A Little Pond Fishing

I got home from work this afternoon and it was just too nice to go inside. I grabbed my ultralite and walked down to the pond. Pitching a tube jig under a float, I caught a small bass on my first cast. Two casts later yielded a nice blue gill. I shot a squirt of Slab Sauce on the jig and made a couple casts under some willows that were hanging over the water. BAM!!! A 12 inch Crappie slammed it. Tried to get a pic be it was camera shy. Caught a couple more blue gills then they got wise to my bait. All fish returned to the pond to be caught another day. Sometimes I just need an evening like that to unwind a little. Attachment 337651


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Surprisingly dark for a pord crappie

Wish I had a pond worth anything nearby. Great way to unwind

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Originally Posted by dirtrider389

Surprisingly dark for a pord crappie

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Hybrid magnolia Crappie. Almost goldish in color and has the stripe down their nose


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Yep...thats a good stress reliever....I have a pond right behind my house

Pics are very slimming. rotfl

Love making a few casts in the pond. Very relaxing.

I love pond fishing. That is how I cut my teeth on fishing in my grandparents ponds.

Good way to unwind, wish my pond was big enough to hold crappie.

Very nice black nosed crappie. I need to stock my pond.

That's why I drive out to the little lake on the edge of town. Just to see if anything is happening, and how they are biting (and if they are biting)

Nice job Speck[emoji106]


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At LSL we can just go out and catch lots of "bugeyes" for the fun of it. those 5-8 inchers are fun and hit aggressively in both big and little lake. If anyone has a lake/pond they want to stock with crappie and live anywhere near STL region we can fill up coolers or livewells with bunch. limit is 30 and they need to be taken out. wish I had a buddy who lived here back when I had a 20 acre lake filled with minnows 10 years ago would stocked it bigtime.

Good deal and read.

Nice catch speck.

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Originally Posted by hdhntr

At LSL we can just go out and catch lots of "bugeyes" for the fun of it. those 5-8 inchers are fun and hit aggressively in both big and little lake. If anyone has a lake/pond they want to stock with crappie and live anywhere near STL region we can fill up coolers or livewells with bunch. limit is 30 and they need to be taken out. wish I had a buddy who lived here back when I had a 20 acre lake filled with minnows 10 years ago would stocked it bigtime.

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Since I don't have a pond, how bout I come out and catch a bunch and stock my bath tub?:fingerdance:biggrin

Gotta love pond fishing...

looks like a fine way to relax. and the ole Magnolia crappie looks great