Retro Fishing on St Mary�s Lake

Type: Nontidal
Region: Southern
Location: St. Mary's Lake

I fished over at St Mary�s Lake today, Wed, Nov 25 catching 4 largemouth bass, and one each of pickerel, crappie and bluegill.

While drinking coffee this morning I went through a short list of options (those in my head and not set in concrete) on where to fish today. First I didn�t want to drive any distance today, the day before Thanksgiving and all. Scratch Smithville Lake.

So, maybe fly fishing at St Mary�s? But there is limited casting space from the shoreline, it can be done but I wasn�t feeling it. Then I thought, hey! I grabbed the Mitchell- Garcia 300 on a 6.5� Garcia Conolon rod and a handful of Mepps spinners. Retro fishing! Let�s see what happens I thought. I put on my chest waders and headed the mile down Dam Rd. Stepping into the lake once there and taking a cast, it wasn�t long before I hooked up with the first fish. I cast a #3 Mepps and I never needed to change the bait.

It was a perfect Fall day of fishing.