Bass on the South Fork of Long Island

After too much time spent with work and school this spring, we finally got back to some serious fishing, this time on the South Fork of Long Island. The bass are now in post-spawn mode, and we landed this fish in a small pond near a golf course late one afternoon.

We got him by "sight fishing" where the bait (a plastic worm) was pitched just past where he was swimming and then jerked by him. He made a very aggressive lurch towards the bait and was hooked up!

Lots of fun catching this fish on ultra-light spin tackle with braided line, the perfect combo for both casting distance and accuracy.