Had some work to do at our 40 acre tree farm up above Franklinton and Austin came prepared knowing that our tiny pond there held some fish at one time. He and my bride caught big bream several different ways today. Under a cork with just about anything for bait including some Colby Jack cheese off his sandwich. With a tiny spinner bait and with a 1/32 oz jig under a cork. The pond is probably 1/3 an acre but about 10 feet deep in the middle. Stocked it 15 years ago and harvested catfish and Hugh hybrid blue gills till a family of otters ate it just about clean about 8 years ago. All fish released because most were about to bust from being so full of eggs. With this full moon and temps climbing into the 80s the next couple of days the spawn is on!!
Austin and I plan on keeping a few dink sacalait this summer and putting them in the pond to see if they can help clean out some of the tiny perch. Good Times at our farm which we named "Dragon Flies & Dreams" because my wife loves dragon flies (the farm always has them hovering around) and Dreams because we dreamt of having a few acres of land of our own when we didn't have a pot to spit in 40 plus years ago.
Another Granny & Paw Paw adventure in the books!
Bon Temps!