Fishing in Southgate, Michigan, United States

Fishergal60

I only started fishing in August 2018. Did a lot of reading online over that winter to learn as much as I could before I went out again in the Spring of 2019. Since I only live 5 minutes away from this “pond”, I would say I got to know it very intimately. Last year in mid April I tossed out a bobber with a worm on into a shallow spot just about where the pier starts hoping to catch a small fish. And almost instantly something grabbed onto it. I was startled indeed. I did not have too far to go to reel this fish in but as I got him to the pier I could see his large green body horizontal in the water and boy did that get my adrenaline going. As I was pulling him up out of the water he shook himself off before I could grab my leader line 😢. I was beside myself, alone to boot. To put a frame of reference on the size of this fish, I had caught a 19” bass at another place on April 9 (my first big bass) and as I looked down into the water when he was horizontal his body alone was at least 18”. I must have fished that place for almost 2 weeks straight trying to catch what I now called my “Moby Dick”. I was fishing at Founders yesterday in the snow on April 22. I was of course the only person (or fool maybe) out there. A man walked by with his dog and told me he saw a guy catch a really big bass a couple days earlier so I know Moby is still out there. BTW this is a catch and release only pond. But there was something very surreal about being out there, alone and the snow falling; it almost felt a little like Christmas, ya know that warm peaceful feeling you get during the holidays. Even though I only caught one small bass, I know there’s at least ONE big one out there. Maybe I will catch him some day or maybe if you have an inkling to come to Founders Park you may catch the bass of your dreams or the one in my dreams.