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Mark and I fished a private
farm pond in Dawsonviile,
Maryland today.
Dawsonville is more or less
surrounded by Seneca State
Park and bounded by
Poolesville, Boyds and
Darnestown. A thank
you goes out to Mr. Tom Butz
for allowing us today's
privilege. |
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With temperatures in the
mid 70's, most fallen
timber had a basking
painted turtle or two,
soaking in the sun. |
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The forested pond
was between three and
four acres in size,
mature, and was built
within a headwater
stream valley many years
ago. Mark caught
five largemouth bass on
the day, and I was
skunked! |
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We saw a fair amount of
bluegill in all size
classes, and caught bass
in all size classes,
which denotes a healthy
pond. We heard at
least two species of
frog, saw a water snake
and pushed heron and
geese around the pond. |
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Mark used a jig with
trailer all day.
Between us we used a
Terminator, Mann's,
Stanley, Strike King and
Stacy King finesse jig.
We then used Strike King
and Yamamoto trailers
(creatures, crayfish and
pigs). |
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I did not catch anything
on two spinnerbaits or
Senko worms. I did
get three good hits on
the worm, getting the
fish near the boat, but
never a good hook set.
I'd say we were at
pre-spawn, no beds or
evidence of nesting, and
all of the bass were
caught tight to
structure, and close in
to the banks. |
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They were hungry and
fought valiantly, with
all of the fish being
returned to the water. |
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Mark caught a fish and
we had him at the boat
when the line broke.
It was big, probably in
the five-pound plus size
class. I lost a large
fish, with my knot
failing. Mark cast
right back into the same
fallen white oak and
caught a big ol' female. |
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She weighed in at
exactly 4-pounds. |
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Mark let me pose with
his lunker-of-the-day |
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Mark pitched his jig,
which fell through the
slats of an old dock.
The dock had side
boards, so you could not
flip up underneath.
Our fist catch of the
day came from alongside
the dock. |
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This is early for
dogwood to start
flowering, especially in
the upper piedmont of
the Potomac valley.
I think because of the
colder than average
temperature for the last
few weeks, and this
sudden burst of great
warm weather, everything
is blasting-off.
We could literally watch
vegetation grow today. |
Fishing
Butz Property
