Fishing Rods

Took today off to take my best friend Bill to the swamp pond for his first time there. Sunny, mid-60's, no wind, clear water met us there. We saw a 7 or 8' 'gator, Canada geese, water turkeys, and some wood ducks on the pond as we fished.

We fished for a half hour or so, Bill throwing two different weightless Senkos while I pitched a jig with no bites. My second cast with Matt's Baby Rainbow Trout swimbait brought me a 2.8 lb, 18 incher. He tried a spinnerbait, topwater, and more Senkos to no avail and he's caught 3 or 4 8+ lbers on a Senko before. I finally caught my second and last Bass, a 1.8 lb, 16 incher on a cr/bait.

The swimbait Bass was caught on a 7/6 Heavy LTA and the cr/bait Bass was caught on a 7' Medium LTA.

We had a good visit togeather but I'm so sorry he didn't get the first bite but I'd told him Bassin' had been slow to almost non-existant there lately but he wanted to see and fish the swamp pond he's heard so much about that he and his wife ( - - blocked - - ) up from Jax., staying in Tifton where he'll try to fish tomorrow, weather permitting while I'll head back to work.


Matt's BRT

Again

1.8 lbs--16"


Dan

Nice fish as always Dan!