As my friends know, I leave the ponds alone while bass are bedding, so this is my 1st report of the little piece of Heaven we call “The Factory”. It regularly yields gills exceeding 9" (9" earns a “Fish Ohio” award, although I have never registered for one). The gills pictured in this set of pics & the pics to follow were 9"-9 1/2" fish, less 2 that were in the 8"-8 1/2" class. Got probably 20 or so bass between us, mostly 12" to 14". Caught gills on woolly worms, muddlers, stealth bombers, & small foam beetles.
Yeah, the last 2 pics are with me, a fat 9 incher & my new Tilley Hat. JC & LF were always on me to get one & it IS a great hat…you don’t even know it’s on your head.
Hopefully, I’ll have more pics next week.
BTW, that 2nd bass was taken on my “Joe Valencic built” 2wt & a size 14 foam beetle.
Mike
Mike that is a great report to be reading with my coffee this am, Very nice pics!!!
Any time you can go fishing in a white shirt, have a good day catching record book fish, AND, the shirt not get no dirt on it at all, ya gotta have had a good day…
Nice hat too, you look like you belong on the cover of outdoor magazine or somethi’n like that…
God Bless my friend, glad you guys had a good day,
Tim
Great to see all is well and that the “Factory” is one place that obviously has not been hurt by the economic downturn. All kidding aside, the hat looks great too. Caileigh and I didn’t have any luck at the Clearfork a couple of weeks back, but thanks again for the tips, the campout was nice.
Thanks for the comments guys. It IS a little hard to believe that I kept the shirt clean all day, but I sure did! Actually, I had my vest on all day…just decided to make a last cast or two with the 3wt & woolly worm before packin’ up.
I really am glad I got the Tilley…I have wanted one for a long time & a recently acquired gift certificate made it very affordable.
Briney dave & I are hitting the water this Sunday, so if things go well, we hope to have pics of some larger gills & bass in the next report.
Stay tuned!
Mike
