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Fished a local retention pond this evening throwing every lure in the bag and got nothing. Ran out of smokes and ran back to the house to get more and bring the kids out.
Switched to a tiny hook and a bitty crawler and handed the rod to my 4 yr. old boy. (We) landed a 13" rock bass on the first retrieve.
long and skinny...I'm thinking a by-product of a subdivision pond that's been renegade stocked with no thought to the balance of nature. Nice fish. Daddy's turn to throw the tiny hook, tiny split shot rig one time. First retrieve...23" channel cat 1 foot from shore. My 6 yr. old daughter's turn. Second retrieve...a 17" Smallie. My 8 yr. old daughter managed to entice a few sunfish. Then the bite shut down entirely at 8 p.m. Note that we all used the same rod so as not to spook any fish in tight and give everyone a chance to land a big fish. The past two days have shown me some incredible fishing from ponds to the Kankakee River. I have found no absolute time period or cloud cover to make a difference. Get out whenever you get the chance!
Switched to a tiny hook and a bitty crawler and handed the rod to my 4 yr. old boy. (We) landed a 13" rock bass on the first retrieve.
long and skinny...I'm thinking a by-product of a subdivision pond that's been renegade stocked with no thought to the balance of nature. Nice fish. Daddy's turn to throw the tiny hook, tiny split shot rig one time. First retrieve...23" channel cat 1 foot from shore. My 6 yr. old daughter's turn. Second retrieve...a 17" Smallie. My 8 yr. old daughter managed to entice a few sunfish. Then the bite shut down entirely at 8 p.m. Note that we all used the same rod so as not to spook any fish in tight and give everyone a chance to land a big fish. The past two days have shown me some incredible fishing from ponds to the Kankakee River. I have found no absolute time period or cloud cover to make a difference. Get out whenever you get the chance!