Visited 2 spots in southern MO. One I had been to before, one I had not heard of before but it was recommended by a fishing buddy.
2.5 hours to the first spot, 1.5 hours to the 2nd spot, and then 2.5 hours home. 6.5 hours drive time consumes a lot of (potential) fishing time!
Still, it was a good day. I caught 16 species! I believe that is a NEW personal record for number of species in one day. Most were micros. Darters were one of my main targets for the trip. I didn't see many. I did get one or two to hit the tanago fly...but they were just to small to eat it far enough for me to hook them. Pretty little guys, tho.
I caught:
Bleeding Shiners
Striped Shiners
Mimic Shiner
Northern Studfish
Blackspotted Topminnow
Hornyhead Chub
Longear Sunfish
Green Sunfish
Bluegill
Hybrid sunfish
Redspotted Sunfish
Shadow Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Warmouth
Western Dollar Sunfish
and Golden Shiner
Also had a bird land on my hat for a bit while I was fishing.
On to the pics!.....
Shadow Bass |
Longear Sunfish |
Northern Studfish |
Redspotted Sunfish |
Hybrid Sunfish |
Smallmouth Bass |
Mimic Shiner |
Warmouth |
Western Dollar Sunfish |
Bleeding Shiner |
Golden Shiners |
Blackspotted Sunfish |
Hornyhead Chubs |
Striped Shiners |
Midland Watersnake |
Bird on my hat. Baby Barn Swallow, perhaps? |