boat issues & pond action

[Gamefisher]

I had the day completely free and open for the first time in a long time, and figured on spending most of it on lake Galena. However my boat had other plans. The good news is I finally got to try the bow-mount troller I installed over the winter, and it worked excellent! Even with the high wind today I was able to maneuver better. The bad news was it sprung a pretty bad leak, so I quit after only 45 minutes.

I went home, picked up some materials, and patched up the hole. I left it to dry, and went to see if pond largemouth were hitting.

When I got to the pond, right away, I saw several big female bass hanging in the shallows. Spawning time here in PA. They had made their beds and were guarding them. I left them alone and fished around some trees and and alge with soft plastics. The small bass were very aggressive and hitting like crazy. I caught about 5, missed a few more, and broke off one in some branches in the course of a couple hours.

Here I am with the biggest, trying to look cool. By the way, all the fish were on Esquired's custom worms!

 

[jkbirocz]

Sorry to hear about the leak, atleast the trolling motor works great though. That's also a nice bass :beer:

 

[FishinsMyLife]

A leaking boat sucks for sure. Nice bass!

 

[Waterwings]

Glad you got the leak fixed, and that's a good looking bass!

 

[Captain Ahab]

Nice report Gamefisher

I cannot believe you tried Galena yesterday - the wind was howling

 

[slim357]

sucks about the leak but at least you were able to salvage the rest of the day

 

[shamoo]

Glad you got her patched up, is she water worthy now? Way to salvage your day, glad you hear you left the females alone to do their thing =D>. I know some people would be on the beds in a hearbeat.

 

[Gamefisher]

Glad you got her patched up, is she water worthy now? Way to salvage your day, glad you hear you left the females alone to do their thing =D>. I know some people would be on the beds in a hearbeat.

I think so. I have to patch it on a regular basis, this is getting old.
That is one thing that really bugs me about the pros and TV hosts. They go right for bedding bass. It's an easy target.

 

[FishinsMyLife]

It's an easy target.

But not always an easy catch.

I don't go out and look for them on beds, but if I see a hawg, I'll try to catch it.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Do i know this pond?