8/3/10 - Heard Pond - Sudbury, MA
Well I got to my Heard's spot about 6pm and man was it windy. And wow is the water level WAY DOWN, at least a foot and half. This wind sometimes throws me off my game, but I needed to adapt. Normally, I wouldnt think of throw any topwater in this situation, but I decided I was gonna burn a Rage Frog in and around the pads. To my pleasant suprise I was getting some strikes. I about 6 strikes with no hook ups in about 30 mins till BAMMM, big hit, and fish on. A couple minutes to work it out of the pads, and have my 1st decent frog catch, and biggest Largemouth of 2010 so far weighing in 2lb 13oz. Nice little chunk. I caught this fish in tops 2 feet of water, where its usually 3 to 4 feet of water. I tried flipping the pads, but to shallow. I tried a tube, weighted t-rig ocho, shakey head creature bait, and more frog with no actions the rest of the night. Next step, break the 3lb mark this year...