Today, I visited Pioneer Park in Montgomery, Ohio where a teen boy was fishing while his father watched. I asked the father if the boy had caught anything with his ...more spinnerbait and he answered, "A small bass."

That was surprising to me because I never saw anyone catch anything except bluegills and catfish at that pond.

Why so few bass fish? For one thing, the pond is shallow, probably six to seven feet deep in the central channel. Second, the pond is not stocked, and its fish population is a natural occurrence. There are some large carp at the shallow end. Turtles are everywhere and watersnakes too.

I have caught bluegills on lures here. Many people fish with hotdogs and catch catfish and turtles.

This morning the air is refreshing and the sun is bright, giving inspiration to my heading to Caesar's Creek Lake in the morning.