I like the new format for these fishing reports. However, I've decided to change how I publish them. I'll retain the weekly schedule but will add new data to each week's report as it becomes available to me, rather than holding up everything for en masse publishing each Sunday.
Monday, March 6, 2017...Freshly back from his West Virginia ski trip,
Ron took to Tecumseh this evening, even though it was a bit chilly and windy. He trolled the water there from 4 to 6 p.m. and managed a
stringer of five white perch and a decent 12-inch crappie. He also caught one 18-inch chain pickerel but no bass. The bait responsible for all the fish this evening was the XTS Minnow. The Beetlespin didn't even draw a single hit--"surprising," offered Ron, "with the abundance of panfish." He closed out his email by saying, "Forgot my measuring board, so no pictures."
Wednesday, March 8, 2017...According to tonight's email,
Ron and a
buddy fished from 4 p.m. 'till dark. Ron managed one 11-inch dink to avoid a skunk, but his buddy scored a total of five bass, including two dinks, two that weighed 2+ lbs., and a big 'un that measured 23 inches and tipped the scales at 8-0
(see accompanying photo). Both were fishing the same area with an XTS Minnow, but only the buddy was on fish. Ron said he spent most of his time "catching grass." Of special interest about this evening's trip is the fact that, while tangling with the monster, his buddy's trolled Whopper Plopper also caught a decent crappie.
Thursday, March 9, 2017...With snowflakes predicted for the weekend, and knowing I have another appointment with my dermatologist tomorrow, I decided to get my licks in today. It got rather breezy before the day was over, but I still managed to catch some fish. Probably should interject here that, with the water low, I decided to stay in West Neck. Fishing from about 8:15 to 2:30, I managed to catch one white perch and six bass, the biggest two of which weighed 1-6 and 1-4. Everything went for a wakebait. Meanwhile, I learned from
Ray S. that he caught one pickerel, one bass and nine assorted bream between West Neck and Pocaty today. I also heard that spinnerbaits were working well for some fellas. One guy fishing solo reportedly caught more than 20 bass, and a couple of other guys fishing together boated more than a dozen bass--all on spinnerbaits. Sure hope the nasty weather doesn't stick around very long, 'cause a lot of folks are getting the itch now. The West Neck parking lot was fuller today than I've seen it in a while.
Thursday, March 9, 2017...I'm not the only one who had a little more wind today than he would have liked.
Ron echoed the same sentiments in tonight's email. Ron and his son, Alex, both scored some fish tonight. Alex came away with two bass: a 2-14 and a dink. Meanwhile, Ron caught a 2-2 and dink bass, two crappie, and a sunfish, all while trolling the XTS Minnow. Ron noted that the wind died down about 4:30, but the bite became intermittent about the same time. He said the water tonight was very murky. "Weekend weather is not looking very good," concluded Ron, and I agree.
Friday, March 10, 2017..."Suffered a miserable launch and bite this evening at Milldam," said
Ron. The gauge was
point five zero! Only managed one 14-inch dink bass.
Saturday, March 11, 2017...Ron went on an adventure today from Northwest River Park, south to North Carolina on
the Northwest River. The wind-driven shore was producing with small bass (eight dinks and a 1-14), one sunfish and a yellow perch...but no keeper panfish. Ron started getting
chilled and opted to fish the wind-protected shore on the return trip...without a single bite. All in all, it was "seven miles of fun in the cold sun!" as Ron described it. Lures that produced today included the XTS Minnow, a Shadow Rap, and Beetlespins.
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