Toogood Pond

[Aquaneko]

(07-11-2015 05:07 PM)Giuga10 Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 06:33 AM)Aquaneko Wrote:  

Caught my first ever large mouth bass today here. Was by the cat tails near area I caught the rainbow trout. Dropped a line with bobber and a worm. About 15mins later while I was on the phone I got some bobber action. The striking was on and off at some point and it was windy but every time I re-casted and reeled the line in to about the same spot I got a few strikes. After I hung up the phone I tried to set the hook in the fish about 2 times nut no luck.

The last time I let the bobber get taken under for 1-2 seconds then yanked it hard thinking my leader was too long and the winds caused it too close to the shore and it got stuck into the ground but all of a sudden it was FISH ON! The feel of the fish as it was darting away then as the fish was just under the surface before breaking the surface with a splash with that semi green color had me thinking I caught a possible rainbow trout for some reason till I tired the fish down by finessing the drag to buy me time to get to the net. When I net the fish I saw the fish was greenish. The mouth was wide but still not sure the fish I got so I took it over to the guys by the park bench shore who where fishing for carp and asked what fish it was and to thier amazement they said it was a large mouth bass and that I was lucky.

Had a few photos taken and the usual awe/surprise of some passers-by looking at it then put the fish back into the water and hoped it would recover and it did and swan away hopefully to spawn many more LMB. The LMB was approx 1.25ft long (using my shoes) and approx. 2-2.5lbs (estimate from many grocery produce trips feel). Baro pressure was low, flatline and steady according to my watch. Caught at ~09:30ish. Only got tiny nibbles the rest of the time but no hookups while I was there from 07:20 - 12:30. Tried to go fish Waldon pond by Wallys after a snack break but got stopped by the showers.

Great to hear! Would you be able to post a picture of it, I'd love to see a TooGood Pond Bass.

Thanks!

I will have to check my memory cards later this week and find it and upload it for you.

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Was at Too Good Pond last week and ran into a guy which IIRC he said he was a forum member here. Forgot what his handle was here or if his name Ratnak is his handle here. Awesome guy He was testing out his new baitcaster with a weedless frog he bought with gift cards he won at a tournament when I met him. We both did not catch any fish that day (was there for like half a day slowly moving from the metal bridge area to the left side of the ice cream shop) but I did get nibbles all day but never was able to set the hook for a hookup.

Got to try his baitcaster out and it was an experience as I have always been used to the spincast setup but amazed how far he was able to cast with a vertical line dispensing reel. Love how he was able quickly able to fix a spaghetti mess (backlash?) with the braided line he was using and definately made a believer out of my to switch to braided line when I can afford to spool up my other reels with it then the often hard to/time consuming untangling of mono line.