I hit a local pond today for a bit. The water was very clear compared to what it usually is, it was a couple inches low as well due to the drought were in here. I had always done good on jigs in the pond so I had one tied on one of my rods (Revenge Flip Jig in Bluegill 3/8 oz, tipped with a Watermellon Berkley Crazy Legs Chigger Craw) and threw it to start. I had worked it slow over some high spots and through some brush with no luck. Then I messed up a cast and I decided to wind it in as fast as I could and cast where I wanted to. In about 8 turns of the handle, with the jig swimming a few inches under the surface, one hit, only about 15", but it was a start. From there, I tied a Green Sunfish colored Dirty Jigs Swim Jig tipped with a Watermellon Berkley Crazy Legs Chigger Craw on another rod. I continued to catch one on the swim jig. I started throwing a Bream colored Stanley Wedge spinnerbait and caught 2 nicer fish, one was a little over 3 lb, and the other almost 4 lb. All 4 were largemouth, and very healthy I must say. Last I fished there the fish were looking really skinny, these were for sure not starving . I had no misses and all 4 fish had literally annihilated the bait. I do believe the strikes were reaction strikes, not feeding strikes. If I could do anything differently, I would have taken a few jerkbaits along as well. I did not have my thermometer, but do believe the water was around 75 degrees, air around 80 degrees. Thanks for reading!

Ian

I hit a local pond today for a bit. The water was very clear compared to what it usually is, it was a couple inches low as well due to the drought were in here. I had always done good on jigs in the pond so I had one tied on one of my rods (Revenge Flip Jig in Bluegill 3/8 oz, tipped with a Watermellon Berkley Crazy Legs Chigger Craw) and threw it to start. I had worked it slow over some high spots and through some brush with no luck. Then I messed up a cast and I decided to wind it in as fast as I could and cast where I wanted to. In about 8 turns of the handle, with the jig swimming a few inches under the surface, one hit, only about 15", but it was a start. From there, I tied a Green Sunfish colored Dirty Jigs Swim Jig tipped with a Watermellon Berkley Crazy Legs Chigger Craw on another rod. I continued to catch one on the swim jig. I started throwing a Bream colored Stanley Wedge spinnerbait and caught 2 nicer fish, one was a little over 3 lb, and the other almost 4 lb. All 4 were largemouth, and very healthy I must say. Last I fished there the fish were looking really skinny, these were for sure not starving . I had no misses and all 4 fish had literally annihilated the bait. I do believe the strikes were reaction strikes, not feeding strikes. If I could do anything differently, I would have taken a few jerkbaits along as well. I did not have my thermometer, but do believe the water was around 75 degrees, air around 80 degrees. Thanks for reading!

Ian

Thanks for posting your successful day at the pond.