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jon s
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 Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: Hatch 5-11 updated |
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Hatch Pond
6am-330pm
Water Temp started at 56, ended 64.3
by far the weirdest day of fishing i have had in a while
got to the lake and launched to find clear water, an empty parking lot, and tons of grass and scum. the pads are just stating to come in and i thought i would have a good shot at a pig. fished shallow and flipped jigs into grass and a topwater frog, nada. first fish was a crappie on a small deep dunning crankbait. then nothing for an hour so i was getting annoyed and decided a re-evaluation was necessary. started jigging deeper water with laydowns and rock and got a couple of 1-2#. this started to suck....so i went bedfishing. probably 10 bass on fishstix 7" biggest being almost three#. most of the beds were empty and i was pretty sure that i was catching males because the weather pushed the girls off a bit. i kept picking off small males beacuse it was easy then got bored and started to look for the girls again. going back to a crank bait i got more small keepers. also fished a chiger craw t-rigged with a 3/4 oz weight and got more small bass and another close to 3. after all that, only having a dead trolling motor i wrapped it up at 330. didnt count but north of 20 fish, best five for 11# or so. now the weird part.
at one point i hear a bang at the bottom of the boat, and i look as a snapping turtle picked the wrong spot to surface.
i was almost killed by an over protective swan twice, saw some large bird attack a squirrel and finally, watched to snappers' do the dirty deed in the area i was fishing...have pics post later...no pics of fish...wasn't really anything great but i did get to break in my new Fenwick rod which is sweet... The Elite techs are awesome.
it was a good but strange day
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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cant wait to see those pics of the turtles gettin it on! 
was breezy out on the water? It was pretty breezy up this way today...
btw- where is hatch? There is a hatch pond in sharon, but its private with lots of monsters!
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jon s
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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hatch pond is in kent, i think down from rt. 7 from you....hell yea it was breezy
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| where you in the new boat Jon? |
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jon s
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: |
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nope not yet...after....waiting to january so i dont waste money.......i am fishing all the BFLs and the Stren Series Northern as a conangler, starting june im gunna be gone for like 2 week each month....but i still have a sponsorship from them
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SkeeterJim
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Definitely sounded likea weird day to me. Jon, good luck in your future tournies.
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jon s
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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skeeter jim....thanks ill keep you guys updated on my tournies, my 1st this year is the BFL 1 day on champlain.....i cant wait to go do the stren
and finally my smallmouth is getting bigger...he now eats 20 goldfish every 3 days
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Cool!! Ive seen the same myself a few years ago at Ashland Pond. Until we found the ruckus, it was a little freaky
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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how long have you had that smallie in a tank?
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jon s
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bout a year....i have kept both largies and smallies, the smallies are usually more active, they swim alot more and like the current that the filters make. they make awesome pets and they are pretty smart. they are easy to keep, they just make a mess when they eat
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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hey jon ever hit paderwiski in plainvile i think that how u spell it
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jon s
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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yea among the stink, scum and tons of little fish with relatively no cover, there are some really big bass in there. i have caught 4 bass over 5 from there and two were over 6.... that being said its a tough place to fish and i havent been there in a while...those fish are few and FAR between.
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Keith T
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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That Smallie looks familiar..... 
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jon s
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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hey bud! im gettin a new outboard for the boat....we will hook up again this year....maybe hit mudge when the pads come in Keith?
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Keith T
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Count me in Buddy......
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