I start my commute from Northbridge to Boston every morning at around 5:30. I pass a pond on my way to work and have stopped at it in the past to make a cast or two before work. Yesterday it proved to be a good choice as I caught a nice solid 2-3 pound fish on the Pats Perch. This morning I set the alarm for a half hour earlier. I had a hunch 
I stopped at the pond at 6:00am, which would give me about 15-20 minutes fishing time, allow me to stop for a coffee, and still have time to make the dreaded 1 hour commute to work. It only took 10 minutes this morning. About 200 yards down the bank from where I caught the fish yesterday I saw some huge swirl rings up near shore. I walked down to investigate. I figured it was probably from a duck or a goose but when I got there I didn't see anything. I took one cast along the shoreline in very shallow water next to some pads and started creeping the Pats Perch and it got crushed. The fight was short as she hit only about 30 feet away. As soon as I grabbed her I new she was one of the best bass I've ever caught, easily the biggest largemouth I've laid my hands on in about 10 years. Just as I was trying to figure out how to take a decent picture a nice lady stopped her car and asked if I would like here to take a picture. Unfortunately she only got one decent picture out of about a dozen but it's still better then the extended arm picture or the shake & bake bass picture I would have taken. I don't own a scale so I don't have an official weight but she was released in very good condition. :salute:
I stopped at the pond at 6:00am, which would give me about 15-20 minutes fishing time, allow me to stop for a coffee, and still have time to make the dreaded 1 hour commute to work. It only took 10 minutes this morning. About 200 yards down the bank from where I caught the fish yesterday I saw some huge swirl rings up near shore. I walked down to investigate. I figured it was probably from a duck or a goose but when I got there I didn't see anything. I took one cast along the shoreline in very shallow water next to some pads and started creeping the Pats Perch and it got crushed. The fight was short as she hit only about 30 feet away. As soon as I grabbed her I new she was one of the best bass I've ever caught, easily the biggest largemouth I've laid my hands on in about 10 years. Just as I was trying to figure out how to take a decent picture a nice lady stopped her car and asked if I would like here to take a picture. Unfortunately she only got one decent picture out of about a dozen but it's still better then the extended arm picture or the shake & bake bass picture I would have taken. I don't own a scale so I don't have an official weight but she was released in very good condition. :salute:
