WINTER / SPRING FISHING '07
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West
Friendship 5/1/07 Mark Burchick
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.
Thank
you Tom, Nick and the
homeowner for a
wonderful evening of
fishing.
The pond and its
surroundings were
beautiful!
West
Friendship
