A friend has a small pond in his front yard, none too deep, not too big, but, large enough that it'll handle two kayaks without seeming crowded.
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He has been after us to come and fish the pond, I told miss T I would like to fish this week... a win/win.
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She took spinning gear and a baitcaster. I took a flyrod... a nice 5wt. We hit the pond about two... it was hot, ninety plus, but there was a light breeze, plus shaded areas around the edges.
Tina got out in the pond first, boom... hooked a small bass on her first cast. I was out behind her, headed around the shoreline in the opposite direction. I had tied on a large deerhair mouse... I worked the cast overhead a few times to build some line, then laid the brown mouse right along the shore in the shallow water... it boiled, I set the hook.
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Boom, the small bass jumped like it was a bassmaster's tourney and the cameras were rolling.
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It was going to be a great afternoon. I ended up with fifteen or twenty nice bass in the twelve to sixteen inch range, and missed the set on at least twice that many more. I also hooked a really nice sunfish as big as my spread hand, that put up a bigger fight than any of the bass.
I left the water after ninety minutes, back pain.
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Miss T fished a couple more hours. While she fished, I went in and chatted with my friend... he happens to be my shooting mentor, my law enforcement rabbi, who also taught me how to really shoot, after I left the Corps.
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It's always nice to sit and chat with one of my friends over a cup of coffee.
Thanks my friend, for the fishing, and the company.
Btw... we catch and release, but Miss T would have had a boatfull.. just so you know.
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I'm jus'sayin.