Went to my favorite pond again tonight hoping to continue catching them with the Beetle Spin. Made a ton of casts and nary a bite. Changed up to the 1" Berkely Gulp minnow. Same results. Tried a curly tail grub hoping for a bass. Also tried for bass with several top water lures and a finesse worm. Nothing. Finally pulled out the earth worms and put them out there under a bobber. Still nothing. I was about to quit but threw once more as I was seeing activity in the water. The bobber sat there, motionless as it had before. Suddenly, it was under! I almost didn't react, but quickly woke up and set the hook. The result was a good fight on the UL baitcaster with a nice fish.

Name: IMG_2869.jpg Views: 381 Size: 92.3 KB

The next cast I caught another.

Name: IMG_2870.jpg Views: 404 Size: 93.6 KB

The switch had been turned on. Continuing to cast to the same area yielded a catch almost every cast.
Name: IMG_2875.jpg Views: 376 Size: 87.2 KB
Name: IMG_2876.jpg Views: 378 Size: 97.6 KB
Name: IMG_2874.jpg Views: 342 Size: 111.1 KB

This monster was the fish of the night.
Name: IMG_2871.jpg Views: 373 Size: 93.3 KB
Name: IMG_2872.jpg Views: 372 Size: 83.3 KB

That tackle box is about 9 inches long. Even more impressive is the width on that Shellcracker. I though it might be a bass when I was bringing it in. It stayed down in the water and pulled drag several times. What a blast!

Anyway, darkness arrived and it was time to split for dinner. So, that last 30 minutes before sunset was action central. The previous hour, ZERO. I've had that happen many times before at this pond. Sort of forgot over the summer. Might had to adjust my arrival times.