Pond visit & Zombie Fish .

[gillchaser999]

First I’d like to discuss Zombie fish .
Every year in small waters , about this time of year , as the weather is warming , so is the water ; I see fish , bass and sometimes bluegills, in shallow water just stationary usually in groups . They don’t move , they won’t bite .
If I cast into them , sometimes they’ll scatter , but then gather back up .
It’s like they are in shock .
I’ve witnessed this with big bass in large reservoirs, later in the year , usually around May .
I don’t know what’s going on with them, they seem like Zombies to me .

Now my strange pond trip today .
I got to the pond at 11:24 , caught a small bass at 11:33 , then I didn’t get another bite until 1:03 after changing up things.
I was about to give up and go home , but I swapped rods , I swapped lures to a green pumpkin Z-Man WormZ on a .8g jighead , hoping to salvage the day with a few green fish .
In the next 48 minutes I caught four bass , three Bluegills and a shellcracker.
All on the WormZ .
I was surprised I caught the gills on the bigger bait on a size 8 hook .
I’m not sure if it was the bait change or they just became active.
The rod combo used was a 5’4”St Croix Panfish original series paired with a Shimano Soare bb 500spg and Daiwa J-braid . A fun and very sensitive rod . A couple of times I could feel something nibble at the tail of the WormZ .

Last night my plan was to take the boat back to Lake Kedron, but got to thinking about the three shellcracker I caught the other day and thought with almost a week of warm 70 degree weather , I’d tear up the gills today .
Guess you never know .
I saw a couple nice Zombie bass today around 3-5# estimate.