Just can’t get out of the rain and wind this spring. The fishing has been decent when I do get out. Fair numbers of largemouth bass but they are all small or skinny spawned out females that need to put some weight on. At least finding them, – can’t say that about the smallmouths – don’t think I’ve caught more than a couple so far this year.
Small Guy, but healthy
Picture below is a fairly long but very skinny largemouth that came from Pickerel Cove last night. That is going to be a very nice fish in a couple of months when she fills out. – note that fly is my go to pike/pickerel fly (synthetics so they don’t destroy it easily). If you want to catch a Pike in Anderson Pond, this is the fly to use.
Post Spawn Female at Pickerel Cove
And of course everyones favorite, Mr. Pickerel – always in same spots as the bass. I like catching them, but they do trash my bass bugs (flies). A guy that lived here a few years ago and comes back every summer with wife (Scott and Missy) fishes much harder than I do told me where a really big pickerel was yesterday. Of course I went out after supper but couldn’t find him/her.
Small Pickerel
Here is a picture of Scott and another bass. He probably catches 3 fish for every one I catch. But then again, he’s on the water almost every day from sunrise to sunset regardless of the weather. He’s always using artifical lures and soft plastics. Maybe one day he put that stuff away and pick up a fly rod.
Scott and nice largemouth.
And yes, I will throw a spoon or spinnerbait if it just too windy to cast a fly. This is an old school “Johnson Weedless Spoon” – believe they are over 100 years old, but doubt this color scheme been around nearly that long.
Point at Rope Swing – too windy to throw a fly