Another Pomme Report

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I gave Pomme a pretty good thrashing on Tuesday, the only sunny day for about two weeks. Years ago I lived in Hermo, so I try to get back once in a great while to fish. Like Trav, I fished near the dam. Thewater had at least 5 feet vis. I took my river jet boat to be able to maueuver around and through shoreline cover to take a looksee at what was up shallow. Found just one big male on his nest and it was really locked on. It had attracted (and was courting) a five pound female that was waiting for the right time to lay her eggs. Several miles of looking and spotted just that one spawner. The active quality bass that I contacted were the papa bass guarding fry. Only spotted about 5 balls of fresh hatched fry (after checking about 10 coves/pockets) and everyone of them had a good sized papa prtecting them. These bass should be left alone, but often times one casts and catches one before the fry are seen. One such 3 pound bass had at least three previous fresh hook holes in its mouth testifying to the fishing pressure this little lake receives.

Like Trav, with no shad spawn seen, most of the large bass have not come into the shallows to feed. In a few weeks with continued high water, the bite could get much better if most of the food moves in. If I had to catch a big bass on Pomme, I would head for the murkier waters and flip and pitch into the grassy areas around the banks that I could access up either arm of the lake. Incidentally, I did fish 15-20 feet deep off points with a t- rigged lizard and caught numerous 8-12 inch dinks off of three such points. I did not fish really early or really late, when some of the larger bass could have moved in shallow to feed in these relatively clear waters.