Received the following note today,
Friday, March 13,
from Andy Morath:
Found a good one today.
And based on what this scale reads,
I have to agree.
Good on 'ya, Andy!
Monday, March 9 (from Ron)...Chased panfish this evening in Ashville Bridge
Creek. Caught one decent crappie, couple of fun-size white perch, three dink bass, a 1- 8 bass, and two medium-size chain pickerel (about 15 inches apiece). Water was very murky and still pretty low. Had something hitting my beetlespin under a bobber and wish I had had a topwater handy.
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10 and 11 (from Ron)...Fished in the wind and rain on Tuesday evening at Ashville
Bridge Creek. Water was very murky mess, and the rain and wind didn't
help. Caught one 9-inch white perch to avoid the skunk. This evening, I fished Milldam, and the panfish were hitting
consistently, but they were all very small. Caught one dink bass to round out the
evening. Must have caught seven or eight white perch, all of which ran 9 to 10 inches, along with a couple of crappie that were about 6 inches apiece. Water in Milldam was clear, and the
gauge is back up to about normal.
Wednesday, March 11 (from Dave and Ken)...The weather was pretty nice, but the fishing--in a word--sucked. We stayed at it from 8 o'clock this morning 'til 3 o'clock this afternoon. In that amount of time, Dave put two small white perch in the boat (in the last hour), he earlier lost a nice bass when it demonstrated a backflip on the way to the boat, and he missed getting a solid hookset on a couple more strikes. I, on the other hand, didn't have but one strike late this morning, while throwing a big jointed Jitterbug. I had been throwing this bait for probably 45 minutes to an hour, with absolutely nothing at all happening, when suddenly, the water erupted, and I watched the Jitterbug disappear, but when I set the hook, nothing was there. Neither Dave nor I could believe there was no hookup on what turned out to be the day's best strike. However, we weren't the only ones to log nothing short of a lackluster day. Rob P. was out today, too, and when we talked to him just before he called it a day, he had boated one bass and lost another one (in the 3-lb. class), when the fish broke the line and unceremoniously departed the scene with Rob's crankbait still lodged firmly in its jaw. Said Rob, "I watched the fish then jump three times, trying to shake the lure, but it still was firmly in place." Skip also was on the water and told me before I left West Neck this afternoon, that he had gotten shut out today, as well. So, all around, you would have to chalk it up as a lousy fishing day, even though the water temp when we started registered 53 and, in places, had read nearly 60 degrees before we quit. Water clarity in places wasn't bad but left a lot to be desired in others. Can only hope tourney day this Sunday proves to be better for all concerned.
Thursday, March 12 (from Ron)...Fished Ashville Bridge Creek from 5 to 8 p.m. Had a
beetlespin under a bobber trolling from both port and starboard as I was throwing a micro
crankbait to shore and structure. The bite was so hot I had to stop
throwing the little crankbait after the third triple hookup. Too many
lines to manage! Both trolling rods would bend over as I hooked into
another with the li'l crankbait. Got complicated! Landed 16
crappie, 2 sunfish, 3 white perch, 1 wayward mud cat, 2 bass (biggest 14 inches),
and a tiny yellow perch.
Friday, March 13 (from Ron)...Still chasin' those panfish. Tried Back Bay (Beggars
Bridge area) and almost didn't launch due to very muddy water. Launched
regardless and found three decent crappie. Had something with size and
weight hit my Bitsy Minnow but threw those little trebles. The crappie all hit the trolled beetlespins.
Saturday, March 14 (from Ron)...Went out for a short evening trip at West Neck. Was
trying to find some crappie but couldn't. Instead, caught a small bass,
a dink white perch, and a catfish that hit my beetlespin. At least the
catfish gave a good fight on the ultra light.
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