Thread: Today's pond visit

Sunny for two days .
And even though it was a little windy, I managed to slip off to the town pond for a little gill chasing .
When I got there , there was a guy in the area of my honey hole , so I walked the track to the dam side of the pond .
I was using a new rod , a 6’ 2 piece Fenwick Eagle 2 light power moderate action with a Shimano 500 Sienna with 4# p line .
Because the wind I was using a float and jig and caught my first gill , one about 6-7” .
I switch over to the drop shot and discovered the Fenwick isn’t as sensitive as my St Croix Panfish and Trout series rods .
When the other guy left , I stopped by my truck and swapped rods or my SC 5’4” Panfish setup with a mini drop shot.
The sun had dropped a lot by the time I got to my honey hole and the area was shaded . Second cast I caught a 7-8” gill .
I fished for about 30 minutes and caught three . One was in bad shape , I didn’t take its picture , and the other one had some something going on with it too .
I saw one nice gill dead along the dam . Most likely result of bad handling .

Even though the temps were in the fifties , with the wind , I had to cut it short and head home .

Originally Posted by gillchaser999

The ones I’d been catching up to this week seemed in perfect health .
Pond gets a lot of runoff from roads and parking lots .
Lot of people walk their dogs around the track and there’s a flock of geese that hang around there and keep the paved walking track full of poop
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Businesses in the area are all on septic tanks , so it’s not a pond I would ever eat anything out of .
It’s only been catch and release only for a couple of years .
A couple years ago , the town put a spray fountain and aerators in the pond to try to help.
I keep a bottle of hand sanitizer in my truck and clean my hands every time I fish there , before heading home .

Better day than most of us at work. Thanks for taking us with you!


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