I wanted fish for dinner, so I tried fishing the pond this evening, post cool front/rain. Using the BC technique of small jig head on the bottom with a worm I caught a few BG, what looked like a BG/PSK or a RES/GSF cross and 2 LMB. The panfish weren't that thick, nor that big, (about 7") so I released them. The first LMB that I caught was about 10" and FAT, so that one went back as well. The 2nd LMB is the same one that I caught while fishing at night for CC with a piece of cut GSH on the bottom. Even tho I was using a circle hook, he swallowed the hook, so I cut the line and let him go. That was what, 6 weeks ago?
Not this time. He still had the eye of the hook protruding from his gullet, and he (or maybe she) looked thinner than before. 15" long, 1.5#. (fishing with 2# test) According to the chart, it should have weighed 1.7#.
