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-Kley- · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject: Private Pond - 05/31/09

I pick beautiful days to fish, like yesterday, but the fishing has been absolute garbage. I stand there, casting away, 10 different lure types, different approaches, different colors, and the bass just swim right by. I saw probably a dozen BIG bass, and countless smaller. So after 3 or 4 hours of nothing, I switched gears and decided to get my Panfish on. These are going to taste good. All were between 6 and 8 inches long (except that bottom one, not sure how he got in the bucket).

While I was there, I got to see a lot of cool wildlife. There was a beaver out on the pond who kept showing himself, some cool looking soft shell turtles, and this huge snake. This is the biggest snake I've seen in NWI - at about 4-5 feet long. I got to see him 4 or 5 times. I kept sneaking up on him.

Here I outlined how long he was:

I almost grabbed him on two occasions, but ehhhh... maybe not a good idea. I know there really no poisonous snakes in NWI (there are, but they're extremely rare), but there are still snakes with fangs. I'd rather not get bit. I looked him up last night and I believe it to be a Black Rat Snake - which is a common species more south, but do exist up here.

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/brat.htm
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wild bill · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject:

KEITH SWEET JOB ON THOSE PAN FISH. I JUST GOT A FISH FRYER FROM BASS PRO FOR THIRTY BUCKS, IT IS NICE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO FRY THEM BLUES UP. WILD BILL.

F-N-G · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:54 am Post subject:

Sorry I couldn't make it out with ya on Sunday but I had some chores the wife wanted done. Looks like it wasn't a bad day after all. Did you go to that spot you showed me? I haven't been out in a while and I'm having withdrawls

-Kley- · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:32 am Post subject:

Yes, dood, those huge ass bass were doing the same thing again. Just hanging out by the shore and not biting on anything. It was sunny so I was able to go along the entire shore and look for others. Saw probably a dozen 3-4 lb+ largemouth just hanging out by shore. I saw a couple big carp too. It's frustrating to see them sitting there and they won't bite on anything. I gotta catch one and size it up.

I had a smaller bass on a Yamasenko at one point but lost it before I could set the hook. That's the only bite I had, besides the panfish. It's a weather thing. If we get out there on a good day with the right conditions, we're going to absolutely KILL them.
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F-N-G · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

I'm starting to wonder if they just have so much natural food that they aren't interested. Though I would think that something should get them to trigger a response.

-Kley- · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:26 am Post subject:

The pond looks really healthy. At one point, I saw a huge school of minnows swim by, which I've never seen in a pond before.
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