That's the song Ron was singing in his email to me tonight.
Launched at Tecumseh about 4 p.m., trolled the XTS Minnow, and found three bass, a nice chain pickerel, and two decent crappie. The three bass weighed in at 1-13, 2-4, and 2-8 (right).
Meanwhile, the chain pickerel (below) was a 24.5-inch Virginia length citation (weighing 3-6), and the two crappie came in at 12.5 (bottom right) and 11 inches, respectively.
There also was a fourth bass, caught while trolling a beetlespin on an ultralight rig. "He was a blast," said Ron. That fish tipped the scales at 1-12. "A pretty good evening," concluded Ron, "but a bit chilly." He noted that when the wind picked up toward dark, his toes got cold.
Compared to his trip to upper West Neck Creek on Sunday, today was, far and away, the best outing. Having launched at Indian River Road about noon Sunday, Ron headed south. He wasn't surprised by the amount of
traffic he ran into but said he could have done without the jet-skiers. (For that matter, who couldn't?)
When all was said and done, Ron had lost three small bass, landed three dinks to 12 inches, found a small
white perch, and caught a 17-inch chain pickerel. He grew tired of fighting the wind and
called it quits about 1500. "Suspect the bite would have improved toward
dark," he noted in closing.
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