Good Topwater Bite

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.

"Ronnie Garrison" wrote in message
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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.

Sounds like you might have been "creating a noise zone." That is a
technique I first heard about here in this newsgroup. Basically I have
heard of guys ripping a good minnow area with a buzz bait over and over
again to to create a noise zone and then fishing a popper through the area a
little bit slower. Sounds like your feeding sunnies were creating the noise
zone for you.


--
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

Ronnie Wrote:
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.

That's cause your fishing for those southern bluegills Ronnie, I hear that
they are a bit slower down there :-)

Ronnie Garrison wrote:
snip
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. ...

A one pound bass fights harder than a one pound bluegill ?!?
That's one funny pond you've got going there, Ronnie. Do you
feed the bass steroids and the bluegill Valium ? ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Ronnie Garrison wrote:

snip
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. ...


A one pound bass fights harder than a one pound bluegill ?!?
That's one funny pond you've got going there, Ronnie. Do you
feed the bass steroids and the bluegill Valium ? ;-)


Ronnie I have caught a lot of both, that 1# blue gill will out zip a
bass every time, only thing that would get close to fighting like the
blue gill, of the same size , is a hybrid stripe.

Of course if your using 14# test, it's hard to tell the difference,, on
a 4# ultra/micro lite RIG,, you bet you can tell the difference

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

alwaysfishking wrote:

Ronnie Wrote:
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.


That's cause your fishing for those southern bluegills Ronnie, I hear that
they are a bit slower down there :-)


Yea, maybe that is it. I do weigh my bluegill - a one pound fish is much
bigger then most folks imagine.

Did you see the article comparing northern and Florida strain bass in
the Bassin Times? Seems the northerns are much easier to catch - maybe
our bream are different too.

Rodney wrote:


Of course if your using 14# test, it's hard to tell the difference,, on
a 4# ultra/micro lite RIG,, you bet you can tell the difference

That is what I use, and I can tell the difference. I think most people
compare catching a bass on 14 pound line and heavy equipment to catching
a bluegill on 4 pound test and ultralight, that is why they think
bluegill fight harder.

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Ronnie Garrison wrote:

snip
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. ...


A one pound bass fights harder than a one pound bluegill ?!?
That's one funny pond you've got going there, Ronnie. Do you
feed the bass steroids and the bluegill Valium ? ;-)

I feed the bluegill and catfish floating pellets, the bass eat the
bluegill and cats, although I have caught a couple of bass on pellets -
they hit them as the pellet sank.

"Ronnie Garrison" wrote in Seems the northerns
are much easier to catch - maybe
our bream are different too.

It's just a Northern thing, fish have to eat more before that ice comes
in:-)

I don't know, Ronnie. I caught a nice little half pound red ear on my drop
shot rod on Monday morning fishing with the kids. He put up quite a scrap.
I also caught a 10" LM on the same rod on the same grub with the same drag
settings. The red ear spun the drag a lot more than that LM did. I caught
them less than 30 feet apart and within a few minutes of each other.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com