June 9th 2013: Good day!

Hit a herring run pond on the south shore (MA) with some friends. We got a couple 4's - nothing huge. My 4-5 was on a Yum F2 Mighty Bug (black/red flake) pitched up into a herring run. When I fish herring runs on the Cape, I always throw in a topwater (spook or popper) and then follow-up with a crayfish type bait. Crayfish love herring runs. They sit there like little lobsters and grab the fry. Anyway, the bass love the crayfish almost as much (if not more) than the herring.

2nd trip was supposed to be saltwater. Met up with my friend Ron and we hung out on the Powder Point bridge (in Duxbury, MA) for a while watching people fish chunks from the bridge and looking for birds and watching to see if the wind would quit (it didn't). After chit-chatting for a while, we decided to bail on saltwater. On the way home, I decided to hit a freshwater pond to get out of the wind and kill some time.

It's 12N, windy, mostly sunny blue skies with some puffy clouds. I'm not expecting much, but at least I have my wheels with me. Drag the hobie in, dump it twice (i hate that @#$@#$ damn cart!) reload twice, keep going and start throwing the big SPRO King Daddy frog - missed a fish. Started paying attention and kept throwing the frog. Most fish were bumping the 1 oz frog - not really choking it (it's a big frog). So, I'd throw in a black/red flake Yum! Mighty Bug or Paca Craw with a 1/8 oz tungsten screw-in sinker + reaction innovations BMF 5/0 hook (love that hook!)....often the fish would take the creature/craw bait. Got a 4-15 on the mighty bug, then a 5-4, then a 6-3 on the SPRO frog (choked it - awesome hit!), and a 7-3(!) on the full size Paca Craw slathered in BANG! Craw scent dragged off the edge of some pads! The 7-3 was a real thick fish - beefy flanks. Not very fat or long, but good shoulders + flanks. Jaw had some weird dark discoloration - maybe just an old fish? After I got the 7-3, I packed it in. I didn't really think it would get any better, so I quit while I was ahead.

Best 5 on the day went...7-3, 6-3, 5-4, 4-15, 4-5

Here's some pics...