Mine Creek Pond - Wake
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Largemouth BassTechniqueMicro CrankbaitsSeasonSummerStructurePointsThere are a lot of baby bass and bluegill in the water now and baitballs are showing up in spite of the heat. Small cranks are the way to go right now. All strikes were ~10ft off shore just where it started to cool off/deepen.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft JerkbaitsSeasonSummerStructurePoints
We've had lots of rain lately, so the pond was a bit higher than usual and fairly clear considering. I was trying out my new Shimano Complex XR on a medium light rod, jerking along the fluke and reeling quickly. The bass responded pretty aggressively! I'll be sizing down 1/0 hooks going forward.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueCarolina RigsSeasonSummerStructurePoints
It's been brutally hot lately, punctuated by heavy rain, so the pond is a little high, a little murky, and there's a good amount of floating debris near the shore in some places. I decided to go with the Carolina rig this morning to get underneath the floating sticks and leaves to provoke some bites. Fished for 3 hours, caught 2 bass and a catfish, nothing over 2lbs. Better than being skunked!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSoft JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBaitfish
There were lots of shad bait balls around the pond, so I spent the better part of morning throwing the soft jerkbait around them. Several takers, just not a single bass over 3lbs. It was a fun Father's Day nonetheless!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructurePoints
I fished from 9:45am to 1pm. It was hot and partly cloudy, and most of the bait fish had gone to deeper water, it seemed. Swim baits weren't working, so I threw the wacky rigged worm and it yielded a few ~1lbs bass and a few fat bullheads. Better luck tomorrow?
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueUnderspinsSeasonSummerStructurePoints
Fishing around bluegill beds to see what was biting. I had witnessed some fairly aggressive bass come in to take bluegill, so it seemed like a decent strategy. I wound up catching an 8oz bluegill, a crappie, a white bass, and multiple bass in the 2-3lbs range. Omnia currently doesn't stock it, but my go-to soft plastic has been the Berkeley 2" paddle tail in grasshopper.
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CatfishTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureLedgesThere is a deeper section of the pond at the mouth of a cove at Mill Creek Pond. Throwing soft plastics in there has yielded many decent bass over the years, but never a catfish! I thought for certain I had a monster bass, as this cat fought like hell to stay deep. Once landed, I identified it as a white catfish and got a weight -- 4lbs 6oz, a trophy size white catfish for North Carolina! Not a bass, but something really special all the same!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureLedges
Surface activity tapered off as the sun came out. Switched to a small wacky rig and caught 3 bass around 2lbs. I love the action of the Z-man Fatty. The middle joint gives it a little extra wobble!
