Fish a couple of spots this morning

I had about an hour and a half to fish this morning, so I headed to the town pond
The closest place to drop a line .
First time I’ve been there this year I believe.
It’d been awhile.
I made a few casts and caught a couple small bass that had sores on their mouths .
The water was already starting to look like a polluted pond .
Algae all over .
Check out the water in the bass picture .
I packed it in and headed to the next local water, a water reservoir about ten minutes away .
I had just about forty minutes left when I threw my first cast off the docks at the boat ramp.
Fishing a five foot Rosewood UL paired with an old Shimano Sedona 500 spooled with Daiwa J Braid , with a .5 gram tungsten jighead and shortened Bison TM .
I knew the gills around there would be small but at least the water is cleaner .
I caught ten little gills that were fun on the little rod .
I lost the biggest gill that got wrapped up in wad of old fishing line that was on one of the dock pilings . Almost has him , a colored up 6-7” incher .

Our old cow pond use to have that algae all in it. Almost impossible to fish. I’m sure getting away from that mess was welcomed. Thanks for sharing

one of my spots is in full bloom , sure is slimy ....
and the fish will NOT touch a drooling slimy green jig ....
for sure , not even a hungry bream will look at one :Rofl
KABOOM

Not a good sign this early in the season, but you are in a warm clime and the water is most likely a little polluted - run off, fertilizer, goose do do, etc.
Bob

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Originally Posted by BobC

Not a good sign this early in the season, but you are in a warm clime and the water is most likely a little polluted - run off, fertilizer, goose do do, etc.
Bob

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Bob, there’s a bad goose problem that’s steadily gotten worse the past few years.
Couple that with the town dropping the pond level and the septic tank seepage, it’s a wonder the health department hasn’t made them drain it .
Some of the fish I’ve caught in last couple of years have looked pretty sick .
It’s a shame .

What is your go to trout magnet color? Looks like that was what you had tied on.


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I really don’t have a favorite.
I swap until I find a color that works.
I like bison , Sowbug , root beer float , black , white , and the chartreuse with black one .
Yesterday was bison .

Thanks for the share…