[Water Dog]

got out on the local pond yesterday. was cloudy and cold in the am. cleared and warmed up nicely in the afternoon. bite was slow all day. i managed 4 fish. seemed i would get one, then nothing for an hour and a half and then i would get another. i started by getting a nice suprise with a 25 inch channel cat that was fat as hell on the tip up and roach. little later i got a hit that i missed and let the jiggin rap fall right back down there and got the largie to hit it again. little later i got a snake on the tip up. then before the sun went down i jigged up a decent northern on the jiggin rap. i only missed two or three hits in between. did miss one solid doink. lots of follows that would just disappear. i thought the bite would be better once the weather cleared but it stayed slow. here are the pics.

 

[CSK]

Water Dog,
Very nice, the pond you're fishing must be of good size to support pike cats and bass.

 

[tom the fisherman]

couple of pretty pike.
well done.
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[nodlikescod]

Great variety of fish. Although it was only four fish it seems like you covered all of the bases. Thanks for sharing!

Neil

 

[dryfly]

nice pike,

how deep did you find them. are you seeing them moving in more shallow yet?

thanks

 

[Water Dog]

i guess that it technically is a lake. it isnt very big though. it is one of the smallest bodies of water i fish. they were all taken in about 6 1/2 feet of water. i was parked on the outside of a weed edge / drop off. this lake only gets about 10 feet deep so i wouldnt exactly say they are moving in shallow. they are cruising along the weed edges and feasting on the gills and smaller bait fish. most seem to have a little feedbag on. i think alot of the fish i marked were panfish. i think that the jiggin rap and extra large fathead's head that i was using was too big to get them to bite but they would follow it. they can help attract the bigger fish.