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WEST FRIENDSHIP, MD - FISHING

Tom D'asto and his son Nick invited Jeb and I to fish a six-acre farm pond,
on the property of a Maryland State Senator. 
I should note that it was a high quality Republican pond!

	This private pond does not receive much fishing pressure and had lots of SAV (submerged aquatic vegetation).  We fished for just over two-hours (6:30 to 8:30 PM) and we caught 19 bass between the four of us.  Most all of the fish were in the 1 to 2-pound size class.  My best lure of the day was a Reaction Innovation Sweet Beaver.
	The pond was surrounded by a mix of mature woods with rock outcrops, hay fields and cattle pasture.  Venus Looking Glass (Specularia perfoliata) was a common flowering plant in the pasture.  The genus and common name of this plant comes from the Latin specularis, which means mirrors or spectacles (glasses) because of the shiny, reflective seeds of the plant.
	Nick (left) and Jeb fish from the dock.  Jeb cast into a line of SAV along the shore, and nailed the big fish of the day with a Yamamoto Senko 5-inch, green pumpkin colored worm.
	His big fish dialed in at three-pounds.  I did not want to tell Jeb, but he was standing over a sandy hole that had about a dozen freshly hatched, leathery snake eggs.
	I was pitching into dense cover and could hear Tom nearby, constantly laughing like a child as he caught six fish within a 10-minute span.  He was using ZOOM plastic lizards and other plastics and hit into a great streak.  He is relatively new to fishing and had an outstanding evening.
	Adding to his great evening of fishing he switched over to a buzzbait and cast into open slots between patches of SAV.  He got hit after hit, and the surface action was hot.  After he slowed down just a bit, he nailed his first topwater largemouth.  His next cast however went into the trees.  He wanted his 'trophy' lure and climbed the tree like a bear, but to no avail.  It was getting dark, and we had to leave.