Fishing for Bass in My Pond - Part 1
My pond and "bass boat" ready to go. That is a great boat that
Donnie found for me, but it sure does make me miss my bass boat after sitting in
it for several hours! Notice the tackle bucket sitting at ready right in front
of the driver's seat. The pond is a little over 1 acre and is about 10 years
old.
photo by Ronnie Garrison
Second bass of the day - this fish hit a Senko near a drop with a stump on it. I did not take a picture of the first fish - it weighed only 15 ozs.
photo by Ronnie Garrison
First shiner bass. It hit near the dam in the corner where I feed the bream. Notice the cork floating in the background. I stuck a stick into the hole in the cork and jammed my line behind it. That caused me problems later when my line popped. I think I had pinched it with the cork.
photo by Ronnie Garrison
I put the bass on my paddle and marked the length since I forgot my ruler. That way I could measure it later. Notice how skinny this fish is. All the bass in my pond are skinny! The head on this fish looked like it was a six pounder. Don't know why they are so poor.
photo by Ronnie Garrison
This bass hit a Senko in a tree about 50 yards up from the dam. When I started to lip it, I saw two Senkos and hooks in its throat. This fish had hit at the dam about an hour earlier and I broke off on the hookset. With a big Senko and 5/0 hook in its throat, it tried to eat again an hour later.
photo by Ronnie Garrison
Second shiner fish. This fish hit almost in the upper end of the pond - notice the goose nest in the background. I thought this fish was a lot bigger than the first one but it weighed only two ounces more, and was a quarter inch shorter on the paddle. I am almost sure it was the same fish, I saw what looked like a hook hole in its tongue and there was a hole on the left side of its mouth where I had weighed it the first time. I have no idea why it weighed two ounces more this time, unless it ate a 2 ounce bream between times!
photo by Ronnie Garrison
