Went to a pond on the Cape with a friend yesterday.  Clear water, visibility to 18 feet.  Small and largemouth bass.  Mostly sand, maximum depth 30 feet.

Been getting interested in giving drop shotting a try, but not sure how it would work in my regular pond.  Haven't had to change a whole lot to keep 'em biting.

But a new pond, with no idea of where to find them, was an interesting opportunity to give it a shot.

I had changed the spool on one of my rigs to a spool filled with ten pound fluoro.  Tied on a number 1 Owner drop shot hook, using a palomar knot, leaving about three feet of tag end for the drop shot sinker.

Right or wrong, I'd rather be too high that too low with the bait.  A fish sees ahead and upward, but not too well below itself.  I set the sinker about two feet below the bait.

We dropped the lines just before noon, in 20 - 25 feet of water.

In a matter of minutes, my friend had caught a nice smallie with vibrant blotchy coloration.  A few minutes later, I felt a tug, which turned out to be a two pound smallmouth.  A few minutes later, another two pounder.

Wow, this is simple.  Or so I thought.

We caught a few more smaller bass, and then nothing for a half hour or so.  Move to another area.  Nothing.  Maybe a few nibbles, but that was it.

In the middle of the afternoon, I caught a three pound largemouth in 27 feet of water on the drop shot.

We tried several different strategies, jigs, wacky worms, shaky head jigs, with only an occasional fish to show for our efforts.

But, it was a beautiful day.  A nice cloud cover, a light breeze which powered a nice slow drift, and a peaceful quiet pond in the middle of Cape Cod, in the middle of the summer.  Hard to find on the Cape at vacation time.

Looking forward to going back there again.  Armed with a tiny bit of knowlege, and that there is an adjoining pond with a shallow inlet between them which is supposed to have better fishing, I expect we should do a bit better.

Nothing to brag about, other than a great day on a quiet scenic pond, with no other anglers.

We should make a movie of your drop-shot experience.  We could call it "The 67 year old virgin."  

i love reading your stories man but i wish you would take some pictures !  

TIGHT LINES

-Jason

i love reading your stories man but i wish you would take some pictures !

TIGHT LINES

-Jason

See the last post on this page.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1248792236/60#60

Very nice work Tom!

Eh, that's one hefty chain pickerel

Roger

That size pickerel is common in the early spring and from early October on.  They start to bite again after the heat of the summer.

If you notice in that photo, the trees are still in the budding stage.  Not all have their leaves.

My best from the pond was years ago, 36 inches.  Large enough to make a Northern Pike fisherman proud.

thanks man lol great pictures  

You live near the Cape? My family goes there on vacation every year. Nothin' better than walkin' down Sea Street lookin' at the houses! We always stay in Hyannis. I love Cape Cod so much, and it's so beautiful i could cry thinking about it.

You live near the Cape? My family goes there on vacation every year. Nothin' better than walkin' down Sea Street lookin' at the houses! We always stay in Hyannis. I love Cape Cod so much, and it's so beautiful i could cry thinking about it.

Live in Westport, about a half hour from the Cape Cod Canal.

Lived on the Cape from '69 to '72, in Eastham.

Living there was the pits, especially for a young family.  Electricity was outrageously priced.  Summertime traffic was horrendous.

Everything was overpriced.  The closest shopping was the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis.  Ditto for the closest hospital.

Spring weather was usually raw and cold.  Summers were impossibly crowded.  OK for the tourists, but not so nice when you had to deal with the traffic from the Fourth of July to Labor Day.

Getting onto route 6 could be a ten minute or longer ordeal.

Fall is the best time of the year.  The crowds are gone.  The ocean and bay waters that chilled the springtime weather, keep the Cape warmer well into the fall.