you may have seen the thread about the new pond i was going to last night.

well we went, and the pond is very nice, its very open, you can walk out onto this point (you get your feet wet...wear sandals ) that juts out into the very middle of the pond, so that is nice because you can cover a lot of water from the point.

there is submerged vegetation, hydrilla i think, that makes fishing trebel hooked lures a nuisance. perfect grounds for big pickerel though

but despite the great pond we didnt catch anything there, so we walked 5 minutes over to the next pond (a proven pond for us) and we each fished a green pumpkin chartail trick stick.

there was a spot where the lily pads curved in and there was some open water in a pocket of the lily pads and i told my dad to cast there and let the trick stick sink.

well he did and sure enough he hooked into a bass! but he was unable to land it because there was about 10 feet of lily pads and matted grass between the bass and him. that bass got off the hook.

probably 20 minutes later, i had moved to the other side of the pond and he had moved a little bit down the shoreline where he started. he asked me if i thought that bass in the pocket would bite again and i said it sure will, so he casted into the pocket again and hooked up! he landed this bass. it was about 10 inches long. no picture becase i had the camera and i was all the way across the pond.

right before he was about to release that bass, i hooked up with one on the other side of the pond. mine measured 9 3/4". please excuse the rediculous picture, its for the *** contest

ah so it turned out to be a bust?  even after all that pro advice i gave you!? ;D

well at least you got something decent out of the day!  That bass looks like it could go for the smallest spot