Friday, April 5, 2013

Cold Sunshine

Last Saturday hit a pond with a buddy of mine. I only managed a couple of short strikes but that was about it. I had three rods with me. One rigged with a jig, a Carolina rig, and another for hard baits. It was terrible!

I decided after a lunch to hit Bull Run since it was much closer to home. The water was a bit muddy, cold, but the sunshine was out.


The location I was casting from allowed me to target deeper water. I decided to stick with the Carolina rig minus the bead. With the water being cold, I decided to go with a light barrel weight and Zoom Fluke. Since these fish had to be in deeper water. I wanted a slow fall with something that mimicked a dying bait fish. 





The one that would save me from a skunk.

Zoom Fluke
After a few casts, a couple of short strikes, I felt a thump. In this particular cast as my lure was descending, I felt my lure bounce off a submerged log. The water in that area is 20 feet deep with tons of submerged timber. As soon as it bounced off the log, I gave my rod a quick few twitches. BAM!  


 She didn't put much of a fight, but she was a beauty with a battle scar.


The release.



The excitement level of hooking a fish whether a 12" or 24" is always the same. With this crazy early spring weather and lack of sunshine. It felt great to wet the line once again.



It was slow the rest of the afternoon, only managing a few small bass and white perch.Taking in the sunshine, a little vitamin D while I waited.


Until Sunday when I take my Ride 135 out for the first time, enjoy this tune.