A beautiful fall night on the pond (pic heavy)

[6poundtest]

What a difference 10 days makes for the fall colors:




Today was a simply spectacular day here in CT. Cloudless blue sky, touch of breeze, cool air; this is the weather that makes the rest of the year worth suffering through! Just had to go fishing to make it the perfect early fall day and even the fish cooperated!

Had a great time rowing around real slow, around 1 mph or less. Dragging 2 BG baby shad lures, Patriot color and threadfin shad color. Threadfin on a 1/16 oz. jig head and the Patriot on a 1/32 oz., so they were running different depths while trolling, I'm pretty sure. I had the split screen on most of the night, 2d and side scan set around 40' per side, 800 mhz on the Sidescan. Fish would show up on the 2d (I had the fish ID on tonight) and I'd go real easy and BAM, one of the poles would go tight. Worked just like it was supposed to! See the fish, catch the fish.........it was great fun!


A few times, the wind was calm enough to let me stop over group of fish as indicated on the 2d and jig up a fish or 2. But slow trolling was the exercise of the night and the results were good. I didn't take a picture of every one but enough to show the different sizes.


I didn't keep track of numbers but it wasn't about numbers tonight; it was about the being out there just for being out there on a gorgeous evening.
Here is one more from tonight, as the sun was getting lower and the red's were starting to deepen with the setting sun:



In last week's post I mentioned the colors closer to home being further along; here is a shot from yesterday as an example.


Looking at this one reminds me that yesterday was a pretty darn nice day, too!

[Fishin' Fool MA]

Great evening and a bonus with fish in an agreeable mood. The colors are just starting up here in MA. Unfortunately my favorite lake closes next Saturday. Rich and I will have to start fishing our alternate ponds in another week. Hope to wet a line this week before our favorite closes.

Tight lines to you.

Walt

[Crestliner08]

Really pretty colors! Like Walt says....at least one more trip.