Johnsfolly

I'm still in denial because I make the excuse that I hate change. so when I get my rifle sighted in with the ammo that it likes to shoot I will stockpile that brand. When the first .22 shortage began, I would pick up a box or two every time I see them on the shelf. Since we moved and the majority of the ammo is still in a box, I really don't know how many rounds there might be. Still not admitting to hoarding

Yes . The guy that gave it to me said I want you to use them and not just have them sitting around. This was the first fish on my first MH special. Actually fished it with a fly rod as god had intended it to be used. The second fish got me hung in a heavy vegetation and broke me off.

I love fishing topwater baits. A few Whopper Plopper fish from a trip back in 2016. After losing a big fish and my WP on a different trip I risked losing an MH (aka @BilletHead) Special by throwing it in the same stretch of water. Did land this green trout .

There is a private lake in Columbia that my friend has access to that you can't keep the big bass off of a pink fluke or worm. I bought my oldest a package of bubblegum ribbontail BPS worms figuring that I would never use them and they would just be hers. Fishing that lake I have bought "her" many packs of bubblegum worms !

Some smallmouth caught on a fluke. Teaching Livie when young to fish the fluke

Lepomis scarlopinna Micropterus bocaminutus Oncorhynchus leprocanpotogoldmarkus

I would figure its a spotted bass. Based upon how the named flowers and their parts I believe that most botanists were lonely old.horny men 🙄

Do what you want guys. I'll play along every so often 😉!

Parmesan baked blackfish fillets and roasted brussel sprouts.

Probably a great blue heron, basses eatamess

Reminiscent of Yogi Berra ordering a large pizza, but cut in only 4 pieces since he couldn't eat eight

Going during mid week should be better. Still probably run into a few folks even then.

Looking back at Oct 2019, I did fish that access after leaving your place and heading to Poplar Bluff. I caught mosquitofish and blackspotted TM in the small pond next to the train tracks. Also bleeding shiners next to the boat ramp.

Looking at the current trout cam for Bennett's, looks like quite a few less folks than I would have imagined along the spillway. Maybe most folks all limited out and are putting their trout in the cars to get ready to go back out with another stringer .

Congrats Ham on making a bad day into a great fishing trip! Sorry to have missed out on that deal. Some nice looking fish buddy.

The day was a bunch better than what I had when near freezing water was rushing over the spillway. Felt good to figure out those fish either trout or those sunfish and where they should be as long as those flow patterns continue. Folks don't teach their kids about respect anymore. Sad really. As you mentioned it's likely to get worse unless there is a change in how we interact with each other.

Maryland will stock over 300K across the state this year, which is less than i believe that Taneycomo will stock this year. Opening day of trout in PA was always a zoo. Folks would camp out on the better holes of many of the creeks.

Looking at the weather this weekend, I had to plan on a fishing trip on Saturday due to rain expected for all day Sunday. Wanted to run up to Susquehanna river tribs to try for walleye, but family didn't want the long drive. So with the idea of trying for a pumpkinseed at the Spillway below Unicorn Lake, I headed North. The Maryland DNR had just stocked 300 rainbows in the Unicorn Branch below the spillway earlier in the week. I expected there to be a crowd. As I pulled up there was a man and his son in the spot where I usually catch a few pumpkinseed. I decided to fish above them closer to the spillway. I had on a trout magnet minijig set-up with a small foam float. I had 2# Pline fluoroclear line and one of my 7' Airstream UL rods. I was able to cast 20 to 25 ft with this setup and the tight quarters of the narrow creek that should be enough to reach the fish. Most of the sunfish tuck in next to the rocks near the banks and the pilings of the decking above the water on my side. No luck on sunfish. When I got a good drift, I found some fish holding in a seam towards the other bank. I hooked one rainbow and lost just as I was reaching for it. To be honest that was going to be a caught fish if I wasn't able to get into a better location. I was watching a fly fisherman on the other bank. I could see his indicator and when it got close to what looked like a deeper run, he would get a strike. He landed a few trout while I was blanked. There was a open area on the rocks downstream enough from him that I would not be fishing his water. It also gave me easy access to the seam that I hooked that rainbow. I had on an orange body that I have had success with the panfish here before. It didn't take long before I had my first bluegill in hand. I followed that with a feisty 9 inch rainbow. The kid across from me got a couple of bites where I was catching a trout or bluegill every few casts. I ended landed one that was just over 14 inches from that cast across and drift method. I found that a little jigging could induce a strike. I switched to pink, yellow, and white bodies. I caught one trout on the yellow and two on the pink. The fly fisherman headed downstream and I was able to cast upstream into that run next to the bank. I caught two quick trout one which was 12 inches. By that time the kid came over and was fishing above me. The fly fisherman came back and fished above him. This kid had little ethics in terms of fishing around others. He would often drift his baits into the hole that I was fishing and he would catch fish there. He also would not wait for the flyfisherman to finish his drift before casting upstream and got tangled with him. I would wait until he would cast upstream before I would drift my bait in that hole. I had decided that if I could land my tenth rainbow that I would leave. Once I had that fish in my net the kid made a cast to where I hooked that fish. The bait landed within 3 feet directly in front of me. At that point I called him out on his behavior. He soon took over my spot as I was leaving. Anyway I did catch three bluegill but no pumpkinseeds . Catching and playing with and landing those ten stockers saved the day on this short trip. I fished for less time than my entire travel route to and from this spot.

Of course most of these couldn't get played today.

Forgot how funny these were.

@Devan S. congrats on a successful night trip for you and your partner catching a couple of stud browns!! @JestersHK used to always talk about that switch after 1 am on Taney as well. Well done!

Don't forget the real men of genius🤣

Then I'm out😅