08-09-2012, 01:51 PM
Well, they've gotten a little bigger in those ponds since I last fished there. It's probably good to thin a few of those little guys out.
I was out in Minnesota in June and had a fish tear my Tiki Stick off my line. Later that evening I was fishing with a popper and caught a little 12" smallie and it puked up my Tiki Stick from before. I took it back and caught some more fish on it.
Another time I caught a bass at Weston that was 11.5". I decided to keep it to add to the perch I had caught, and while it was in my basket, it threw up a 7" plastic worm and a mouse.
That's not surprising that they were eating dragon fly nymphs. As I was leaving on Monday, I drove through a bunch of adult dragonflies, and I thought that I should bring a fly rod next time and try fishing a dragon fly nymph imitation. Maybe I will.
How were the water levels and clarity at those ponds?
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I was out in Minnesota in June and had a fish tear my Tiki Stick off my line. Later that evening I was fishing with a popper and caught a little 12" smallie and it puked up my Tiki Stick from before. I took it back and caught some more fish on it.
Another time I caught a bass at Weston that was 11.5". I decided to keep it to add to the perch I had caught, and while it was in my basket, it threw up a 7" plastic worm and a mouse.
That's not surprising that they were eating dragon fly nymphs. As I was leaving on Monday, I drove through a bunch of adult dragonflies, and I thought that I should bring a fly rod next time and try fishing a dragon fly nymph imitation. Maybe I will.
How were the water levels and clarity at those ponds?
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