Godfrey's Pond

The kids went back to school today, and I try to make this a day that I get to start my fall fishing.  So I went to Godfrey's Pond and was not disappointed.

The first hour was spent with me rowing the boat and casting, and casting, and casting.  I finally decided to take a picture because at this point with no bites, I needed to do something productive on my day out.

I took one pictures, as it's quite overcast today.

I decided to do some more casting and retrieving, and it paid off nicely!!!

I landed this 17 inch Largemouth bass.  A fat and healthy looking fish, at that!

And then, on the next cast...   I caught a chunky little Northern Pike.  Can't tell in the picture... but it wasn't starving, by any means.

And finally, I landed another, smaller Bass.

And this was how I spent my kid's first day back at school.   :)

I have only fished a couple of times this year, so I took the opportunity to go out today and see what I could catch.  I went to Godfrey's Pond and rented a rowboat for 2 hours, and then fished from shore for about another hour.

After 10 largemouth bass... I told myself that once I reached an even dozen, that I'd go home.  And let me tell you...  they were still biting when I left. 

You say LEAVE???  When the fish are biting??   Are you nuts?!

Well...  I had to work this afternoon.  I had just enough time to post some pictures online, take a shower and eat lunch before I had to go to work.

Up until last year, I fished a lot!  But in January 2009, I was dealing with a herniated disk in my neck and I could not fish.  I had surgery for it that April, but my fishing was limited.  This was the first time that I have rowed a boat since 2008.  I am paying for it a little tonight.  But it was worth it!

These are pictures of my first three catches.  ( I stopped taking pictures after three!) The first two were very respectable fish!  And well, actually, most of them that I caught today were good!

Here was my first one!  Very nice Bass!  They look to be healthy!

This is the second one.  I took 2 pictures of it. The other picture is of it in the water.

 And the third one.  It may not be a monster, but I love this picture!