BIG BASS ON PRIVATE POND

[FUTCHCAIRO]

I MET ROY AT HIS HOUSE AT 6 A..M. THIS MORNIN. MOON OUT BUT COVERED WITH LIGHT CLOUDS, TOOK ABOUT 15 MIN TO GET TO THE POND AND WAS ON THE WATER AT 6:20. OLE ROY PITCHED OUT A BROKEN BACK AND HAD A FISH ON AFTER ABOUT 5' REELIN IN, NICE 4 # BASS. ON MY 3 RD. CAST I REELED IN A NICE 3 1/2 # BASS. IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND OLE ROY REALLY PUT ME ON THE FISH. BY 10 A.M. WE HAD CAUGHT OVER 35 BASS, 2# TO 7#, WE KEPT 7 BASS FOR A FISH FRY TOMORROW NIGHT, THE 7 WE KEPT WENT FROM 3 1/2 TO 7 POUNDS AND HAD BEAUTIFUL COLOR AND FAT AS BUTTER BALLS. THIS WAS THE FIRST REALLY DECENT DAY OF FISHING I HAVE HAD IN TWO YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN LAID UP. IT WAS GREAT TO GET OUT ROY, I WENT HOME AND SLEPT FOR 4 HOURS, I WAS REALLY WORE OUT FROM REELING IN THOSE NICE SIZE BASS. THANKS AGAIN FOR TAKIN THE OLD MAN.
PATHE OLD MAN OF THE SEA SEMPER FI

[slowroller]

Good fish, can't beat that.Glad ya got em.

[BAD BEHAVIOR]

Glad you got on 'em Pa!!! God bless ya!

[RHTFISH]

That is great PA! I'll be thinking about you when I hit flats about 0315 this morning. I'm taking someone who has never been out at night
so it should really be fun!

[CSMarine]

Been a long time since I caught that many Bass in one day. Great fishing PA!

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY DOC, HOPE YA GOT SOME LOUD TOP-WATER PLUGS, THE LAST TIME I WENT AT NIGHT WAS ABOUT 3 YRS. AGO WHEN ONE OF MY OLD BOY SCOUTS CAME UP FROM BOKEELIA AND TOOK ME DOWN TO ECONFINA, MAN THAT WAS REALLY FUN, WATCHIN THOSE FISH HEAD FOR THE PLUGS AND THEN THE EXPLOSION WHEN THEY HIT THE PLUG. YA GOTTA HAVE A STRONG HEART TO DO THAT KIND OF FISHIN. THAT NIGHT THAT BUCK CARRIED ME WE CAUGHT ABOUT 20-25 TROUT, 12 OVERSIZE REDS, HUGE SPANISH, TARPON THAT TOOK 4 PLUGS FROM US, AND A 7 FT. BULL SHARK. BUCK IS STILL GUIDEING DOWN AT BOKEELIA AND IS BOOKED TILL DEC.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA SEMPER FI

[Good Times]

Glad you got to go PA. We need to get you a camera!

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY GOOD TIMES, MY SON SENT ME A CAMERA BUT THE OLD MAN IS TOO STUPID TO LEARN HOW TO PUT PIC ON THE INTERNET. MY OLDEST SON SAID HE WOULD COME OVER ONE DAY IF HE COULD GET OUT OF DOING SONAGRAMS FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS AND SHOW ME HOW TO DO IT. THE LITTLE CAMERA IS A CANNON S 200. MY YOUNGEST SON SAID THAT IT WAS SIMPLE TO USE ON THE NET., BUT THE OLD MAN HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT YET.
PA SEMPER FI

[Good Times]

PA, if you have some of the bass and can email them to me I'll put em up for you. I'd be glad to help you out with that anytime.

[bman]

Got to love pond bass fishing!

[RHTFISH]

HEY DOC, HOPE YA GOT SOME LOUD TOP-WATER PLUGS, THE LAST TIME I WENT AT NIGHT WAS ABOUT 3 YRS. AGO WHEN ONE OF MY OLD BOY SCOUTS CAME UP FROM BOKEELIA AND TOOK ME DOWN TO ECONFINA, MAN THAT WAS REALLY FUN, WATCHIN THOSE FISH HEAD FOR THE PLUGS AND THEN THE EXPLOSION WHEN THEY HIT THE PLUG. YA GOTTA HAVE A STRONG HEART TO DO THAT KIND OF FISHIN. THAT NIGHT THAT BUCK CARRIED ME WE CAUGHT ABOUT 20-25 TROUT, 12 OVERSIZE REDS, HUGE SPANISH, TARPON THAT TOOK 4 PLUGS FROM US, AND A 7 FT. BULL SHARK. BUCK IS STILL GUIDEING DOWN AT BOKEELIA AND IS BOOKED TILL DEC.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA SEMPER FI

Well PA, it was not the best of nights. About 0300 a pretty nice thunderstorm was heading east between St. Marks and Econfina. Tom showed on time
and we waited until about 0320 for it to get about due south of mouth of river and we headed out. As we got to the mouth of river it seemed best to go
west to insure avoiding the storm. First stop was out from Aucilla about two miles but a closer bolt of lightning sent us further west with a good view of the lighthouse. Approaching first light the storm just evaporated. Actually we had about 30 minutes of good topwater time but spent most of it working our way back into shallower water.
We hit a couple of creek mouths and put some nice trout on ice with topwater plugs as tide was leaving. My partner viewed about half of what I had hoped he'd see but said he enjoyed the incredible light show. Hopefully he will try it again with me!

[Fishbster1]

Nice job!

[Sir reel]

Here's the picture of the Haul that PA and partner brought in:

THE FISH ON THE RIGHT SIDE WEIGHED 7 # , THE NEXT WAS 6 1/2 #, THE NEXT 3 WENT FROM 3 TO 3 1/2 #. THE SMALL BASS WAS GUT HOOKED SO WE KEPT HIM, OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE THROWN HIM BACK.


PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY BUD, THANKS A BUNDLE FOR GETTING THOSE FISH POSTED ON THE FORUM. ONE OF THESE DAYS I MIGHT LEARN HOW TO DO THIS. THANKS A GAIN BUD.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA SEMPER FI