It was March 23, and I was not going to be denied by the I-80 ponds. Today was the first day all year that I think it hit 60 degrees so I was excited thinking nothing will stop the bass from biting today. I WAS WRONG!!! I tried everything from jigs to senkos, to crankbaits you name it. I even got the brilliant idea to get to the other side of the pond. I hiked east for about a mile trying to find a dry area to cross and did not find one. Dumb as I am and determined that the bass must be hanging on the other side of the pond I waded through the gunk and got to the other side. Now I was excited the bass must be over here..... NOPE! nothing, I couldn't even see a fish swimming around. I am truly wondering if the pond has been poisoned or drained letting all the bass out. I am not sure but I will have to go back there to find out. Not to mention that by the end of the trip I had hiked approximately 2-3 miles and waded through the muckiest thickest cattails/mud ever. Not my best fishing trip. Two in a row skunked at the I-80 ponds.