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Michael
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 Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:36 pm Post subject: Mondo Pond 11/20 |
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After getting home from Seaside, I got my freshwater gear and headed back out the door arriving at Mondo Pond around 1:45pm.
First stop was my usual spring spot now that weeds have died a lot. Threw a spinner and gold HJ-8. Had a pickerel swipe the HJ-8.
Next stop was where I was into the crappie last time. First lure was the gold HJ-8 and did a number of different stop and go retrieves with it resulting in nothing. Then switched over to a purple nurple XRSH-6 which resulted in a pickerel swiping it. Next lure was a helsinki shad HJ-8 which resulted in 2 pickerel. Biggest was 15" 1 pound 3 ounces. Once pickerel stopped hitting, I threw the Strike King Lightning Shad to see what the crappie were doing. Had 2 come up that I missed and set the hook on 3. Landed 2 of the 3 with both being 10.5". The one I lost looked more like 8".
Once the crappie stopped hitting I made my way to other spots with the helsinki shad HJ-8 varying the stop and go jerkbait retrieve. 1 spot landed me a slender 12" slime dart and another landed me a chunky 11" humpback.
Made my way back to the spring spot and the crappie area resulting in a crappie coming up for the Strike King and landing a dinky pickerel on the Strike King.
Hit the road around 4:45pm
Word I have is 2 shallow coves at the spring pond that don't get choppy and have shade were 80% covered with very skim ice. |
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AlexF
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| "slime dart" lol, I like that one. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| AlexF wrote: | | "slime dart" lol, I like that one. |
That's a common nickname for pickerel used here in the Northeast.
Slimy fish that comes darting out of nowhere.
Last year around this time of year I was fishing both ponds and titled the report "Day of the Slime Dart" |
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Michael
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| AlexF wrote: | | "slime dart" lol, I like that one. |
I recently found out a nickname they use in the chain pickerel's far southern region is "poor man's barracuda". |
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