Ben called and wanted to take advantage of the weather change to manage the fish population in one of his ponds. He said Thursday afternoon at 2:00 the pressure was forecast to start dropping and the fish should be ready to feed up. He was dead on ! When we arrived at the pond it was obvious the fish were feeding. We launched and started catching immediately. The drouth has caused the water level to be down by 3 feet or more concentrating the fish and the shad in the deepest part of the pond. It was basically cast around the boat in any direction especially where the creek was located. Pretty quickly he came out with a 5-15 pound fish that had a 7 pound head. As we traveled back toward the shallower part of the pond the bites stopped and so did any sign of baitfish so we turned around and got back out in the middle. This 9-1 came out then.

You can see the bare bank of the pond in the background. Rain began to threaten but putting on a rain suit top scared it off for a while. Ben was fishing with a Bandit flat maxx and a DT-6 and I fished with a DT-6, an unknown crankbait and a Strike King king shad jointed swimbait that I put on to try and it did pretty well. I had a couple of “failing to retie fiascos” but otherwise a good day. The rain appeared to be imminent and “discretion is the better part of valor” so we put the boat on the trailer with a cooler of bass.

We ended up with around 30 counting the extreme tight eyes that were thrown back and of course the bigger fish. A great afternoon with the weather perfectly played. I’m going to consult with Ben before going fishing again so I can get the right day weather wise. He had it dialed in.