I fished a local Stormwater Drainage Pond last week for some Sunfish with my Size 0 Mepps Aglia.
It started off as planned with a nice sized Sunfish after about 10 minutes.
After the Sunfish the fishing started to pick up and I landed 4 5-7 inch OOS Bass. They were quickly released and completely unharmed.
The fishing slowed down after that and the rain began to pick up.
I moved to a different spot where I had luck the previous year at it did not dissapoint.
After casting for about 4 minutes and getting some follows from smaller fish I spotted a big fish following my lure. By the looks of it underwater it looked like a female Largemouth that is filling up with eggs because a fish this size is unheard of in this pond.
The lure was 5 feet away from me and the fish was not backing down, it took a quick swipe at my lure and since it was so close I was able to quickly pull it out of the water. It revealed itself to be a huge Black Crappie.
The picture above doesn't do it justice. This one shows that it was a little bigger than my head. And there was no camera trick by putting the fish closer to the lens, I lined the fish up right beside my head for the picture.
I dipped it in the water to give me just a bit more time to weigh it.
She weighed in at 1.4 and a quarter LBS and is a personal best for me by a landslide.
A truly unforgettable experience!
It started off as planned with a nice sized Sunfish after about 10 minutes.
After the Sunfish the fishing started to pick up and I landed 4 5-7 inch OOS Bass. They were quickly released and completely unharmed.
The fishing slowed down after that and the rain began to pick up.
I moved to a different spot where I had luck the previous year at it did not dissapoint.
After casting for about 4 minutes and getting some follows from smaller fish I spotted a big fish following my lure. By the looks of it underwater it looked like a female Largemouth that is filling up with eggs because a fish this size is unheard of in this pond.
The lure was 5 feet away from me and the fish was not backing down, it took a quick swipe at my lure and since it was so close I was able to quickly pull it out of the water. It revealed itself to be a huge Black Crappie.
The picture above doesn't do it justice. This one shows that it was a little bigger than my head. And there was no camera trick by putting the fish closer to the lens, I lined the fish up right beside my head for the picture.
I dipped it in the water to give me just a bit more time to weigh it.
She weighed in at 1.4 and a quarter LBS and is a personal best for me by a landslide.
A truly unforgettable experience!
