Back to Smith Road Park

 

I’ve been going over to Swamp Creek by the Smith Road Park evenings after it cools down a little. I caught this nice smallmouth Sunday evening and caught two smaller ones tonight.

Update on Butter Valley

 So I went back over to the ponds at Butter Valley two more times. The first was around 8:30 the other night. I once again hooked into a big bass but he came off after a brief fight. For all I know it could have been the same fish.  I went back today but all I saw was a huge carp. I also went to the park at Smith road and caught a ten inch smallmouth and then I caught a two pound largemouth which really surprised me.

Something different

 I went out this afternoon looking for a new place to try my luck. I knew there was two ponds over next to the Butter Valley Golf port but I had never fished them. When I got there it looked very promising and there wasn’t any posted signs. I walked up the right side of the pond but wasn’t getting any bites. When I got to the back corner of the pond, I threw my lure towards the far bank and saw a big wake. I wasn’t sure if it was a fish or a turtle. When I cast back to the same area it happened again only this time I hooked a nice large mouth bass. He came off the hook right as I brought him up onto the shore and got away. Now that I know they are there I’ll be going back.

Friday and Saturday

 So I went out a couple of times more before I had to go back to work on Monday but didn’t have much luck. I’ll try something different next weekend.