Simp Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 So today I decided to find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of of a Spro "Dean Rojas" frog. Maybe 1? No that can't be right two maybe? (EDIT Just to be clear this is a diffrent BASS then the one in the fist two pics) The result. In reality I've proably caught almost 50 fish on that specific one in the pic. It's worked so well that I went swimming for it once when it broke off because of a bad spot in my line. Today was a awesome day (4 total). The fist one pictured was just under 5lbs and the other was about 4 1/2ln on the scale. Both we caught in almost the exact same spot about 1hr apart. In the 4th pic you can see the trail of the fish being hauled in and both hit in the open water of the backwards L or in a way the U. God I love this pond! I have 28 more days I can fish it before it's GONE for good! :'( Quote
flippincrazy Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Awesome fish. One of the best colors also (you can put some orange on the underside if you think the bass may be feeding on bluegill also) Well worth the 7.99 even if you get to the center in a couple months. ;D Quote
Super User Grey Wolf Posted September 2, 2008 Super User Posted September 2, 2008 GREAT LOOKING BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
-HAWK- Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Very nice fish, I need to pick up a few of those spro frogs. Also what will be happening to your pond in 28 days? Quote
paul. Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 great fish and great post. what's happening to the pond in 28 days though? it sure would bite to lose a fishin' hole like that. cool pix too. Quote
Big Tom Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Man, that really is awesome. I wish I had access to water like that around here. Such a perfect looking bass factory!!! Quote
Simp Posted September 2, 2008 Author Posted September 2, 2008 http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8486/1031295fe0.jpg. great fish and great post. what's happening to the pond in 28 days though? it sure would bite to lose a fishin' hole like that. cool pix too. Well I'm fishing in the Crab Orchard Wildlife refuge and this is the 21inch pond A.K.A Vistors Pond. Most localy know it as the 21inch pond because you couldn't keep anything less then 21inches. Well then this year they changed that to 15inches because in March we had some record rainfall and VERY bad flooding. So why does that matter? Well this pond is used (I'm told by refuge staff) as flood control for several of the local lackes in the the Refuge. So when this record flooding happend the pond got so bad they had to close IL-148, and almost had to close RT13. It would have been very VERY bad if RT13 was closed. So now it turns out the dam is considered a "high risk" dam and they want to build a bigger knew one. So in 28 days the pond closes for the season and they begin working on draining the pond to build the knew dam. Refuge staff have stated they hope the fish will make it down a creek into Crab Orchard Lake but I'm sure many if not most won't make it. I know if I fish a tournament next year at Crab Orchard Lake I know where I'm going ;D. Honestly what blows my mind is seeing how little pressure this place gets in terms of traffic. Thousands of people come to our area to fish and hunt each year. So I can see them not knowing about this pond, but fellow locals should be out there like my pops and me. Instead they all take their boats and go to one of the other quality lakes but skip this awesome honey hole. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a $20,000 ranger pull up to get a day pass at the Vistors Center (where the pond is) and I have a nice ;D to myself, because I know I'm going to catch twice the size of fish he/she is. It's not even a situation where we don't have a boat to use. The fish here are huge and we are trying to pull out a 7lber befor Sept 30. What I think helps us with traffic is this place is tough to fish for most. The grass is insane here and you can't throw anything but frogs and weedless style baits (worms ect). Here is an example of the moss/weeds that cover the shorline from 7yds in front of you to completly covering a entire cove. This is right before the second bass looking to the NE or looking to the right of pic 4. My dad ran pretty fast for a old guy 5 min after this photo was taken ;D Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted September 3, 2008 Super User Posted September 3, 2008 Very nice fish. That looks like a picture perfect place to throw a frog. Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted September 3, 2008 Super User Posted September 3, 2008 Great pictures! Quote
Pigsticker Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Nice Fish,sorry to hear about your pond but 1 missed lick and I am chucking a cane toad ;D and what pound test is your line that looks really light for frog fishing :o but it could just be my eyes and the line is actually 80 lb test Quote
MattStrykul Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Nice lookin pond and fish!! That would be an awesome tournament spot if those fish get washed down river a little bit Quote
Simp Posted September 3, 2008 Author Posted September 3, 2008 Nice Fish,sorry to hear about your pond but 1 missed lick and I am chucking a cane toad ;D and what pound test is your line that looks really light for frog fishing :o but it could just be my eyes and the line is actually 80 lb test I'm using 40lb Power Pro braid with a 7ft MH rod that I'm sure would break before my line does. That's as long as I don't have a frayed spot in the line. Quote
Pigsticker Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 you'd be surprised but a MH that is light for frogs are you fishing for panfish ;D j/k Quote
erau618 Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 yea...I sure will miss that pond...Nice fish Quote
Simp Posted September 3, 2008 Author Posted September 3, 2008 you'd be surprised but a MH that is light for frogs are you fishing for panfish ;D j/k I know some people like even a stiffer rod, but so far I've been very happy with it. I steped up from a meduim 6ft rod so this was a big change. I just picked up a free 6 1/2 m rod from dicks because of their specal on reels right now. So can't see buying a 7ft H rod until I feel like I really need it. When I need more leverage on a big fish at this pond I literally just walk backwards LOL. I know I've convinced my dad a old time nothing but mono guy to make the move over to braid. I feel for him because he doesn't have anything in the 7ft range for power and he's still been fishing with a frog on mono. Quote
Pigsticker Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 7ft heavy? I was talking more along the lines of an extra heavy rod Walk backwards hahahaha I have been known to hook a fish not reel in and run away from the water dragging the fish to a safe distance away from the water to unhook and release um caught fish up to 6lbs this way ;D Quote
Simp Posted September 3, 2008 Author Posted September 3, 2008 7ft heavy? I was talking more along the lines of an extra heavy rod Walk backwards hahahaha I have been known to hook a fish not reel in and run away from the water dragging the fish to a safe distance away from the water to unhook and release um caught fish up to 6lbs this way ;D ;D ;D ;D Quote
bmadd Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 you'd be surprised but a MH that is light for frogs are you fishing for panfish ;D j/k Actually you might be surprised...Dean Rojas' signature frog rod is a MH Quote
JShrock07 Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Great looking area you have. It sucks that you will not be able to fish that lake any more. But hopefully you will find you another spot that is twice as good. I hate that for you but much good can come from new lakes. -Nitroman Quote
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