Finally a decent day at the lake.

[BASS fisherman]

I finally caught some bass during the winter time up here in Pa. I have gone out I'd guess 50 times and not caught more than 2 bass all those trips.

Today started early for me. I got up around 7am and went to the eye doctor to pick up my new glasses.

As I was sitting in the doctors office, I decided to run into the Walmart across the street when I was done at the doctors and grab some Stanley finesse jigs they had on sale for $2 bucks a piece. Being the bait junkie that I am, I ended up buying way more than I went in for, but it paid off while at the pond today. I bought all the stanley jigs they had. ;D A pack of 1/8 oz ball head jigs, and 4 packs of $1.50 3X finesse worms.

On the way to the pond I stopped at Dick's sporting goods, and got my 2007 fishing license, and went looking for some football head jigs. I didn't find any packs of football jigs, but I did find five packs of Storm hula grub type plastics that come with 2 football jigs each, and they were marked clearence for .57 cents each. I got all five packs, and I got a couple packs of terminator 10' ribbon tail worms @.97 cents each for when it warms up some.

I get to the pond and I start off with a YUM wooly beavertail on a football head jig, flipping it around a ledge that goes around part of the pond, nada. After I make my way about 1/4 of the way around this pond I deide to give the shakey head a try, so I rig up one of the 1/8oz ball head jigs, and rig one of the 3X finesse worms on it weedless. I found this small creek that goes into the pond where I thought would be a great place to catch a smallie or two. I cast out a few times and on the fourth cast I felt a bite. I reeled and set the hook on a nice little 15 inch smallie. I cast again almost to the same spot, and this time I catch a LM bass on the very next cast. After trying my luck for another 10 minutes or so I moved on down the pond to where there are 3 sunken brush piles.

I tied on one of the finesse jigs that are black and blue with a couple stands of green, along with a black craw with blue pinchers. The very first pitch into the brush pile I felt something "funny" and set the hook, and out came about a 15 inch LM. After another few pitches to different holes in the brush, I caught another Lm bass about the same size as the last one.

I caught 4 bass today, which really surprised the heck out of me. They seemed to be pretty active but wouldn't take any crankbaits or spinnerbaits that I tried here and there in fish holding spots. Unfortunatley you all have to take my word for it since I only carried a small amount of lures with me. No camera, no scale, and no tape measure.

I'm going back out tomorrow so I'll take the camera with me. A cold front is blowing in so we'll just have to wait and see if the fish are hungry tomorrow.

[carySE406]

Man I couldnt find football head jigs at dicks either, or the line I wanted, or the frog I wanted, or the plastics I wanted, but I still bought too much of course. ;D