Daily Routine: January Pond Bass Fishing

We got out sunday to do a little pond fishing and even though the temperature never got past  33 degrees the bass action was hot. We originally went to this pond to see if we could locate a school of crappie. I had an idea where the deepest water would be and I assumed they would be tight on the bottom in the deepest spot in the pond. We started probing the deep area with crappie jigs tied on a dropshot rig. It didn't take long for Collin to hookup with the first fish a 10 inch largemouth. The cold water made fishing easy almost like you had live bait you would cast it and almost let the lure sit still. The strikes were subtle but you would either feel solid weight on your line or your line would go slack and the fish would be on.

This was Supoposed to be a 2015 Recap

This was supposed to be a recap of my fishing in 2015 it was going to break down every species I caught and when and where I caught them. But If you want a recap you should just go through the archives of the blog its all there documented in real time.What I will say about 2015 is I caught 16 total species with 6 of those being new to me.

one of the many new species I caught in 2015

My biggest fish of the year a 29 inch bluefish in New York

Last year I posted a list of places I wanted to visit. I didnt quite make it to all of those places http://fishxscale.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-ten-destinationspart-2.html so in 2016 I am definitely going to finish this list. I also set a goal in 2015 to catch a Cobia, Tarpon and a Snakehead. The first two I didn't even get a chance to pursue but the snakehead I spent two months chasing with none to show. Even though I saw them everywhere I could only get one hookup which eluded me as I tried to net it.