Sunday, September 22, 2024

September 21, 2024

 I first drove just over an hour to a new-to-me spot for Orangespotted Sunfish.  It was really shallow along the shorelines....not quite as deep as I had hoped, and not easy to fish.  I did manage a small Largemouth Bass and lost some sort of sunfish.... but overall I was disappointed. 

Drove another hour to a Bowfin spot.  Saw plenty of various sizes... lost one and finally landed one.  Also caught a very dark Spotted Gar, and lost a nice fat spotted-up one that I fought for pretty long.  May have lost another one, too.  Did land a couple Shortnose Gar, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, a Warmouth, and saw several small Crappies hit that didn't get hooked.  Caught 4 short but fat Largemouth Bass as well, and a very small Silver Carp that was likely foul-hooked.

A very dark-pigmented Spotted Gar (pics above and below).


A couple Longnose Gar (above 2 pics).

Eyetail Bowfin

Warmouth

Largemouth Bass (2 pics above and 2 pics below, all separate individual fish).


Silver Carp

Some things seen while fishing:

Black Horsefly

Southern Leopard Frog

Blanchard's Cricket Frog


Muskrat

Milkweed Leaf Beetle

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (top), and 2 Viceroy Butterflies.

No comments:

Post a Comment