Flag Day Report on the Upper End

[rps]

The Holiday Island Rotary Club sponsors a program under which homeowners can pay a small monthly fee, and on all national holidays Rotary comes out and puts up a flag. The proceeds benefit college scholarships for local students. Nancy and I happily participate.

Today, the weather gods obviously wanted the flags to straighten up and fly right. The wind was considerably stronger than what the national weather service told me to expect. Fishing alone in my tin boat was a challenge.

Water temp was 79 degrees and water color remains green with maybe 3 feet visibility.

The fish have moved off the pattern I have fished over the last 10 days. I caught nothing on the edge of the flooded brush. The fish I did find were all short of keeper size and sat in 13 to 17 feet of water on points or humps.

I soon tired of fighting the wind and switched to dragging a worm harness for walleye. I caught more short bass and three not quite legal walleye in that same depth range.

The only remarkable thing I caught is pictured below.

 

[dtrs5kprs]

He's a little tank.

[waterpossum]

Red eared crappie or red eared sunfish take your choice.

 

[magicwormman]

I would call that a DANDY bluegill! They fight better than a 2 lb bass.

[Ellros]

I also found walleye in water under 20 feet.  One short, and one 22", 3.25ib beauty.  Both in the Indian Point area, trolling shad color cranks.  Also found a lone 15" white bass in the same area.

[jim m]

that's a good looking shell cracker, also known as a red ear. lake fayettvile use to have lots of them in it

[abkeenan]

Nice specimen of a Red Ear. In all my years at TR I never have caught one. Thanks for the report and pic.

[Champ188]

Yep, dandy redear ... aka gubment improved bream. 

[vernon]

7 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Yep, dandy redear ... aka gubment improved bream. 

Is that Arkansas Latin?

[176champion]

1 hour ago, vernon said:

Is that Arkansas Latin?

Pig Latin.. Vernon...lol