We decided to take a shot at Bluestone Lake today. It felt more like summer than spring. The water was up a bit, but falling and it was very windy at the start of the trip. Austin caught a nice bluegill on a crankbait just off the pit bank and I hooked and lost a 2 to 3lb. largemouth on a chartreuse in-line spinner. Other than that there was not a whole lot of action to be had so we started fishing for pan fish with nightcrawlers. The wind finally settled down and the pan fishing seemed to be as hot as it is in midsummer. We probably caught close to 40 between the two of us in just an hour or two. I did manage to catch a 2.7lb. smallie though. It all started when a minnow sized bluegill took a swing at my bait and missed. The commotion must have attracted the attention of a nearby smallmouth who proceeded to chase and eat the bluegill, but got my hook instead; the predator quickly becoming the prey to which Austin concluded that the bluegill had intentionally used my bait to deceive the smallmouth and escape. He went on to speculate (using the analogy of Nelson the bully from the Simpsons) that before it swam away the bluegill tuned and looked at his captured pursuer to offer up a parting "ha, ha."
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