Friday 10/1 I fished Long Meadow Pond from 9:30am till 6pm. And had one of the worst days there al year 3 bass & 3 pickerel.
Sat 10/2.
After the bad day at Long Meadow. I needed to catch a lot of bass. So I headed to Mammy, where you can catch them in bunches. Got there around 10am. Noticed a brown scum all over the water. When the wind picked up it got better. There were a lot of milfoil clumps. The most I've seen in years. Still managed to use a spinnerbait & rattletrap away in deeper water.
In all I caught 42 bass between 9" & 14"
10/3
Hatch Pond. If you really want to know the meaning of turbid water. Go to Hatch Pond. Visability about 8". Got on the water around 9:30am Water temp was 63. Didn't expect much when I saw the water. Caught one right away on a spinnerbait. Moved out to the edge of the weedline. After many casts I caught another on a rattletrap. Went to the pads by where the South Kent School keep there skull racing boats. And caught 7 more bass in the pads. These bass were between 12" & 14". Fished the steep shoreline till I got to the 1st house. Owned by Jack Corrigan. By this time I had caught 17 bass.
He asked me where I've been. I told him I don't catch many large bass there anymore, so I've been going to other ponds. Chatted with Jack & his son in law Kurt.(Who was having minor outboard motor problems)
They told me of a fish kill there a few weeks earlier. After a storm there was an area of nasty smelling brown scum on the pond. (The last time I was there the place had a foul smell to it.) The smell and the scum are gone now.
To make this story short. By the time I got back to the launch I ended up catching 32 bass.
BUT WAIT. I SAVED THE BEST OF THIS REPORT.
While flipping.( YOU GUESSED IT) a Stalker Tiger Tube in the pads. I catch the NEW LARGEST BASS I've caught this year. YESSSSSS. at 6.5lbs @ 22" lg & 16" in girth. WHAT A WAY TO END THE LAST WEEK OF VACATION THIS YEAR.
6.5lb
Thanks Jack & Kurt for taking These pictures.
MAN I LOVE THIS SPORT WHAT A FANTASTIC YEAR THIS HAS BEEN.
It's almost a year since I've joined this site. What a ride it's been.
