Steve826  07/12/2009 - 10:23  Trip Reports  Impoundments  Roll Your Own    This weekend my family went on our annual camping trip and I got to do a little fishing at the small pond in the campground. The bass fishing sucks...nothing bigger than like 12 inches in there...but it's fun to just dunk some bait and mess around. I caught 1 small bass and 11 bluegills. Nothing big but it was fun anyway. I did however experiment with a 5'6 L rod that I found in my garage on Friday before we left...I completely forgot I had it...it came with one of those Wal Mart spinning combos I got when I first started fishing. Well the 6730 President w/ 6 lb mono on the 5'6 L did an excellent job casting a 1/16 ounce popper. So if the 6'6 ML I bought from BPS doesn't do well casting 1/16 ounce lures, then I will return it and stick with the 5'6 L. I hope the 6'6 ML does work though cause I'd like the extra backbone that a 6'6 ML will have if I get a large fish on. Not to mention that I spent $45 on it :) Well anyway it was a fun weekend, always nice to get out and fish with the family even if the fish were smaller than desired.

Steve