'crickety said:

And I hope that all my fellow BR anglers will get to launch onto a lonesome lake/bog/pond at least once in their lives, water without people, docks, and other boats.

I'm with ya 100% Katie. I don't have any lonesome waters available, but I often have the lake to myself for awhile during the hours I operate during the warmer months. 

 I love those bog pics. Looks like my idea of Heaven.  Streets of gold and a mansion on a hill don't interest me. A dirt road leading to a cabin on the shore of a quiet lake on the other hand... 

1 hour ago, T-Billy said:

Streets of gold and a mansion on a hill don't interest me.

 

Tim, there are lakes in northwestern in Ontario that I loved and fished for decades and time and again, I had nightmares that civilization arrived at those lakes and built sidewalks and Dairy Queens. 

I never get tired of your pond pics.