Arrived at the pond around 5:30, but it was still dark! After a few minutes

the sky began to brighten. I came with two rods rigged, one with a Rage Tail

Baby Thumper, the other with a small River2Sea liplesss crankbait. I started

out with the crank.

No luck right off the bat so I moved down the steep side of the bank.

There are several spots where fish often stage. One is marked by a

"No Swimming" sign. My first cast to this spot was about fifteen yards out and

parallel to the bank. This is when the trip really started.

Found my first nice bass of the day. Two more small fish came quickly, then

I moved on. The next big bass was hanging out just where she belonged, in

front of a little point. The first bass was 5-6, this one was better! As

soon as this big girl felt the steel, she came roaring out. Some friends

had just arrive and were greeted with quite a splash!

By now we had four guys on this bank so I moved back in a pocket at the

far end. Switched to the Thumper, but without success. I decided to pack

it out and let the other guys have the rest of the bank. For some reason

they never fish the other run which is mildly sloped.

I was about to leave, but what the heck...half the bank, the mildly sloped,

was still fresh. I tied on a 5" black & blue Senko. The first cast was to a

washed up tree. Pretty obvious target, but if you're the first guy there

we catch a fish once in a while. Yesterday was the day.

I ended the morning with three monsters from that little stretch of water.

My buddies were on the other side just watching. I bet they wandered

over after I left. Next time you're on a pond remember: On small bodies

of water, the fish can be anywhere.

Sounds like a really good day to me! Hopefully the cooler weather we've been having will get those big fish active again!

Nice job RW!

Great Day RW and the early bird obviously caught his fish. Three hawgs in the morning... Be nice to wake up to that every day WTG!

Big O

www.ragetail.com

Sounds like you smoked them. I'll bet your buddies wished they got up a little earlier.

Well done. A great lesson to be learned. One that we re-learned this past weekend. They can be anywhere, including the least likely and what appears to be the most inhospitable.

I caught 5 or 6 the other afternoon, at 3 pm... With a buzzbait. Like ya said, ya never know.

NGaHB

Nice report man! Sounds like you really know the area!

I invite a lot of friends to fish the pond.

As long as the bass are released, it seems

to work just fine.

I invite a lot of friends to fish the pond.

As long as the bass are released, it seems

to work just fine.

Good friends do just that... help their friends catch more fish! You're OK RW, regardless of what I've heard about you Waters that are conserved and not abused seem to always return the favor

Big O

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