Markham Pond 45

[openfire]

Very nice!!! The bass are still there in good numbers I see.

I see you had a double header. Awesome.

Thanks for the report Snypa.

 

[openfire]

Hey, what kind of spinner baits are those?

 

[Snypa]

Hey thanks guys, I also went 5/8 on topwater a few nights ago when the full-moon was out, was my first time trying this pond at night, and for that matter topwatering at night. In-fact my buddy, caught his first topwater bass there (all after 12 am).

Openfire: Its a "DC-18" (will add it to my new site), I bought one of those chartreuse mini-kings a few months ago, took a look at it, and realized I could make my own better version. So i said to myself, what the heck, might aswell give it as shot, so I made my own 1/8 oz. bait with 2 hammered colorados which give out lots of flash. Both blades are deep-cut, and give off more vibration than regular colorado blades Lastly I also put on a bright chartreuse skirt w/ silver glitter in it for even more flash. To tell you the honest truth, I wasn't completely sure if this bait would work lolz, its now my new #1 goto bait, lots of fish caught with it already.

 

[efka]

went to fish this pond on sunday evening, fishing was ok, caught around 8-10 bass, was pretty cold, constant wind, saw some fireworks too. started at 8.. finished around 9.30, here are some pics

 

[efka]

went to pond 45 couple of days ago, me and my buddy cought around 10 bass total, i think i saw openfire getting skunked
here is the pic of the biggest one

 

[wd40]

went here today. here are some pics:

 

[Snypa]

Nice bass guys !! Love the pic of the baby bird, i wonder what species of bird that is ? Here's some more pics from about a week ago (during the heatwave), the action was great, very muggy that day:

 

[MikeyMikey]

Awesome updates guys.

WD40... is that(bird) your new musky bait?

 

[MikeyMikey]

Oh one more thing...

I would appreciate it if you guys could give a quick weather condition & time of the day info. As well as gears & tackles used.

Thank you!

 

[wd40]

fished there around 7-9am.
overcast sky. temp around 15-20?
spinning gear.
used top water until action died down. then switched over to miniking.

2 ppl (~50s) came by & saw me catch one of the small bass. they were really shocked that i released it. i said this place is dirty. hopefully they understood what i said...and meant. cuz they don't speak english very well.

 

[MikeyMikey]

YES! YES!! YES!!!

PLEASE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE.



I personally do not give my fish to those who may ask for it. I like to tell them I want to release it so I can fish the next time again. I also tell them fishies in these ponds are not recommended for human consumption.

I also like to ask!!! to those who take everything home. Even fish that are smaller than their bait... (oh you know what i am trying to say)

FUCK!!! I HATE THOSE PEOPLE!!!! FUCKERS!!!!! just piss the fuck out of me.

 

[openfire]

went to pond 45 couple of days ago, me and my buddy cought around 10 bass total, i think i saw openfire getting skunked

LOL!!! Listen man, the day I get skunked at that pond I'll throw my rod away!

 

[wd40]

Love the pic of the baby bird, i wonder what species of bird that is ?

don't know. i haven't seen any birds like that before.

the bird kept calling its parents. the parent responded, and the bird took a step towards the sound source. the bird called its parent again, the parent responded, and the bird took another step. and so on. pretty cute.

 

[disspatcher]

I would say that be a baby KILLDEER!

 

[frozenfire]

probably shouldn't have picked it up haha.

i know that a lot of birds tend to leave their young forever after they smell another scent (other than there own) on them.

Cool bird though.

 

[MikeyMikey]

So back to the topic...

This pond is becoming THE POND to fish now, eh ?

Better than Vaughan 91?

.......
By the way... when you guys fish this pond... look like everybody is fishing around the same area...
has anyone fished around the entire pond? Is it even possible to talk around the edges of the pond?

 

[frozenfire]

this pond is getting hammered like no tomorrow. I'm starting to find it harder to catch fish... and all the fish that i do catch, have evidence of being caught before. topwater on this pond is awesome though!

 

[wd40]

ah well. hopefully killdeers aren't like that. i think they just eat stuff off the ground, so maybe they can survive on their own.

i fish this pond because i live on the east side. vaughan is just too far.

 

[openfire]

This pond is now getting hammered? That's very bad news. The pond is simply too small to sustain that kind of fishing pressure.

Frozenfire said that he's finding it harder to catch fish here. That indicates that either the fish are adapting to the fishermen, or there are less fish due to ppl practicing catch and keep. Let's hope it's the former rather than the latter.

I haven't fished this pond yet since bass opened, but I will definitely investigate the situation soon.

 

[frozenfire]

This pond is now getting hammered? That's very bad news. The pond is simply too small to sustain that kind of fishing pressure.

Frozenfire said that he's finding it harder to catch fish here. That indicates that either the fish are adapting to the fishermen, or there are less fish due to ppl practicing catch and keep. Let's hope it's the former rather than the latter.

I haven't fished this pond yet since bass opened, but I will definitely investigate the situation soon.

agreed. this pond is definitely too small to sustain either the heavy pressure or catch and keep.
i'm sure most of you that fished this pond have already noticed that the water level has dropped significantly from last year... we're not talking about inches, but feet. I remember last year where I caught literally so many bass on every cast, but that same spot this year is only 4-5 inches deep.
I'm assuming that because of the drop in water level, there is less water, thus less fish (more competition for resources, such as food and habitat). Also, the lower the water, hte more it heats up.
I also recall that earlier on in the season, there was a major fish die-off. We're talking about hundreds of pumpkinseeds, bluegill and bullheads. I didn't see any bass though. This could be due to the lower water levels and our crazy weather with teh cold and warm fronts.

i've never seen any fisherman take fish from this pond, but then again, i don't fish it very often.
maybe the fish are just adapting to the lure presentations we're throwing at them... who knows.