Ottumwa, Iowa

I was fishing for trout with a black rooster tail spinner with the treble hook, and on the edge of the ice sitting in ambush, to my completely unexpected surprise, this little guy pounded it! 1st ever winter bass!

The ponds of OTTUMWA have 1 pond that is stocked with 1500 trout and it’s a wonderful thing that the DNR provides here in the state of Iowa.

Back fishing the spawn at the best kept secret fishing spot in Iowa with my buddy. Day 1 was a success.

. Could've been better, but it could've been worse. Every day is a good day to wet a line.

Great fight getting it in

Finally made it to my all time favorite place to fish today, the watershed. Couple hundred acre private "pond" that is full of huge bass that only sees pressure when I'm in town. 😂 It did not disappoint today. Fished from about 4 this afternoon to about 9. It was one after another. Biggest fish today was almost 7 pounds. Several 4 to 6 pounders. They were crushing the Bellows Gill. I broke out the giant PB Rat Wakebait right as the sun went down and first cast that 7 pounder annihilated it. Very next cast, 5.29 pounder hit right when it hit the water. Only 39 more days of this. 😁