Trip No. FW3605

Monponsett Pond (West) - Halifax

August 22, 2005

Weather Conditions

Catch Log

TRIP TIME 6:00 - 7:00 PM AIR TEMP 84° SKY CONDITIONS Sunny WIND WNW @ 8 mph BAROMETER 29.77 + WATER TEMP 77° WATER CLARITY Cloudy WAVE HEIGHTS N/A SWELLS N/A CURRENT N/A MOON PHASE Waning Gibbous HIGH TIDE N/A LOW TIDE N/A Equipment Used: Rod Zebco Quantum XtraLite XL462SULA   Type  Spinning   Length  4'6"   Action  Ultralight Reel Zebco Quantum XtraLite XL00S2   Type  Ultralight Spinning   Line  Monofilament   Strength   4 lb.

SPECIES LENGTH WEIGHT LURE/BAIT USED COLOR METHOD White Perch   8.6"         6 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve Largemouth Bass   8.5"         5 oz. 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Bumblebee Moderate Retrieve White Perch   8.2"         5 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve White Perch   8.1"         5 oz. 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Bumblebee Moderate Retrieve Pumpkinseed   6.7"         5 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve White Perch   7.7"         4 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve White Perch   7.0"         3 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve Yellow Perch   6.8"         2 oz. 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Bumblebee Moderate Retrieve Yellow Perch   6.7"         2 oz. 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Bumblebee Moderate Retrieve Yellow Perch   6.7"         2 oz. 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Bumblebee Moderate Retrieve White Perch   5.1"         1 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve White Perch   5.0"         1 oz. 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Bumblebee Moderate Retrieve Pumpkinseed   4.4"         1 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve Pumpkinseed   4.2"         1 oz. 1/16 oz. Rooster Tail Spinner Gold/Brown Moderate Retrieve

SUMMARY :

Today's trip was a bit experimental in nature. I have a theory that brighter colored lures (yellows, whites, etc.) are preferred by yellow perch and calico bass, whereas darker colored lures (browns, blacks, etc.) are preferred by everything else. So, for the first half of this trip I tied on a brown spinner and didn't land a single yellow perch. When I tied on the bright yellow bumblebee spinner I caught three yellow perch but no sunfish. Surprising was the largemouth bass. White perch didn't seem to care but did seem to take a preference to the brown. Only one hour is not enough time to draw conclusive results, but it was interesting nonetheless. Fish were small tonight, but numerous.

For The Record...

TRIP NUMBER

TOTAL FRESH

TOTAL SALT

TOTAL TIME

TOTAL FISH

TOTAL SPECIES

LARGEST

SMALLEST

50

36

14

107 Hours

466

19

30.3" (12 lbs. 11 oz.)

5.9" ( 2 oz. )

Compared To Last Year...

+46

+32

+14

+88 Hours

+432

+12

+15.9" (+ 11 lbs. 3 oz.)

+1.3" ( -1 oz.)

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2005 South Shore Fishing