Pickerels @ Chestnut
Went back to Chestnut hill res to see if I could hook up with some more slabs but instead ended up catching a pair of Pickerels on Spinnerbaits.
The first fish was a nice 17 incher that attacked a 1/8 oz rainbow trout colored blue fox vibrax minnow on a pause in the retrieve while I was checking my reel for a backlash. On the opposite side of the bay that I was fishing was another guy who was fishing with bobbers and curl tail grubs. As soon as he sees me hook up with the fish he packs up and runs right over to fish my area with his two rods while I am unhooking the fish and measuring it. Then he gives me the hairy eyeball when he see me release the fish back into the water. I am sure that guy reads my posts and prospects that area where I fish. So this message is for you: When you see some one catching a fish it is bad etiquette to run over and claim their spot!
Seeing as the damage was done in that he was scaring off the fish that where in that area I moved on.
I fished the rapala husky jerk but got no takers this time, Fished a bomber A with the same result, Tried the a gold Johnson silver spoon, nothing.
Seeing as the weather was overcast and rainy I switched to high vis lures like my Mepps black fury. I walked over to the spot where I caught to the two pickerels last summer and on my second cast I hooked up with another 17 inch pickerel. He attacked a yellow size three black fury.
My last three fish have all been taken on in-line spinners.