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It's not completely my idea. The original one I found long ago at either Bass Pro Shops or Academy was sold specifically for fishing line but they stopped selling it. My wife was into beading at one time and that's how I found the Beadalon brand in Amazon. Unfortunately, you can't just buy one but that's okay since I have several spools of line for fishing different fish.

Wouldn't be so bad if we had turtles or something to eat it. During spring time a bald eagle at Upper Tawa would swoop down and eat dead or dying fish there. Great herons do the same at Sullivan but not during fall/winter.

Just published that video last night. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. It was a nice day to be out. Other than the road noise, Skyline Pond's rugged terrain makes you forget you are still inside the city.

Thanks. Wish St George had bigger stocked trout but it's all fun for me.

I've seen your videos where you use the disgorger but thought it worked because of the bigger fish you have up north. Some people told me not to use treble hooks for catch and release but I'll try it out since you've been using them. Thanks for the tip and the one for Powerbait!

Should have trout in the ponds soon. It's finally much cooler down here.

Thanks! Just watched your latest video. Looks like you enjoy trash as much as I do. LOL

If you go fishing right now for bass, the sweet spot is around 10am to 12pm unless a lot of people are already there and scare/caught the fish. Many people target the deep middle of the pond for bass and do catch fish but I like to focus next to the rocks or off the underwater ledge around 10 to 15 feet from the rocks as bass like to stay close to structure. I've seen them literally 3 to 5 feet from the rocks staring into the rocks waiting for a sunfish to come up only to be tricked by my lure instead. Using amber polarized sunglasses will also help you see the roaming bass. Fall trout season starting November will be different than summer time bass fishing as trout go all over the place and the pond will be well stocked. Hope this helps and thanks for the question!

@@FishTalk-Os thank you so much it helped a lot I went around 5-6 once the heat calmed down and I caught a nice 1 pound bass can't wait for trout season. whats a good bait to use for that pond once they stock trout?

Trout remember what caught them last times so you'll want a few lures. Most people use Powerbait dough or Gulp Magnum Eggs and gut hook the fish half the time (ok for catch and keep for your 2 fish limit at the pond). I like to rig a #8 to #4 hook on a drop shot rig when using dough baits to reduce the gut hooking a lot so long as I'm holding the rod. Here's my top 3 baits for spinning rods: 1/8 oz chartreuse Roostertail. Buy the Walmart 6 pack as it's the the cheapest per spinnerbait and the other colors work better sometimes. Slow jig a white (or pink) Trout Magnet with their 1/64 oz jig head on 4 to 6 lb line (2 lb for greater distance). If they don't bite, add a 1.5" weighted bobber 3 to 4 feet above the jig, cast far and slowly retrieve it back. Lastly, replace the Trout Magnet body with Gulp Earthworm (natural color in a jar) hooked twice through the middle to form a "U" and again under the weighted bobber but an even slower retrieve. Other alternatives to the earthworm: Powerbait Mice Tails chartreuse head/ orange body hooked only through the head but a bit pricey for what you get. The 1" white Gulp Grub used to be my go-to but they don't sell it anymore and the white Gulp Maggots aren't 1" like they claim it is but does catch trout unfortunately the sunfish love it too. The yellow Powerbait Honey Worms might work but I've only used the Gulp version which they no longer make. Sorry for the long reply again. Maybe I'll see you out there this season.

Big bass eat bigger baits but smaller pond bass will occasionally go after a big juicy bug or anything that looks like it will fill their bellies. :)

Cool. Nice having a pond close by to fish!

It’s fun tricking the bass to come up through the muck and hit a lure but usually it’s more misses than bites.

Thanks. I'll be glad to take you fishing if you are ever in town. Or maybe someday I'll be able to come over to see you and fish some of your waters. Take care!

Thanks for the constructive feedback and support. Some of my videos are quite long because I’m torn between having a vlog of my fishing trips or editing them down for viewers. I don’t preplan what the video will be about but instead I just record what I do to catch fish given the current conditions.

I was really expecting to catch only green sunfish. Watching the released fish dart around in the crystal clear shallow water was really cool too.

I honestly wish we had more warm water fish in there I guess we try to protect those little endangered fish

I don't completely understand how the fisheries work here yet. DNR stocks trout during the fall/winter yet the community ponds aren't managed for bass in the spring/summer. Skyline pond was drained a couple of years ago and still has received no new bass. I would also like to see more warm water fish (even sunfish) in the rivers as it would be cool to wade the river more. The Santa Clara river is too shallow unless you go further north past Gunlock.

@@FishTalk-Os yeah just stocked rainbows in those pond they all die by summer time they don't really manage bass, the rivers have little endangered species they spend too much money and time in them might as well turn it into a sport fishery for large small and small mouth and trout in winter

Seems like they could section off the river upstream where the endangered species are reintroduced and stock rainbows downstream. Stock rainbows are sterile so no eggs or hatchlings will invade the endangered species section. At a DNR seminar, they said Sand Hollow has too many bass so their growth is stunted which is why they raised the limit. Why not relocate some 2 pounders into the community ponds especially Grandpa's Pond which is huge but short on fish. At least for now there's places to fish. It could be worse.

Shhh.... Nobody needs to know. :)

Thanks. I agree. I was intimidated when I first walked up as I hadn't used that lure before. Just watching that worm working the top of the grass was cool to see. Looks like you're north of me. Sub'd your site so I know what to expect whenever I fish on your side of the state.

I like that park too. Nice open space for anyone fly fishing, lots of open grass areas to just chill and plenty of seats (and trash cans) around the pond. I wish they would run a couple of aerators/fountains in there like they have in Razor Ridge Park and Skyline Pond. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks. I have a new video for Sullivan Park coming soon.

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Thanks for the comment. It’s sad to not see the trout now but they’ll be back in the fall. Going to check the other community ponds to see if any still have trout. Of course, I’ll share what I find.