GOOD DAY FISHING.

[chris kowaleski]

went fishing for a couple hours at one of my dads "permission spots" for a couple hours after he got off of work. went there with some minnows and several rods to try to catch some nice catfish or bass. I brought my ultralight with me as well just in case and had a beetle spin tied onto it already, thinking i could fish along the walls for a few minutes before tightlining or fishing with a bobber. turns out all i ended up doing was wrecking shop with my beetle spin tipped with a piece of night crawler. I haven't really fished there, but my dad fishes there quite often and he's caught about a 15 foot catfish, then the last couple weekends his line was broken off by a cat with a mouth about 8 inches across, then a massive bass spit the hook out as it jumped.  I'm excited about the turn out of that spot, so i'l ldefinately be going back soon!

[chris kowaleski]

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[chris kowaleski]

caught several more decent catfish as well, but i didn't take a picture of them.

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

Those permission spots can hold some nice fish when the pressure is low......I have a couple that I haven't fished in a few years and one of the gentlemen even called me earlier last week talking about big bass and Crappie he caught with his grandchildren. Guess I need to set aside an afternoon and try things out......Good job Chris and isn't it great to see the Spring conditions out the window! 

[chris kowaleski]

thank you sir! you better take him up on that!

[Allen Morgan]

I agree!

Last year, a buddy of mine invited me out to fish a large private pond / small lake that he had permission on.  When we got there, it was about 6 pm, overcast, with just a light breeze to ruffle the water.  Water of fairly clear, with a few feet of visibility to it.  While we were talking about strategies to fish the pond, I saw a couple topwater hits.  I immediately noted the weather, and told my buddy the topwater bite was on.  I tied on a Heddon Tiny Torpedo that I had, and started casting it past obvious ambush points, twitching it back.  I must have caught a dozen or so.  The last fish was a really chunky 4 lber that completely launched itself out of the water on the attack, flipping upside down doing so.  Of course, I didn't connect with it.

I've got the owner's phone number; I should try to contact him to see about getting permission, maybe even launch my kayak.

[chris kowaleski]

nice!! get on it and rip some lips!