My friend Craig was nice enough to invite me out to a private pond he has access to and boy did we put a hurting on the bass. We fished about 4 hours and caught almost 100 between the two of us. Mostly 1-2 pounders but the biggest I landed was 16.5" and jumped right back in the water as I tried to get a pic on the Hawg Trough. I also lost 3 really good fish right at the kayak. I know.. the big ones always get away so says the fishermen, but Craig can vouch for me. I stood in the kayak and fished most of the day. Right as I leaned over to get the net, they'd slip off. He saw me lose all 3 of them and laughed each time as I threw my hat or rod down in a fit. One was easily a 4 pounder
He landed his hog though, a solid 5 pounder, maybe a bit over 5 pounds. She came out of an area we had both fished several times that morning and both caught fish out of. I guess she was being picky.
I caught over 40 and every one of them came on a Zoom finesse worm. Watermelon/red and junebug colors. I tried other lures with no luck. Craig caught them on Power Team Lures tubes and DT6 crankbaits.
I haven't had a day like this in many years when I catch 40+ bass in about 4 hours. Today has inspired me to put in the work to locate some private ponds and start asking for permission. I'd much rather do this anyday than fish JPP and deal with all the "bassholes"
Hopefully I'll get to fish that pond again with him, I feel like I have some unfinished business with the larger ones that got away!