As long as it isn't too windy or below freezing, I'm ok with most any kind of weather for fly-fishing.
Caught mostly Bluegills. A few had excellent colors, including this first picture, in which the sunfish's breast was such a deep, bright orange...I don't think the photo does it justice.
This was a good-looking fish as well:
I also caught a few Green Sunfish. This monster measured 8.5"!!!!
I had hoped to get a glimpse of grass carp or catfish, but didn't see any. I DID see quite a few tadpoles gulping air periodically at the surface out towards the middle of the pond, and I saw a decent number of large bullfrogs. This is all indicative of a POOR bass population at the pond.
As I was walking around the pond to leave, I spotted this Painted Turtle rooting around in the water right next to shore. I took his picture, and he remained oblivious to my presence.
I love that green sunfish. We should get a blogger ring contest going to who can catch the biggest is year. 8.5 is so big for that species.
ReplyDeleteThat one makes my hand look small! Its a good fish for a contest...they are fairly common, easy to catch once you find them...but they don't usually get very big. I've been catching some big ones this year...from 7.5"-8.5". This 8.5-incher was a full 1/2 inch longer than my previous big one. I hope they continue to grow...I'd love to see them hit at least 10"!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the lunch time reports. Some greens my boys caught in SD were that large, I remember that they took them on a #4 and 6 zonker I'd tied, of course I did not realize how unusually large they were. By the way, on a trip 2 days ago to a river in spate, and muddy, one boy, now grown, took his first channel on a swung #4 Conehead Woolly Bugger we guess at 5lb. Wild fight in heavy current. My boys provide lots of angling enjoyment for this Dad.
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Wow.. That is a big greenie! Probably was close to a record!
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