Freshwater jellyfish

I happened to find a school of a freshwater jellyfish in a pond where I fished for the first time. It was also the first time for me to see them up close. I saw many, presumably 400-500 of them floating in the water surface. Very strange animal in the water.

I caught no fish in this pond, though I bought some bites. In another pond, I caught some small bass. I also almost caught a nice one, maybe 3-1/2 lb class. I could touch the body of it to land, but it abruptly ran wild so that I had to let it go.

Today's tackle:
ABU Ambassadeur 5500C (palming black), Fenwick HMG Iron Hawk Graphite (HFC-555), Stren 14lb (Hi-Vis Gold), Fred Arbogast Jointed Jitterbug, Genuine Crankbait co. Walkin' Didee, Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, etc.

BF=13/22

Good rain, good fishing

It was the last day of August yesterday and I ran 40 minutes in the evening. My total running distance in the month surpassed 200 km, and I'm feeling it is not so bad. I decided to go fishing this weekend, and I went to bed as early as possible.

It started to rain at midnight around my place. Yes, I strongly awaited the rains! I got up before 03:00 AM and went out with my usual fishing tackle, a Gore-tex rain hat and jacket. It made me feel great just imagining what it would be like to fish in the rain in this season of the year.

It was still dark when I started fishing, and a small bass grabbed my Jointed Jitterbug (yellow shore) just after my third casting. I felt easier in my mind to catch a bass, and then, I cast the same lure long (but softly) to a deeper shore of the pond. I waited until the waves of the water surface disappeared, and when I slowly started retrieving it, rotating the reel handle a couple of times, the water surface splashed with a dull crash sound. I set a hook hard, and carefully landed the fish. It was still dark, and I felt difficulties to find how long I had already reeled the line and it was still left at the other side of the rod. Anyway, the fish (over 4lb) seemed to have a lot of drive and almost swallowed my lure. 

 I changed lures and tied a Heddon Zara Spook in CHT (chartreuse) color. I long-cast it over a tip of a small cape, and immediately after I gave it a dog-walk action two or three times, another big splash broke out. I did know it was very shallow there, so I gently lead the fish to swim in the direction of the deeper water. It was very lucky for me to catch it (a little lighter than 4 lb) as well.

I also caught some more bass but they were not so big. I could spare more time for fishing today, but I decided to start home around 07:00 AM, because heard distant ramble of thunders.

 

Today's tackle: 
ABU Ambassadeur 5500C (1982, BLK), Fenwick Boron-X (XC-554), Stren 14lb (Hi-Vis Gold), Fred Arbogast Jointed Jitterbug, Heddon NLT Zara Spook (2nd), Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Zara II, Wood Lucky 13, Wounded Spook, Cotton Cordell Big-O, etc.

BF=12/21

On target

I enjoy running all through the years, but races are usually held during fall-spring seasons. I have started an intensified training since the beginning of this month, and I ran 20km yesterday. It was already evening (04:00 PM), but the sun was still blazing. I grabbed 1.5L water during the running, but was still very thirsty after finishing it. According to my GPS watch, I consumed 1286 Calories, which allows me to chug another bottle of cold beer with dinner.

Let's make the best of it!

 

PS: I ran 10 km in the evening of today.

Grow fast, though still young

Tried to catch lightning in a bottle twice

Worm?

Atmospheric conditions in our area had been unstable, and it was very cloudy from early in the morning today. I strongly expected good fishing when I started. Fish were very active, and I caught more than 10 bass in the first pond, though I had to take a break several times while it thundered. I enjoyed casting many different lures including a Garcia Mouse, one of my favorite mouse lures. Speaking of Garcia lures, their frogs are very famous, but they also made a mouse lure. As you can see from the pictures below, it is a cute rubber mouse. All I caught there were small bass, but I got a few nice hits from big bass (as far as I can tell), though I could not hook them up. I hope to catch them next time.

It was still cloudy when I visited the second pond, and I cast Mann's Hard Worm (a prop bait in nickel color) at the start, because it worked very fine in the first pond. I cast it near a fallen tree in the water, gave a few quick actions, and when I started retrieving the lure slowly, a nice bass grabbed it away. I carefully retrieved it, and I finally caught it (about 3-1/2 lb).  

Heddon Chugger Spook

Heddon Magnum Tiger

Mann's Hard Worm

Garcia Mouse

See the teaser and extra washers on the tail!

Today's tackle:

ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson Challenger (9055 rebuilt), Stren 14lb (clear), Heddon Chugger Spook, 210, Original Zara Spook, Wounded Spook, Shakepeare Glo-Lite Swimming Mouse, Garcia Mouse, Mann's Hard Worm, etc.

BF=10/18

25 years have passed

I drove to my parents' place with my wife and daughters. I could spare 2-3 hours and I went fishing in a small pond where I often fished bass about 25-30 years ago. I carried my waders, floating tubes and fishing tackle with me, and walked about 10 minutes after I parked my car. The pond was still there, but all the fish I found were bluegill and no bass! I was so exhausted that I had a very hard time to go back with that lot of tackle.

  
Today's tackle: 
ABU Ambassadeur 5500CA, Daiko Prestige PBC-56L, Stren 12lb (Hi-Vis Gold), Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Wounded Spook, 210, etc.  

BF=9/17