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

Hit Mondo Pond Monday afternoon into the evening. Arrived at the first spot just after 1:30pm and fished til just before 7:45pm. Stopped at the Stratford Walmart to get a tennessee shad HJ-6 and also picked up a gold HJ-8.

Played with a number of lures at the first 3 spots and found what the fish were looking for. 3 lures that had fish going were the HJ-6, HJ-8, and a hot pink XR-6. One other lure that I caught the fish of the day with was a silver blade #1 Mepps Dressed Aglia.

As the day went on I decided to stick with the HJ-6. 2 fish that were most active in the mid afternoon were bluegills and pickerel. Bluegills as small as 4" were slamming the HJ-6. Biggest pickerel was an average 15"er just over a pound.

Later in the evening it turned into a crappie and perch bite. Crappie would come shooting up like the pickerel were with their mouths wide open.

Total for the day was 1 pumpkinseed, 5 largemouths, 3 yellow perch, over 10 pickerel, over 10 crappie, and over 10 bluegills. Biggest bass was an average cookie cutter just over a pound. Biggest bluegills were chunky 8"ers. 2 yellows were edible 8". Biggest crappie was 11".

Fish of the day was the pumpkinseed, which was a monster 9" fish. It was the only fish that showed interest in the Mepps.

Fight of the day was the 15" pickerel.

Show of the day was a 13" pickerel constantly jumping.

Retrieve that had the bass, bluegills, and pickerel going crazy was a sharp snap every second and a half with a quick half second pause. The retrieve that had crappie and perch going for later in the evening was more of a light twitch every second and a half with that half second pause.

Crest Daddy · Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 994

ever try a small jig under a bobber for crappie over there.? I kill em on that in a different small pond..
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Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

I've never tried that for crappie anywhere.

How much line down from the bobber and what's the retrieve?

Crest Daddy · Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 994

You gotta figure out how much line below the bobber on the spot. Depends how deep they are. I try 1 -2 feet or more. I use a small weighted bobber for casting distance. A small one that is easy to pull under.You don't have to do much besides cast it out and let it sit for a few seconds. Then give it a slight pull and wait a few seconds. Keep doing this until you have it in close to shore. They take it on the pause. I have used tiny tube jigs and a few other types of small plastics successfully with this rig.
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AlexF · Joined: 30 Jan 2012 Posts: 136

This time of year when crappie are really active, I like to cover a lot of water, so i usually throw small spinnerbaits or inline spinner. The jerk baits, jigs, senkos all work well for me too, but I always start out covering as much water as possible. If I don't get bit after a while I'll slow it down and fish a soft plastic, something that falls slowly. But you seemed to have figured it out lol!!!