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  1. FishnDave
    Nice fish! 👊
  2. FishnDave
    Friday was my “drive home” day. Fished in the morning. Caught Green Sunfish, Creek Chubs, Knobfin Sculpin, a Hybrid Sunfish, Grass Pickerel, and Rainbow Trout. One pickerel was a recapture from Wednesday. Stopped at another place on the way home, but I felt it was too crowded, so I didn’t fish.
  3. FishnDave
    Thursday. I didn’t get skunked! I caught a fish at three of the locations we visited today, a bass and 2 bluegills. Had a few strikes from Spotted Gar… thought I was going to land the last one, but it spit the hook @ 3’ from shore. We canoe’d, we walked ditches, and fished lakes…and saw dead turtle shells. The rain this month really changed our expected fishing conditions and locations. The bowfin didn’t cooperate for me this time, but I got to see a lot of places where they live. Very different environments than what I’m used to fishing. Cool stuff!
  4. FishnDave
    Wednesday… miserable day, weather-wise. I saw an opening on the radar, so fished nearby. Fished for 3.5 hours… and despite wearing waders and a rain jacket, I managed to get wet tbrough every later I had on. My fingers stopped functioning properly, so I gave it up. I caught 10 species, and @ 40 fish… so it was a fun 1/2 day. I caught: -Creek Chubs -Green Sunfish -Largemoutb Bass -Bluegill -Black Crappie -Knobfin Sculpin -Longear Sunfish -Striped Shiner -Grass Pickerel -Brown Trout
  5. FishnDave
    Waters still high and stained. Today we fished a lake, a couple ponds, and some roadside ditches. @Ham can chime in with his catches. I caught zero fish. I had several strikes from gar, but always had the wrong fly on at those times. I did finally see a bowfin. Ham can confirm I got it to strike my topwater fly… but didn’t hook it. I found another turtle shell ( no picture), but @Ham found a box turtle shell!
  6. FishnDave
    Checked in to my hotel, and then did some more flyfishing locally. Caught about a dozen more Green Sunfish, 4 Creek Chubs, and a Longear Sunfish.
  7. FishnDave
    Monday. Fished Duck Creek CA first. I hoped for more of those Warmouth we caught last year. Nope. Saw some gar, but they didn’t like me getting too close and casting to them. Caught a Green Sunfish. Fished several spots, nothing happening. Went to Mingo next. Very high water everywhere. Got a gar to bite at the first spot, but missed on the hookset. Spooked some others. At a 2nd spot I saw gar, a huge common carp, some shad and what appeared to be Goldeye. None of them wanted to play. Almost stepped on a few snakes, and found a turtle shell.
  8. FishnDave
    Longtime lurker, first time poster... Its definitely the people that make this site great, and thanks to @Phil Lilley for building and hosting a place for us all.
  9. FishnDave
    My bad. 😄 I meant, have you been to Kalkaska, MI, before, and/or the Trout Festival? What's THAT like?
  10. FishnDave
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/fish-of-a-lifetime-brandon-man-reels-in-monster-blue-catfish-shattering-previous-record/ar-AAW74mp?li=BBnbfcL
  11. FishnDave
    I haven't heard of it, but that doesn't mean much. I hadn't heard of Cawker City, Kansas, and they have the WORLD'S BIGGEST BALL OF TWINE!! 😄 What's it like, have you been to it before?
  12. FishnDave
    Yes I do!
  13. FishnDave
    Tried for Freshwater Drum again. Caught 2 on back-to-back casts again, and they were the only ones I caught....again. Tried for Grass Carp. Caught 2 small ones, 1 bigger one (34", ~ 15 lbs), and lost another big one after a good battle. Also caught a small bass.
  14. FishnDave
    We had 2 Bradford Pears in the parkway in front of our house in Iowa. The smell wasn't pleasant, but also not overpowering. Loved all the white blooms in the spring. Attractive trees. No problems with branches breaking or anything else...the only issue we had was the roots close to the surface would sprout suckers...and I never found any good way to keep them from doing that. I could pull, break or mow them off, but they always came back.
  15. FishnDave
    I feel like your neighbor would have wanted YOU to have that hideous Koi mount. 😁
  16. FishnDave
    One spot I know definitely needs some predators. If I only knew where to catch some native Blue Cats, Bowfin, Flatheads, or Alligator Gar for a relocation project.... 😬 Or Snakeheads or Arapaima, if anyone has any to donate? 😅
  17. FishnDave
    Sunday, I tried for Freshwater Drum. Caught 2. Tried for Grass Carp, missed some strikes, had a decent one hooked that jumped out of the water, then dove and shook free. Still early. Got hissed at by a goose guarding a nest. Saw ducks, birds, turtles, snakes, a frog, and a giant water beetle. '
  18. FishnDave
    Flyfished Friday afternoon. Badgered the Koi again. Fish were not as cooperative as usual. Caught 7 Koi.
  19. FishnDave
    There's a guy from OA that keeps introducing me to new species and new places, greatly impresses me with his ability to catch anything and everything with any type of gear, and even lets me net some of his fish! I really appreciate his kindness, patience, and knowledge. And there are a number of other guys here I haven't met....but it FEELS like we have, and I consider friends.
  20. FishnDave
    Got out yesterday after work. 38 degrees. Caught 3 bluegills, a bluegill x redear hybrid, and a bass. The bluegills were nice, a couple were in the 9" range.
  21. FishnDave
    I enjoyed it, and really miss it now that I can't do that anymore after we moved. I'd change it up. Often I'd go for numbers (bass, bluegills, crappies), but sometimes I'd go after bigger or more challenging fish, like catfish, carp, bigger bass, etc.
  22. FishnDave
    Here's one from the "way back time machine". Fishing during my lunch hour. Yes, I know I'm a geek. 😜:
  23. FishnDave
    Mirror Carp scales tend to be larger and/or odd-shaped, compared to more typical, uniform carp scales. They can be fully scaled or in patches. When in patches, there is no scales in between the larger scales you see. Its just a leathery skin. Leather Carp have no scales...or nearly no scales.
  24. FishnDave
    There's more! But I'll give it a rest. 😁
  25. FishnDave
    Thank you all for sharing thoughts on Shingles. Sounds like a something to avoid getting. I'm 53, and got the 1st Shingrix shot a week or two ago.
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