I was feeling restless last night so I decided to do some late night bassin' at a local pond in Union County. By 11 pm the torrential downpour had ceased and it was a light intermittent drizzle when I headed out to a spot I hadn't been to in a while. Most people (even local UC people) have never heard of this park and those few that have probably didn't know there was a pond tucked into a back corner.
When got to the pond I saw the feeder stream was now a raging river dumping so much water Into this puddle that it created a channel/current that ran straight from the feeder stream to dam through the center of pond. I started working just outside of the current with a massive crankbait I found while cleaning out my garage earlier in the week. I should note, I have never even caught a fish on a crank before yesterday.
3rd cast and I haul out a nice bass who gave me a few jumps before I got him to shore. Proceeded to catch two more on the crankbait (I learned last night that Treble hooks and fishing in the dark are not a good combo) before I hooked into what was by far my biggest fish of the night. The fish struck right as my lure was working its way through a mostly submerged tree branch so before I knew what hit me the fish must have wrapped my line around so many tree branches that I couldn't reel in an inch. I decided to give some slack and wait and see if the fish would untangle itself, no such luck. I ended up having to cut my line.
After losing my magic crank I tied on a spinnerbait and proceeded to catch another decent bass on the first cast and then one more 20 minutes later.
I am completely exhausted at work today but it was totally worth it!
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06-29-2016, 01:48 PM
Late Night Thunderstorm Bassin' 6/28-6/29
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