This weekend - Cooter's Pond

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Well I was able to get out this weekend and go fishing. I went Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Friday night I tried to fish all along the west bank of the lake but with no success. Made my way towards the golf course but it started to get dark so I headed back to the boat dock. I fish a small cove near the boat dock and landed a nice little pounder (maybe 1.25 lbs). Called it a night due to darkness and almost getting hit by a falling tree - stupid beavers!!!

Sunday afternoon, I decided to skip fishing the west bank and go straight for the vertical trees in the middle of the lake. I cast a couple of times and quickly realized I had no clue how to fish this area. Since I wanted to fish the pads at the golf course cove, I didn't waste too much time at the vertical trees. I got back into the cove which is very long and wide with TONS of lily pads. I found a nice little spot and drove my little boat straight into the pads since the bite was not happening on the edges. I landed a small dink at first. Then I switched to dark lizard (I didn't have any frogs with me ). I slowly pulled the lizard across the pads and over the open water areas and had 2 big blow ups. One was at least a 2 pounder that I lost because I couldn't pull him out fast enough. The second was at least a 3 pounder that again I couldn't pull out of the thick stuff. Sigh.

The whole afternoon, I was hearing and seeing blowups at the surface all over the pad area I was in. I will have to remember to take a picture of the area next time so you can see what kind of "pad heaven" I am in. After Christmas, I plan on having video, since my gift to myself will be the hatcam.

I will post a few pics when I get home. Next trip out there I will definitely head straight to the lily pads with my baitcaster, 50 lb braid, and my frogs. I don't plan on losing any with that setup.