Another local neighbor pond

[Fishnngolfn]

I went to this pond yesterday afternoon after work. I fished near the north inlet and the fish were attacking anything I threw at them. I was unable to get a good hook set using a 6" lizard so I switched to a 4" finesse worm. I was walking them across the water and the hits were just phenomenal. Several times the fish actually lept completely out of the water trying to hit the bait. Unfortunately, I was only able to stay around 45 minutes, but I caught 12 bass during that time. I also had around 5 to 10 misses. All the fish were around a 1# with the largest around 1.25#. Small guys but still very fun nonetheless.

[Jim80]

sounds like fun F&G if i had a pond that close it would ease the wifes complaining about me leaving to fish all the time .

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by Jim80

sounds like fun F&G if i had a pond that close it would ease the wifes complaining about me leaving to fish all the time .

I thought that fishing my neighborhood retention ponds and a few ponds less than 2 miles away would have done the same thing. Boy I was wrong. The only time that I have to fish these ponds are before work and sometimes after work. The problem with after work is the fish don't usually start biting until 6 to 6:30pm and my wife wants me home by then. I just got lucky yesterday because it was just after 3 straight days of rain.

I heard that a cold front will give the fish "lockjaw" and that they don't feed as often during the cold front. Is this true? It would explain why they were so hungry yesterday after the cold front moved on.

[Jim80]

When it gets cloder the bite will slow down , you just have to slow down your presentation and when you think you have slowed enough slow down some more . Yeah my wife is the same way I got out from 10:30 to 12:30 yesterday and from 2:30 to 4:30 the day before not exactly the best times to fish .