Went to my former boss's pond this afternoon;  high 80s, light wind, partly cloudy. and bright sunshine.  Tried several lures at the deep end and then mid-pond with no takers.  Got to the shallow(3-4'), upper end and started throwing a Viva Pencil(Japanese, 1/4 oz popper) lure.  She rolled on it at about 3:30 PM but I didn't know it was a nice one until I got her to the shore.

Got 2 or 3 more small ones on the same bait and then headed home.

Dan

wow wtg nice bass

Awesome fish Dan! 8-)

Jason

Awesome!! I guess the fish near you have spawned?

viva la pencil.

didn't we have a few posts about pencil poppers being bigtime saltwater lures that never really made it in freshwater form?

Maybe it's an idea whose time has come.

way to git er done Mr. Imus.

I mean Dan.

I really don't know if they've spawned out yet :-/.  I'm guessing some have and some haven't?

Thanks guys and Avid, ya got me 8-).

Dan

Did you measure the length? That looks to me like the biggest, or at least longest bass you have ever posted.

Man, you're on a roll...Keep it up!

That is a loooong fish man and what a head! Congrats Dan! 8-)

Forgot to post she weighed 6 lbs, 5 ozs. and was 25" long.  Her head was huge compared to her body.  My former boss, has added forage fish and two feeders to help grow the Bass.

Look at the head on that thing!! Nice fish.

it looks like a bobble head, nice fish.

That's a really nice fish! You can tell in the last pic how big the head is compared to the rest of the body. It almost looks deformed.

Hope you're having some nice cigars after catching all these nice fish.  

Hope you're having some nice cigars after catching all these nice fish.  Wink

A Partagas Lusitania for sure!

Dan

Way to go Dan!!

Very nice fish, but JUST as important,

LOOK AT THAT ROD AND REEL COMBO!  

Thanks Robert.  It's a MB F5-66X Bearing Down rod and a Daiwa Pixy(tuned by DR, becoming a Pixilla!)

Dan

Way to go! I love top water fishing.  

Lightningrod,

I hate to hijack this thread, but I've got to ask you this.  Is that Imus in your little side picture beneath your name?

By the way, nice bass.

Imus?  heck no!  That's Dan when he had long hair.  

Lightningrod,

I hate to hijack this thread, but I've got to ask you this.  Is that Imus in your little side picture beneath your name?

By the way, nice bass.

Yep, that's him and thanks.  I changed my avatar in his support right after he got screwed.

Robert:  I've still got my wavy hair that grows long except I like it cut short.  Wait until you get my age and you might just be glad for any hair....

Dan