I was able to hit a few farm ponds and the bass are definitely becoming more active. The trade-off here was that while I was able to catch more (some on spinnerbaits and some on articulated streamers), most of them didn't have a lot of size to them. I landed a 2-3 pound bass and that was the biggest. I missed a pretty big bass on a spinnerbait and had a pretty big channel cat on the line for about 2 seconds. I actually saw him roll on my articulated streamer and felt him on the line and I am still unsure how I could have lost him when i had a size 6 stinger hook and octopus-like trailer. I would have really liked to land him, but that just fuels my fire to come back and get him next time.
HOA Ponds
Again, activity is increasing here as well as should be expected. I was actually able to take my 2 year old son to a pond down the street and he caught his first, second, third, and fourth fish of his short life. His first was a red ear sunfish followed by a few bluegill.
Blue Springs Lake & Lake Remembrance
Sunday morning I was able to get to Blue Springs Lake and throw some streamers off the dam. I was trying to get into some hybrids or white bass but was unable to find them. Then it got windy and cold. Then I left. I wasn't quite ready to call it a day however so I went over to Lake Remembrance near I-70 and Adams Dairy Parkway to see if the crappie were moving towards the dam. Now usually I don't care much for crappie fishing, but this time of year can be a lot of fun since the fish are a little wider and can be caught on a fly rod. I caught 4 crappie (mostly whites, but 1 black mixed in there) and they were all about 10 inches long. They were all caught on a John Deere about 4-5 feet under an indicator on a slow retrieve between the dam and cage-like drain.
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