Well..I caught 18 bass, 5 bluegills, 1 green sunfish, and 1 hybrid sunfish. NONE of the bass were over 13". So, looks like the damage to the population of bigger bass by those 3 guys was pretty thorough. That's really sad, selfish, and misinformed.
Anyway, some of the bluegills were pretty nice...some were 9"+.
We visited 2 ponds on Sunday. The first pond, my buddy Jay caught a couple bass right before I got there. His nephew Nathan also joined us. I drilled a half-dozen or more holes, fished a few of them. Saw just one fish the entire time. The other two guys didn't catch any more either. We moved to a 2nd pond. This was also pretty slow, but we all managed to catch fish. I did ok.... Caught 6 or 7 bass (none over 14"), at least 8 crappies, 2 pumpkinseed sunfish, and over a dozen bluegills.
While I take pictures of some of the fish I catch, its always been about the fish, so if you go through my blog archives, there are very few pictures that I am actually in. I got the iPhone 11 recently, and it has a much better "selfie" camera than my previous iPhone 6. So, I'm starting to experiment with including me in more of my fish pictures, as you can see above. We'll see how it goes.
Dave
ReplyDeleteI see a fish fry coming---thanks for sharing
All released....not into a pan with grease, but back into the water. ;o)
DeleteI have a fly that has worked well in Clear Lake, CA that I hope you can try. Marabou tail, 3/4 length of shank. Add a bit of flash if desired. Main body; loose dubbing of MS Bugger from Fly Tyers Dungeon. This has 1 inch fibers and hundreds of thin, very alive rubber strands. For bigger body, more of a streamer, tie in short bunches almost like a hitie. Use some velcro to brush fibers out, especially if you dubbed. Use weight if desired for deep, but will almost hover if no weight used. I tie in olive,green, brown and black. If long marabou tail isn't working, pinch it short and fish as a dragon fly. Bulky and brown look like a sculpin.
ReplyDeleteThanks, McFish! Did you post that fly on your blog or instagram, maybe? That's really familiar, I think I may have seen your post on that pattern before. Sounds like a definite FISH CATCHER!! :)
DeleteYes, sent it to FAOL. Still hoping for some feed back. It's really easy and quick to tie, easier than a wooly bugger. It pushes more water, has equal movement, better profile. I'd like to see if it fishes well outside of N. CA.
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