Between yesterday and last night we had close to four inches of rain.
Except for the raised water table giving us septic issues, we came through the storms ok .
This morning it was sunny , low fifties , with a NW wind of 11-20mph .
When I got to the Town Pond this morning the I could see where the pond level had already dropped about a half a foot or more .
The rain left the normally fairly clear pond heavily stained . Not the chocolate milk I expected, but still pretty stained . About a foot of visibility.
I took my 6’6” St Croix Avid light ,paired with an old Shimano Stradic 1000 . The last model Stradic that came with an aluminum spare spool .
I had it spooled with 2# P-Line CXX Moss Green line .
Started off with a mini trout magnet, but switched to a regular size , but shortened regular black/chartreuse , thinking maybe a bigger profile would be better in the stained water.
It took switching spots three times in about thirty minutes to get the skunk off with a fun size gill . Four minutes later I caught my second gill .
Then I lost my jig and discovered I didn’t have another TM in that color with me .
I retied and picked out a chartreuse with black back .
It was thirty minutes later Whalen I caught a bass that I hooked in the nose . Sharp hooks work .
It was almost twenty minutes later I caught my final fish of the morning a smaller LM .
Beats a skunk .
