Busy Park today , But ,

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The town park was hoping today since folks were off for the Holiday .
But , I wanted to go fishing .

Got a later start just before 3:00 . When I got to the town pond , the sunny side was occupied by a couple of kids throwing the river rocks into the pond that were put there to prevent erosion.
I took off to the shaded side where I immediately felt like the temperature dropped twenty degrees. That wind , with gusts to 26mph was cold .
I made a few unproductive casts while wishing the kids would move on . Then I realize I’d forgotten to take my 3:00 medication and had to walk back to my vehicle to get a drink of water . As I was walking back the kids left .
I setup in the sun and fished until 3:30 with a black micro streamer jig , drop shot style and finally caught a small bass . I was using a 6’ St Croix Avid UL with a 500 size Soare XR and 2# p-line .
I switched over to a 6’ SC Premier UL paired with a 2000 size Soare XR sspg ,and 3# Floroclear, with an olive micro streamer jig with copper tungsten bead .
Ten minutes later I caught my first bluegill.
The copper bead made a difference. In the next 30 minutes I caught 4 more bluegills, two more bass and a shellcracker. No monsters, but everything that pulls back winter fishing is fun . Eight total in about an hour and fifteen minutes.
One thing I’ve discovered is a cork handle is more comfortable than the hard ergo handles on my JDM rods in cold weather.

Good job

Some nice catches for this time of year. The sunny side produced fish and some nice photos. Really made the colors on them fishes pop, especially on the boy gill.

Always nice to feel the tug on the other end of the line, makes even cold days a bit warmer. Congrats on some nicens...

Nice. Thanks for the walk along.
Bob

You’re the only fishing I’m getting to do lately. Thanks Bud.

Nice. Thanks for sharing