Fishing

[Ready_fire_aim]

I took the kayak out to Lake Ponca this afternoon to fish a cove I really like with the fly rod but took a spinning rod along as backup which turned out to be a good deal.
Sorry, no pics as the phone stayed in the vehicle.
This cove runs alongside some of the golf course, which the golfers have to drive across, so it's kind of dangerous if you go early, but the last flight is done with that cove around 5pm, so that is when I go fishing.
It was dead calm, absolutely glass for water when launching. Paddled to the bridge where the golfers drive over the cove which is too low for a boat.
Put on some San Juan worms I'd tied and got into the bluegill that were on the beds. Eating sized but didn't keep any. I want them to breed. Caught one almost keeper bass, and a couple of mystery hits that got off. Got broke off with the fly's so many times on hangups that I ran out, so went to the spinning rod back out into the main cove where it's deeper. Caught several nice crappie that were released in the same spot which I know is the edge of a drop off from prior trips with a sonar on the big boat.
Then after about 4 hours on this plastic seat, I was done. Gonna have to take a cushion to sit on next time, so paddled back to the ramp and came home. Plus, the wind changed to the North and it was hard to hold position. I had an anchor and used it, but my posterior area was needing some relief.

Nice! I’ve been wondering if the bluegill are on beds yet. I like to fill a couple ziplocks up with gills/redear for the freezer, usually in June

 

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[Master Carper]

Fly fishing on Father's Day weekend -

I was finally able to get out and do some fly fishing, and decided to take my favorite St. Croix fly rod with a couple of streamer patterns I tied up...

 

[Master Carper]

More fish from the same weekend.

Not a lot of size to these fish, but a good tug on the line nonetheless ...

 

[Buck98]

Just a picture of my “hawg”!!!!!

 

[Ready_fire_aim]

Boy, y’all catchin some big’uns! Maybe you two should enter some bass tournaments lol

Just kidding around. I have fun catching small ones on light tackle as well. Good lookin fish!

 

[Shinneryfarmer]

Limited out a couple days in Red River New Mexico last week. The trout were finicky on what they were biting, lots of rain (streams were muddy running fast) and unseasonably colder weather. Took morning and afternoon to reach a limit. Grandson and Granddaughter both caught there first rainbow the last day.

 

[Master Carper]

Limited out a couple days in Red River New Mexico last week. The trout were finicky on what they were biting, lots of rain (streams were muddy running fast) and unseasonably colder weather. Took morning and afternoon to reach a limit. Grandson and Granddaughter both caught there first rainbow the last day.View attachment 386664

Nice looking mess of trout, and congratulations to your grandkids for their first trout.

 

[dennishoddy]

Limited out a couple days in Red River New Mexico last week. The trout were finicky on what they were biting, lots of rain (streams were muddy running fast) and unseasonably colder weather. Took morning and afternoon to reach a limit. Grandson and Granddaughter both caught there first rainbow the last day.View attachment 386664

Decent size to those trout! Congrats on a good day!