@Ham Jealous of those cool darters.
Did catch my PB American shad this morning with this doe. Close to 3.5 lbs. Still have to measure the mark on my rod. Did land what I thought was a hickory, but couldn't get a photo so counting it as an American.
Did get the stink (with shad most things get a stink on them ) on Livie's rod by landing one out of three hookups.
Sounds like great memories @rps. Thanks for adding some perspective as well. About those UK guys many places you have to pay for a spot just to soak those maggots. You often don't have the ability to move to a better location if there are few fish in your spot. Even worse when you try river fishing.
I have to look but I don't think that the Airstream have the exposed threading on the handle behind the reel. That just looks uncomfortable to me. I wouldn't mind spending the money if it is a good rod but if it's not comfortable to fish then I'm out.
I agree but this was a stocker. With the waters out here you take what you can get. Was good with the crabmeat stuffing. The blackfish filets were a whole lot better.
I thought that this yellow bullhead might have been a juvenile flathead when I first caught it. Very different body shape than a flathead, but they are yellow to brown and also have an unforked tail.
It's like bigfoot, until there is a body this argument will not get resolved. Don't need bags of fish, just good high resolution photos. Need to see the head and mouth in profile, be able to count the fin rays and the lateral line scales.