Just got back from Harlem Meer, and boy is that bite tough. At one point I literally hit a bass guarding a bed with a jig in the face five or six times but he would not bite. I tried a jig n craw, Texas Senko, wacky Senko, crankbait, and a bbz 40 rat to no avail. A friendly passerby asked if he could use my rod to tail hook the fish, but I kindly let him down. The guy then when on and gave me a five minute lecture on Louisiana Bass fishing, and I learned a few new things I didn’t know before.
I have probably fished the Harlem Meer a dozen times this year, but today was the first time people were just coming up to me and trading fish stories. More than a few asked where they could get fishing gear or learn how to fish. I and up given a 10 minute seminar on how to cast a spinning reel and the behavior of spawning fish. I’m hoping that today I spread the fishing bug to a few new anglers.
Picture of the Meer today.
