well we went to the pickerel pond hoping that they were getting ready to spawn. i think the water is still a little bit too cold. they will probably be spawning in a few weeks to a month.

anyway, i had a spoon on and my dad had an inline spinner on his new UL combo. he was reeling in his spinner over deep water and when it got close to him he just started fooling around with it in the water. a bass took it! lol. that was quite a suprise. he said that the bass had absolutley no fight what so ever. he didnt even feel a strike. he just felt resistance and saw his line moving side to side. he landed the beast (lol) and i walked around the pond to take a pic:

first bass of '08 for the Saavedra Fishing Team! ;D it measured 16.25" long and we didnt weigh it but my dad said it felt like 2lbs. looks like 2lbs too.

Tell Mr. D Congrats.  

Dad looks a little chilly.Nice fish,fellas.

congrats y'all.    

way 2 go dad.

congrats

 Congrats fellows!

yeah it was pretty cold. wasnt too unbareabley cold though.

i taught my dad how to use a baitcaster yesterday too. so that was kinda cool.

yeah it was pretty cold. wasnt too unbareabley cold though.

i taught my dad how to use a baitcaster yesterday too. so that was kinda cool.

Then he taught you how to fish  ;D

That's a nice fish.  I'm still learning to fish (correctly).  I went all last year and didn't catch one that size.  I've only ever had a couple that were close to that size in largemouths.  Now white bass and hybrids, that's another story.  

That first fish of the year is always nice to brag about. Especially when a lot of us in the Northeast still cant even cast in open water yet :'(