The good news is that the fish are biting like crazy! I've been tearing them up in a little 2 acre pond in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area. This pond, like many in the park, is very clear and has a clay/sand bottom, with lots of rocks. It is also home to a ton of Hydrilla, a very invasive aquatic plant nuisance that is making a big entrance into southern Oklahoma. Currently the vegetation mat extends about 10 feet off the bank, which makes it difficult to fish, but extremely rewarding also, because it provides incredibly good coverage for my favorite fish: Largemouth Bass.
Yesterday I fished some in the morning and some in the evening, and caught about 18 or 19 largemouth total. Most were in the 1 pound range, but some were in the 3 or 4 pound region. A couple were definitely keepers, but like I always say, a keeper right now is a wall hanger in a few years.
I was fishing Berkley's PowerBait worms, deep purple color with blue flakes and bright red tails. I combined that with 8lb Spider Wire monfilament, which is tough as all get out and casts so smoothly through my refurbished early 90's Zebco 33. Using a small bullet sinker and Texas rigging the worms, they were weedless and could punch right through the vegetation. Catching a decent fish every 5 minutes is fun no matter where you are. The best strikes were right in front of the Hydrilla, but I also caught some hawgs out in the middle of the pond, in the 10 foot range.
If you've got a little farm pond or are lucky enough to have public land with fishing areas, right now is a great time to get out and fish heavy cover in the shallower areas. And remember, no bass can resist a fire tailed plastic worm.
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