Good Morning at the Pond

I managed to spend my morning in my canoe at a small farm pond rumored to hold some large bass. 

I started just before daybreak with a jointed jitterbug.  I've never used a jitterbug before and this morning didn't help my confidence in it as I got no strikes. 

I love topwater action and I tried many lures this morning with only 1 topwater bass landed on a Heddon Tiny Torpedo. 

I started throwing a t-rigged plastic worm in the shallows and landed a few.  Tried other t-rigged plastics (worms & grubs) and landed a few more, nothing of substaintial size.  Also threw a rapala J-9 and a white Norman little-N crankbait and caught bass on both.  The crappie were busting at the surface all day and I caught a few of them on the Norman crankbait and crappie jigs.  They were biting my line and bobber and I think I could have worn them out on a fly rod with surface flies.  I also need the practice.  Oh well, maybe next time.

After the sun came up I started banging the bank with a weightless super fluke and landed even more bass.  Ended my morning catching a few on a weightless plastic frog (Horney Toad).  Best two bass are below, along with one of the small crappie I caught. 

It was a nice relaxing morning and I hope to fish here a few more times this year.