Thread: report-private pond- and you thought bream fishing was for beginners

As we all know, the recent rains have made the water high everywhere. Since I needed to go out and fish, a local private pond was my best bet. As expected, the water was high and muddier than usual.

Well it is a pond, the fish are obviously in there right?

I started how bass fishing with a zoom trick worm. First cast... fish on! pulled in a decent 15 inch bass.

Started to fish for bluegills using crickets. After 5 minutes, I finally landed on. At 5-6 inches...too small. I don't keep bluegills under 7 inches in this pond- there are plenty of quality size bluegills.
5 minutes later, still no bream- tried several locations along the shore....no bream nibbles. However, I did landed 2 more bass, one being another decent 14-15 incher.

Took out a small creek boat and paddled around searching for bream. I managed to find some in heavy wood cover. Bream still fishing wasn't too hot. I ended up with 3 good size bream,- 2 bluegills- 8 inches each, one flier- 9 inches.

Now the bass, they were another story.......

I caught more bass than bream- including all the throwback bream. Also, the bream was rather un-aggressive today- no gut hooks. They simply slurped the cricket- with some good enough stealing the cricket. Usually when I don't pay attention adn that bobber stays down, it gut-hooked.

At one point, I dropped my bright green cork into the water and POP, bass hits the cork. I eventually lost count of the bass I caught on crickets- at least a dozen.

catches of the day/keepers-
2 8 inch bluegills
1 9 inch flier/stump-knocker

all bass-released
I like fishing for big bass(5 pound plus) and do catch and release for all bass.