Monday, July 24, 2017

Learn Something New Every Day

Every time I go out I try to learn something new. Last night I was out catching panfish and little bass in water I have been fishing for more than 7 years. I just happened to shine my light in the rocks and I found this little guy:

7 years and I never new there were crayfish in this pond. Guess I should start throwing craws at the carp here more often.

Also, I was thinking about how many rock bass I've been catching in this watershed this year. t compares a lot to 2012. That year I was catching rock bass left and right every time I went out. Then they became kind of scarce. Just as I was thinking about that I nailed a nice one. Seems they are coming back!






6 comments:

  1. RM
    My passion sunfish and big gills---great job with the fly rod and camera!! thanks for sharing

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    1. Fun, simple, beautiful... it's hard not to love panfish if you aren't stuck up on being all about big fish!

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  2. I have yet to catch the rock bass.
    The others though--all fun! Too much fun in fact.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/32459531@N06/35824044552/in/dateposted/

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    1. No such thing as too much fun when it come to fishing!

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  3. Rock bass love crayfish as all other bass do. Here I find rock bass in faster moving water on the Loyalhana. Nice bunch of panfish that hopefully will never make it to a pan.
    Tie, fish, write and photo on...

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    1. I have to say, if there were any fish that I wouldn't be even slightly disappointed to see frying in grease, it's sunfish and crappies.

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