The Big One got away :)

I borrowed the wife Rav4 since my truck is still smashed and hit the town pond for about forty five minutes this afternoon.
I took my new St Croix Panfish 5’ ULM paired with a Shimano Nasci 500 with 2# P-line .
In a hurry to get out of the house, I grabbed the wrong tackle bag , my soft plastics bag instead of my hand tied jigs and flies .
Luckily, I found a small box of hand ties in the bag that had a couple of my spider ties in there.
I rigged up a tandem rig , with a 1/64 jighead with a green/black Trout Magnet on bottom and a spider fly about 10” above it .
I fished this combo with a small float for about 15-20 minutes without a take .
Took the float off and fish the combo , twitching it across the bottom.
On My third cast , I felt the thump , raised the rod , and it was on . The fish made several runs, even pulling drag a little and then just came unhooked .
Man was I disappointed.
Took awhile to get my next hookup , although I had a couple of light thumps that didn’t produce .
Ended up with this little fellow before I had to get back home . Pretty colors .
Felt good to get out again .
I’m still paranoid driving. It’ll take awhile to get over my wreck last week .

Going tomorrow can't hardly wait.

Great write up, gill, and thanks for the ride along. We have a couple of 70 degree days coming and I’m going to get out win or lose an d wet a line.
Bob

Thanks for sharing the outing. I can relate to your paranoia. I had a kid hit me totaling my truck years ago. It took some time for that edginess to pass.

Still caught something you did, I tamed some nice big boys this afternoon and they didn’t get away, at least until they posed for a picture :biggrin

Nice fish. You’re ready to get out some and I can’t blame ya. Good luck with the truck saga.

That is what keeps us going back for more

Figured I just tag onto this post , since it happened to me again today.
This time I got the thick gill up to the edge of the bank , and the hook pulled out .
This was a nice one , it actually came out of the water twice when I raised the rod to set the hook . Seeing a bluegill dance on top is something you don’t see everyday .
I had two others that came unhooked on me after fighting them about halfway in.
I don’t understand what’s going on. I’m using some new spiders I recently tied up on Daiichi hooks . I had better hookups with the cheap Eagle Claw hooks .
I fished an hour and twenty minutes and brought four to hand including a small LM bass that was fun on my five foot St Croix Premier ULM rod teamed up with a Shimano Nasci 500 , filled with SOS 2# .
I was fishing a drop shot rig .
I included the bass pic because it had the rod/reel used in it .
It was fun getting out even for a short trip .

Looks like fun. I have no good words on the missed hook ups. I haven't used hooks for gills in several years, jigs only. In my experience, once I've hooked a gill, it doesn't come off. Crappies, yes. Gills, no.

Great follow up report, gill. Looks like a real pretty setting to fish.
Bob

Nice report, thanks for sharing

I’m with Bob, pretty setting. I’ve lost some good gills too but have no solid reason why, use sickles for most everything. Good to get out now that the weather is holding for the moment.

Back to the town pond again today .
Took my 5’ St Croix Avid paired with my new Daiwa Legalis LT 1000 , spooled with SOS 2# .
I’ve started using the SOS on the large spool reels .
Took a few plastic baits .
After tossing a Trout Magnet without a hookup for over half an hour , I rigged up a drop shot rig using a Bobby Garland Itty Bitty shad on a size 8 sickle bait holder hook , with a 1/16 weight about 18” below the hook.
Had a couple short strikes , but no hookups. So I switched out the sickle hook for a 1/64 jighead with a size 10 sickle hook .
I was twitching the rig back in and the bass below decided to pounce on it about fifteen feet from the bank .
I’m glad I had my drag set right . It immediately striped off about 50 feet of line .
Took a few minutes to get it to where I could reach down and grab the bottom lip .
The drag on the Daiwa Legalis LT worked flawless with several runs from the bass .
Most fun I’ve had landing a fish since last fall .
Just before leaving I was able to connect with a small red ear . Pretty colors.
Not sure where the gills were at today .
When fishing these days I sit on a stool and don’t move around too much .

This time of year bank fishing is not a bad way to go. That is a nice variety of fish. I hope to have my legalis 1000 out on the water soon, maybe today.
Bob

Nice catch. Back in October I was rear ended at a red light. Every time I come to a light now I’m paranoid about that happening again.

Regards


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