New Pond

[jooleyen]

My dad and I were driving and we saw this pond behind a new Wal-Mart.
We decided to cast a couple of times. I've noticed that around here, when there is a body of water with muddy water, there are lots of big fish. I felt confident that I could catch a fish on a jig, even though it would only be my second. I put some of that Smelly Jelly on a D.B. ProModel Jig in Texas Craw color with a Zoom Chunk, and started swimming the jig. I had a keeper hit about a foot from shore. It was my second bass on a jig, and my first Jig&Pig bass.


I went again today and now a jig is my go-to bait, because of the confidence I gained in it two days ago. The water has about 10" visibility, so I figured there wouldn't be much vegetation. I threw a Norman DeepLittleN, and within the first 20 casts, I had a nice one hit. He was near four pounds. I lost him because once again, I didn't use my brain. He jumped and shook the hook right at the shore. I should've had my rod tip lower. I gave the crankbait a break and tried a bunch of other lures. I went back to the crankbait and caught this 18". (not nearly as big as the one I lost)


A couple of minutes later, I decided to pitch a jig into some trees for a squirrel. The pond is completely surrounded by trees with few openings. I pulled a little 13" bass out of the trees. This was my third jig bass.


I came to this drainage pipe that was completely exposed, so I jumped onto it, walked out and dropped my jig straight down. I landed two more 13" bass. I kept doing the same thing, and I landed a total of 5 jig&pig bass for the day.

I started swimming the jig down the bank and a foot away from me BAM! A five pounder ran off with it. Again, I lost him because my damn rod was too high. This happened FIVE more times, and every bass was at least four pounds. It was crazy! Then I had to leave.

I was using 20 pound test monofilament with a 7'H rod and a tight drag.
Tomorrow I will go to the store and buy some 80 pound test PowerPro, and 10 jigs. I lost two.

If my dad and I had a canoe, I bet we would catch tons of big bass. We only covered about 1/10 of the shoreline, because there is 5 foot tall grass everywhere.

I guarantee that my biggest bass will come out of this pond. I know you're probably sick of hearing about my five pounders coming off, but I will land one and take pictures.

I only posted this because I've been wanting to catch a fish on a jig for a long time, and I'm happy that I've accomplished my mini-goal.