A Few Odd Species

I went down to the river last night and ran into Noah, who had just caught a banded killifish for his life-list. This is a species I had already caught but had never gotten a decent photo of, so I was fairly pleased to catch one after just a little bit of effort. They were hanging out in a tributary where I've usually found spottail shiners. I managed to hook one with a tiny caddis pupa.

After that and an unsuccessful attempt to hook a pike or big smallmouth, I broke character a bit and fished bait. I was really hoping to bump into a white catfish, by far the most interesting catfish we have in these parts. The thrive in the lowest reaches of tidal rivers and are capable of handling quite a bit of salinity. No white catfish were caught, but Noah added another species to his list, an American eel, and I caught a few of those and a yellow bullhead. Yellow bullheads aren't particularly common in this spot so it was a cool little fish to catch.

How's this for a spinner fall?

Sometimes flies just don't do the trick. I'm not too proud to admit that and fish living or dead bait.