I went to a local pond that is known for relatively good bass catching in the winter. WT 40deg,clear water,acceptable weather,resulted in a sluggish hit on an LC jerk on the second cast that got off very shortly.I issued a mental "yes" they are on to myself.Two hrs later it came to be that they were not on.I tried for yellow perch,crappie and pickerel.Nothing would play tight line with me.
So I moved to another pond with cloudy water from recent rains,same 40 deg temp.Half hour of casting showed no results.I began thinking this was going to be an armchair puter afternoon.I moved to an area that had a 3' deep flat that dropped to about 5'.
A nice 23" pickerel smacks the LC on a slow pause and go retrieve.Next cast another and then another.Then a 15"lmb.I realized that a feed was taking place so I put the LC away,and started with a 1/8 hair jig olive/spritz of orange. They loved it.This pond gets weed choked in the summer and lots of them were still there.Often when the jig hit a weed it resulted in a strike.
I fished for about 2-1/2 hours. Tally was
17 pickerel
6 lmb==4 over 14"
3 yellow perch 11' to 12"
1 crappie @ 13"
Bad weather coming so I`ll be shut in for several days ,but this trip was oh so nice.
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