WITH A GOOD DEAL OF WORK AWAITING ME I OPTED TO STAY CLOSE TO HOME SO I VENTURED OUT TO SOME LOCAL WATERS FOR A FEW HOURS OF PLEASURABLE PURSUIT: SPINY RAY FISHING. IN THE PAST I'VE READ REPORTS ON THESE SMALL BODIES OF WATER, ONE SUGGESTED THAT THEY HOLD SMALLMOUTH BASS, NAY, CERTAINLY SMALL LARGEMOUTH BUT NO! SMALLMOUTH. ANYWAY THERE I WAS AT FIRST IT WAS SLOW A FEW OF THOSE SMALL LARGEMOUTHS WERE CAUGHT, BUT SLOW. SO, I VENTURED TO PORTION THAT USUALLY PRODUCE MIDSIZED CRAPPIE. THIS USUALLY ALWAYS GIVES ME SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ANYWAY. RECENTLY I'VE HAD SOME SHORT-LIVED RESULTS WITH BUZZBAITS AND OTHER TOP WATER BAITS. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE CATCHING BASS TOPWATER. ON MY WAY BACK TO MY RIG I DECIDED TO TRY A SHORELINE AREA. BLAM!!! FIRST BIG LOCAL BASS OF THE YEAR FROM THESE WATERS. THERE QUITE A FEW BIG BASS IN THESE PONDS, !
SOMETIMES PLASTIC RIGGED CAROLINA STYLE IS THE TRICK SOMETIMES A RAPALA IS THE KEY. I PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE ALMOST ALL THE TIME. ALTHOUGH I DID TAKE SOME CRAPPIE AND BASS HOE ON JANUARY 01 OF THIS YEAR, JUST TO GET OFF TO SOUND START. BY THE WAY I LEFT OUT SOME OF THE NEEDED INGREDIANTS, BUT ILL LEAVE THAT UP TO ANY READERS. WHEN NOT CLOSE TO HOME YOU,LL FIND ME ON BANKS, EVERGREEN RESV., AND RECENTLY SPRAGUE, BUT THOSE ARE OTHER TAILS.

ADDENDUM TO EARLIER REPORT: THE SIZE OF THE BASS CAUGHT AND RELEASED WAS 19 INCHES AND OVER 6 LBS. BRAGGIN' SIZE, GOOD FISHIN' TO YA.

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