We got some rain locally the previous afternoon. I visited an urban creek. I hoped for a Longnose Gar. I saw just one, and was able to get close enough to cast to it without spooking it. It followed and ate the fly. I set the hook, and it was FISH ON. I had to manuever down closer to the waters edge in order to net the fish, and in doing so, I slipped on the muddy slope at one point. But I made it down, and the fish was still on. And then it wasn't. <sigh>
Not a great day of fishing, but also not a terrible one. I managed to catch 9 species:
Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Bluegill, Longear Sunfish, Shortnose Gar, Channel Catfish, White Bass, Common Carp, and Grass Carp. The Grass Carp was a fighter! It measured a healthy 30". Not huge, but good enough... probably weighed around 11 pounds.
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