Spent yesterday morning on Washington Pond and realized how much I had missed guiding there. In the mid 1990’s I guided many parties on the pond. Fishing for smallmouth bass and perch; in fact the family fishing trips that I offer regularly were developed for that pond.
Trips this weekend had me on a variety of locations on the Saint George River, this afternoon when I stopped to review last couple of days I realized that I had been over quite a bit of the watershed.
This time of year I talk and exchange e-mail with lots of anglers and everyone is interested in the same topic. Are the bass spawning? Why, during the spawning period the male fish aggressively defend the nest that they have scooped out of the gravel along the shore or next to some object that provides cover. This behavior can make for some fast and exciting fishing. From my perspective it is the best “sight fishing” of the year. Meaning that we can see the fish we are attempting to catch.
