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

I didn't want to waste a beautiful afternoon, so I decided to check out the ponds at Nod Brook WMA. I didn't have much luck finding largemouth bass in the lower (i.e., north) pond the last time I was there and wanted to check out the shallow pond to the west of it. It was sunny and warm, and there was just an occasional slight wind. I launched in the shallow pond at 12:45 pm. It's already filling in with weeds and green slime:

I tried throwing a four inch curlytail grub on a 3/8 ounce shakeyhead jighead, but there were too many weeds for it. I was still feeling optimistic, so I swapped out the grub jig for a white buzzbait. Nope, it was too weedy and slimy for that, too. I decided to switch to my other setup, which had a Pearl Silver Gulp! Minnow on a 1/16 ounce round jighead. On the first cast with it, I caught a small sunny:

A couple of casts later, I caught a dinky chain pickerel:

Over the next 30 minutes, I caught four more small sunnies and another dinky chain pickerel. But I could handle only so much fun, so I decided to get off of the shallow pond and head over to the lower pond. I launched on the north end at 1:45 pm and headed down the channel. I swapped out the white buzzbait for the grub jig, but didn't get any hits on it. As I headed south along the west shore, I heard a splash in the shallows, so I threw the minnow jig at it and boated a small black crappie:

I continued around the pond, but didn't get any more bites on either the minnow jig or the grub jig until I got the the southeast corner, where the minnow jig got me another small black crappie. After that, the bite was on with the minnow jig. I ended up catching 20 crappie, nine sunnies and eight largemouth bass. I caught the last four largemouth bass with a white 3/8 ounce Strike King Redeye spinnerbait. The biggest two of the largemouth bass were each only 14 inches long:

I got off of the water at 5:30 pm. I'm pretty glad that I didn't waste the afternoon.
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Stevius86 · Joined: 12 Apr 2012 Posts: 165 Location: Ellington

No matter what you catch, it's the thrill of the unknown that's fun. Glad someone was able to fish today. I'm heading out tomorrow morning

CT_BASSman · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349

Nice way to spend this day! I got out for about an hour on the Derby res but only caught 2 LMB each about 8" on a dropshot, wasn't even worth writing up a report. Hopefully i'll make out good heading to lilli in the AM with the kayak

DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

Nice job on a beautiful day!

Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

Excellent fishing!

slim2043 · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 446 Location: Plainville CT

Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

slim2043 · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 446 Location: Plainville CT

Thanks, Michael. I'm not familiar w the lake. Where would I launch to paddle deep brook cove?
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