While feeding the bream in my pond yesterday I threw a Pop-R a few
times. One of the first few
casts, as I worked the lure back thru the bream feeding, a 2 lb 6 ounce
bass grabbed it. The
Pop-R looked a lot like one of the bream feeding as I twitched it and I
guess the bass thought it
was an easy meal.

A couple of casts later a 1.5 pound bass hit the lure, this time to the
right of where the bream
were feeding. There is a lot of what I call needle grass hanging over
the edge of the pond, and the
fish was holding right on the edge of it.

A few casts later I made a long cast down the dam and my best fish of
the morning hit. It was
way out and fought good, jumping four times before I got it in. My dog
was going crazy wanting
to go play with it. That bass weighed 3 lbs. 5 ounces on my hand scales.

Nice few minutes of fishing. Made me want to get some big shiners and
see what I could catch
there. I know there are big bass in it, over five pounds, but they are
harder to catch.

Good way to try out new plugs though. Nice and peaceful, the only sound
other than the bream
feeding is an occasional airplane going over.

The bluegill are fun, too. Last week I got one that weighed 1lb. 6
ounces on my scales. Hope for
a two pounder one of these days. I use an ultralight with 4 pound line,
and they fight good. But I
have to disagree with those that say they pull better than bass. A one
pound bass on that same
outfit with fight harder and longer than a 1 pound bluegill. I have
caught both within minutes of
each other while throwing a beetle spin with it.