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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I headed over to Spring Pond to kill some time this morning. I put El Habañero in the water at the culvert on the west shore of the south cove and fished from 8:15 am to 10:00 am. It was sunny and warm. There was no wind at first, but a slight north breeze rose while I was on the water. I worked my way counterclockwise around the cove. I threw a frog over the shallows on the west shore, but didn't get a hit until I headed east across the south shore. I set the hook on and boated a 15 inch largemouth bass:

It was nice to get yesterday's skunk off of the boat! Very Happy

I tried to troll a silver Rapala Original Floater F07 up the east shore, but it swam too deep and kept fouling on weeds. When I got to the far northeast corner, I tied on a wacky rigged five inch green pumpkin/red flake Senko, but didn't get any hits on it. When it was almost time for me to leave, I tied on a silver Rapala Shallow Shad Rap SSR7 and trolled it back toward the culvert. It swims shallower than the F07, so it didn't foul on weeds as much. When I got to the south end of the north cove, I got a hit and boated a nice 11 inch white perch:

A funny thing is that I almost expected to catch a white perch at that spot, because I caught a few there last year. It's interesting how certain spots tend to hold certain kinds of fish. Now I can't wait to go back and hit it again.
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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

Time to catch dinner again.

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I kept it! I was hoping to get at least one more, but I'm getting more proficient at filleting, so it's not a big deal to fillet just one fish.
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