Freshwater Fishing 3/30/14

Today I had a few hours to kill while the wife and kids were at a birthday party. Instead of heading to the salt, I hit the lake a block from my house because it was a bit windy and rainy. This lake is not very big and not deep, it used to be an old cranberry bog. The depth is around 3-4' and once it warms up it's full of weeds. I also don't fish to much freshwater as this lake usually holds small pickerel, largemouth, sunnies, and crappies.

I trolled a Rapala F11 in silver to the corner of the lake I wanted to fish. Right away I hooked a small bass I didn't even bother to measure. He barely fought but it was probably due to the colder water.

After an uneventful half hour I moved closer to the corner and the line came tight. At first I thought I had a big pickerel and it was pulling some drag pretty good. I got it closer and saw the bigger body and realized it was a nice large mouth. I was able to flip her in the yak and grab her with my fish grips. She was pushing just over 19 1/2" and was my biggest bass yet. Also the biggest I have seen or heard out of this lake. Snapped some pics and released her back in the cold water. As she swam off she covered me in a cool shower of water but it felt good to get a bass this big. Especially from a small Jersey lake.

I managed two small pickerel on the way back to the truck.

Pretty good rainy day if you ask me!