SPRING FISHING
'08
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Good
Friday Fishing
Howard County, MD 3/21/08 Mark
Burchick
Good
Friday Fishing
Dan Betz and
I spent the
afternoon
doing some
southern
Maryland
pond
fishing.
Maryland
ponds
are
starting
to warm
up
enough
so that
the fish
are
shaking
off
winter's
lethargy
and
pre-spawn
is
starting
as water
temperatures
warm.
Dan caught
six
largemouth
bass and I
caught one,
working
three
different
ponds.
The lure
dejoir was
Dan's
chartreuse
crankbait,
which caught
five bass,
but
unfortunately
was lost in
battle to a
black willow
tree.
The lure is
now an
Easter
ornament on
top of the
tree.
We saw
beautiful,
iridescent
swallows
feeding on
the wing
over the
ponds and
Canada geese
have
paired-up
and are
seeking
nesting
locations.
Dan caught
a sizable
black
crappie but
lost him in
the retrieve
as his wife
called him
on the cell
phone at the
exact same
time as he
was
attempting
to land the
fish.
It was
sunny,
breezy with
a cool snap
in the air.
I tried
in-line
spinners
(Chatterbaits),
and several
types of
plastics to
no avail.
My only bass
came on a
Senko worm
that was
pumpkinseed
with a
chartreuse
tip. I
also tried
Stren
Microfuse
braid line,
which looked
and felt
like dental
floss.
I'm partial
to my
favorite
Berkley
Trilene
series of
lines (MAXX,
XL and ET).
