Vitamin D and relaxing on a warm sunny day = Win Win

Finally fished a tiny pond down the street that gates state trout stocking. I saw it got stocked last week so I went for it. Water was less than 6" visibility but I did get a few bumps on a 2g spoon as I did a lap around the pond. Saw a couple dried up trout carcasses on the shoreline, so it's true it gets stocked at least. Not sure if it was fishermen or birds that left the carcasses there, though. Beautiful day!

It was such a beautiful day, in fact, that the vitamin D went straight to my head, and I said f@ck it! I'm not going into work on Monday. So I called out, slept in, and went to the pond again and soaked Powerbait eggs for a bit. Didn't get nudged, so did a lap around with a 1/8oz silver KM without a bump and dipped. Another nice day though.

Can't help but think that the trout in this pond couldn't last more than a couple days with how scummy the water is, even with all the aerators.

Nice cull!

Air was calm. Water level was up alot from my last trip there. There were quite a lot of small plants in the water along the shoreline.

Got there at gray light so I watched for ripples or plants moving. Saw plants twitching but those were only small fish picking away at the plant.

Sun came up and started to see plants leaning. Missed a few and finally connected with one about 8:40.

As the sun got higher I started heading back, retracting my steps I made in the morning. I could start seeing the fish hiding in the plants. Found one section with thicker plant which was holding a dozen or more. Made a good effort to clear them out and got 4 more. The rest of the way back I picked off one more.





Looks like it's going to be a great spawn this year.



-Keith

Well definitely no lack of action, even if no bat rays were landed. 6am to sunset is a long day, your boys are tough cookies.

 Well, Max was so AMPED after helping Tom land his monster Bat last weekend that he wanted to redeem himself and actually catch one, since he only got a Butterfly Ray at The Bat Fight. Yesterday (Friday the 13th) he and his buddy, Van hit De Anza Cove and set up shop at 6am I had PT for my knee so I couldn't be there till close to noon and I invited Jerry to join us too   We were all soaking Yellow Tail and Jerry's rod goes off, solid hookup and a nice fight. The Bat flew out of the water and did a huge Belly Flop infront of a Pontoon Boat that was anchored up....The kids swimming around the boat got out of the water really quick After a few good runs, the hook pulled out and we were all bummed



I never got bit but it was cool to sit and watch Max and Van catch a few fish on the lighter rods



 
They both got a  small Halibut too




Max was chumming the water with my Chum Tube and catching Smelt, then using them for bait, Van hooks into a small Shovel




Jerry left and I lit a fire cause someone left some wood and all of a sudden a group of Middle Eastern people show up and start lining up 30 candles on the sand right behind Max's rod Then they fill up a bunch of helium balloons and create some sort of Memorial right next to his rod... WTF!!! The whole beach was open all the way to the Bathrooms and they set up Shop 5 feet from us   Then they made some Hot Air Balloons and sent them up while catching fire and finally falling back down, again, WTF !!! Apparently the fire I made was now theirs to use for cooking their potatoes so I called it quits and packed up and left for home !





Max didn't get Redemption this time but he will eventually 

LOL

Quote from: jrodda on March 12, 2026, 04:48:15 PMCongrats on the win, that is a huge one. Sounds like some good consistent fishing, too.

Me and Dave struggled immensely in Newport. In the first hour, a couple decided to take their WEDDING PHOTOS UNDER OUR LINES.



Never got so much as a crab to claw at our baits.

The Groom already wanted to strangle himself

Congrats on the win, that is a huge one. Sounds like some good consistent fishing, too.

Me and Dave struggled immensely in Newport. In the first hour, a couple decided to take their WEDDING PHOTOS UNDER OUR LINES.



Never got so much as a crab to claw at our baits.

It was so cool of Jerry to let Myles reel in his bat, he was really stoked !  

The 2 YOOTS were so hyped about your big 53" Bat, they are going back Friday to try their luck again

It's nice to know The Bats are in there and you and Roger proved there are some big ones to be caught 

Myles was robbed of the title but he took it like a man !    

Glad to see someone else Break Dancing on the sand beside me   Hope Jerry's shoulder recovers after the Tuck and Roll