Last Friday afternoon, I went fishing at a pond near Folsom High School. My buddy Nick and I got off of work early for Good Friday, and Nick just bought a new float tube, so we saw this as an opportunity to do a little bass fishing. Nick tells me all of the time that there are bass in the pond but every time he takes me to this pond we never catch any bass. I was optimistic and really wanted to start catching fish at this pond because it is only 5 minutes from the office.
I started out using a woolly bugger and didn’t have any luck. Nick started out with some small poppers and he had a little bit of activity but nothing took well enough to get them on the hook. I switched over to a small white Clouser Minnow. I started fishing against the reeds, I was able to catch a Green Sunfish. It was a pretty decent size, about the size of my hand. I hooked up on another fish but was not able to get it in. It wrapped itself around the weeds and I was not able to get it out. In the wrestle of trying to get it out of the weeds it got off the hook. I wasn’t too disappointed, it was pretty small. Now that I had a few fish, it was time to go for the big stuff. I wanted a bass!
I tied on a big popper and kicked my way over to the other side of the lake. I fished a batch of reeds with the popper for about 30 to 45 minutes with no activity. I talked to Nick and started thinking about throwing in the towel, but I decided to give it a few more minutes. I continued to fish the reeds but noticed a stop that looked promising. I finally got what was a small take on top of the water. I set the hook and the fish started fighter hard and I knew that the fish was much bigger than its bite. Keeping my rod up high and line tight, to prevent it from going under the weeds, I fought the fish for a good minute or so. The bass was not massive, but it had a nice bell on it and put up a good fight. So I guess it is true, there are fish in this pond. I want to give it a try again here, in another few weeks and see how we do.
Note: Below are some links to the equipment and flies that I used. Happy fishing!
I started out using a woolly bugger and didn’t have any luck. Nick started out with some small poppers and he had a little bit of activity but nothing took well enough to get them on the hook. I switched over to a small white Clouser Minnow. I started fishing against the reeds, I was able to catch a Green Sunfish. It was a pretty decent size, about the size of my hand. I hooked up on another fish but was not able to get it in. It wrapped itself around the weeds and I was not able to get it out. In the wrestle of trying to get it out of the weeds it got off the hook. I wasn’t too disappointed, it was pretty small. Now that I had a few fish, it was time to go for the big stuff. I wanted a bass!
I tied on a big popper and kicked my way over to the other side of the lake. I fished a batch of reeds with the popper for about 30 to 45 minutes with no activity. I talked to Nick and started thinking about throwing in the towel, but I decided to give it a few more minutes. I continued to fish the reeds but noticed a stop that looked promising. I finally got what was a small take on top of the water. I set the hook and the fish started fighter hard and I knew that the fish was much bigger than its bite. Keeping my rod up high and line tight, to prevent it from going under the weeds, I fought the fish for a good minute or so. The bass was not massive, but it had a nice bell on it and put up a good fight. So I guess it is true, there are fish in this pond. I want to give it a try again here, in another few weeks and see how we do.
Note: Below are some links to the equipment and flies that I used. Happy fishing!
