fishing reports

[Catscratch]

I just walked out to the pond and fished for maybe 25 minutes, middle of the day bright sun and stiff breeze.
WOW!!!!
Smallie Palooza…caught at least thirty from 4” to 13” all on Mepps gold spinner #2. Had some misses and some follows…I ripped the lure pretty fast. Only caught smallmouth.
This is exactly what I dreamed of when we put the pond in four years ago. I have no doubt whatsoever that they have spawned the last two years.

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I wear size 12 shoes
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Nice non stop action, and everyone was returned to the pond safely.

Congrats!!!

 

[matinc]

Bill what is a 30 wide?

 

[Bill]

Bill what is a 30 wide?

Ha my bad. Not everyone would know that.

Conventional reels come in various class sizes, the number correlates to how much line of a certain size they hold, how wide the spool is and max drag. Generally 16, 20, 30, 50, 80 and 130.

30 and under are small, 50 is mid size. The 80 and 130’s generally need to be fought from a chair or harness, to big to hold for most people.

I switched most of my 30’s out for 50’s last winter. 30’s are nice to fight a fish with until they get to be big fish.

For reference in the movie Jaws, Quinn was using a 130 class reel :)