 Winter
Pond Fishing
Howard County, MD
3/31/07
Mark Burchick
T
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The day lengths are
getting longer and
tomorrow starts daylight
savings time. Mark and I
got out on the water
around 11:00 am and
stayed out till about
4:30 pm. The morning
started out slow, but in
the end Mark caught six
fish and I caught nine.
All were largemouth bass
and one pickerel. |  |
Once we got to some
of our favorite
water, and onto
sunny, warm,
northeast banks,
fishing turned-on. I
caught all of my
fish on a YUM
Dancing Eel. This is
the first time I've
used the Bill Dance
YUM eel. I stayed
with it all day, it
was a great
soft-body crankbait. |  |
Our lure size was
commensurate to the
size of the fish we
caught. Mark
primarily worked a
Blakemore Roadrunner
and caught smaller
sized bass. I was
blessed with every
fish being between
two and
three-pounds, using
the larger crankbait. |  |
My wife keeps
reminding me to
bring a snack and
some water when we
go fishing, maybe I
should heed her
words. |  |
All of today's fish
were aggressive in
taking the lure,
hook-sets were fun,
and the fish were
lively. The key is
to get into the
warmest water you
can find. We did not
bring our Bottom
Line portable fish
finder, so we don't
know what the water
temperatures were,
but the air temps
ran from about 62,
up to near
69-degrees by the
late afternoon. It
was breezy all day. |  |
We recently
purchased portable
JBL speakers that an
iPod or PSP can
patch into. We were
able to crank up the
music. Mark turned
me on to AFI, EvE 6,
Everlast, Alter
Bridge, Three Doors
Down, Leningrad
Cowboys, Jack
Johnson and Alan
Jackson. He put some
of my music onto his
PSP, so we had a set
of Bill Kirchen,
Michelle Branch,
Cowboy Troy, Dwight
Yokum, Kenny
Chesney, Billy
Stewart and Freddie
McGregor.
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The lone chain
pickerel on the day. |  |
Don't forget the
fish attractant! The
Mega-Strike gel
worked for us. |  |
We beached in a wet
meadow because we
heard an on-going
chorus of breeding
frogs. I
distinctively heard
three species, with
spring peeper being
the dominant song.
Walking thru the
vernal pools, caused
every manner of frog
to hide under
detritus, grass,
sedge and rush. |  |
Mark and I found
several eggs masses
of wood frog in the
pools, probably one
of the earliest of
the spring breeders.
The deeper and
bigger the off-line
pool (better Herp
habitat), the more
egg masses were able
to find.
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Mark Burchick |
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