Kettle Pond, VT Fishing Report

Kettle Pond

Was back in VT this weekend. This time I decided to head out to my favorite smallmouth pond. I've had a lot of good luck here throughout the years since I was about 7 years old (this is where I learned to fish) and I happen to know that there are some absolute BRUTES in this pond, the likes of which I was about to encounter.

I started fishing along the shoreline which produced a few small sallys. I then moved to a spot out in the middle where there are some rocks sticking out of the water. This spot has almost always produced nice smallmouth and today was no different. On my third cast I hook into a real nice one. I didnt detect the bite because she ran right at me, leaving the line slack, but once I started reeling I knew something was up. I finally caught up to her and got my line tight. What a great fight, diving, thrashing, jumping. I love me some smallmouth bass! She weighed in at 2lbs 2oz
I tried some other spots with no luck, so I went back out to the same spot and just like that I hook into another one and this one was bigger. A lot bigger. Early into the fight the fish jumped a good four feet out of the water and it looked like it could have been bigger than any smallie I've ever caught. Once I got her close to the boat she dove way down under into some rocks and wouldnt move. I kept pulling and then my line snapped.

I'd been beaten by the fish. But I know she's still out there and next time she is not getting away so easy.

• Added By: gcbass on 08/15/11 08:04 AM
• Location: Kettle Pond, VT
• Report Date: 8/13/2011
• # of Photos: 2
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