FishnDave

Speaking of Redspotted Sunfish: Flier: A beautiful (Western) Dollar Sunfish:

Warmouth: Redear: Big Bluegills: An interesting hybrid (2 pics of same fish). I thought at first I had a giant Respotted!

a magnificent bullhead eater...

100th flyrod species of 2026... before mid-May??? That's so incredible! 😃 And 208 Flyfers! That's Super-Elite Status! Keep it going!!

Grass Carp: 29.5" Shortnose Gar:

Goldfish: Koi

^28"^

Congratulations on your Anniversary tomorrow!

Longear Sunfish: Smallmouth Bass: Spotted Bass: The horizontal lower flank stripes suggest a Spotted x Smallmouth hybrid: Disjunct Studfish: a Striped Shiner with some breeding coloration:

Another stellar outing. 13 species day. Here's some of the better stuff. Shortnose Gar on a Gamechanger! Rock Bass: Warmouth: Redear Sunfish: Bluegill: Hybrid Sunfish:

Awesome! I feel like Bowfin are finally starting to get the respect they deserve as a bonafide gamefish.

This one, unfortunately, was foul-hooked... in the eye socket of an already messed-up eye on the far side. But it was a massive fish, and fought like one. Ancient, could be older than me! 36.5" long. Very heavy fish. I've ran some depth vs standard length calculations to try and determine whether this is a Black Buffalo or Smallmouth Buffalo. The calcs didn't work out to be in the range of either fish. I saw this : "Black Buffalo often hybridize with other buffalofish, which further complicates positive identification." Opinions are welcome.

Caught a number of Freshwater Drum. Biggest was this 25" fattie: Caught some Bigmouth Buffalo and Black Buffalo while flyfishing. A few were foul-hooked, but several of each species also ate the fly. This one measured 31":

Got my first White Bass of the year. And Yellow Bass: And Channel Catfish And Spotted Gar: Some repeat species as well... Green Sunfish, Bluegill.....White Crappie: Black Crappie: Bowfin: