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

Member mikeyinstfd (Mike) and I hit Great Hollow Lake hoping for trout. Arrived around 11:15am and worked most areas of the shoreline.

Mike threw a Berkley Trout Worm out there on 1 rod while playing with a jig for bass on another. He only had 2 hits on the Berkley and had a few taps on the jig.

I threw my usual Rapala trout killers but never got a hit or follower. Tried playing topwater with a shad Shallow Shad Rap SSR-5 and bleeding pearl Original Floater F-7 around weeds, which resulted in a cookie cutter bass.

Later we spent about a half hour at a nearby pond.

I landed a bass on the F-7 and Mike got a bass on his jig. He also lost a bass while playing topwater with a perch SSR-7.

Last stop of the day was the golf course. That's where the bass were more active even though they weren't being aggressive.

We worked a number of spots along 3 ponds and the stream.

Mike was getting lots of hits on his jig and landed 3 bass. I wasn't getting any topwater action with the F-7 so switched to a glass minnow Husky Jerk HJ-6 and did a suspending retrieve. That had bass and bluegills curious, but most would just peck at it or carefully take the tail. Did land 4 bass.

Mike got the lunker of the day on a spinner, which ended up being a chunky 2 pounder. Orange seemed to be the color with how stained the water was.

Hit the road around 5pm.

limeymotors · Joined: 26 Jan 2013 Posts: 77

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mikeyinstfd · Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Posts: 45

Man was I having fun with my new baitcasting setup. Really wish I used spinner all day. Jig fishing has been tough to learn for me because I'm impatient. But love how they hit when they hit. Problem was they kept tapping it but not taking it completely.

Now that I am really comfortable casting this thing im thinking I can get some more quality fish.

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