Creek fishing with kiddos

[JestersHK]

Had the pleasure of meeting up with John and his daughter on Saturday to fish a creek out my way.

I brought my oldest with me too, and we had a blast!  There fish didn't quite cooperate how I wanted them too, but we definitely had a great multi species trip.

Liv stole the day with a ton of species caught, as well as some turtles, frogs, toads, and lizards to boot.

Overall just an awesome day spent in the water with our kiddos.  My daughter's already asking when we can meet up and go fish again.

John's got the bulk of the pics, but here's a few to get started.

Really glad we could finally sync up!

[JestersHK]

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Awesome report.  It's not always about catching.  

[Smalliebigs]

Absolutely awesome

[MOPanfisher]

Awesome, like seeing kids on the creeks.

[Johnsfolly]

Thanks again DJ on meeting up with Livie and I. It was a great time fishing with you guys. I'm glad that we were able to get the girls together. It didn't take too long before we were hearing.."Snap peas! those are my favorite too!" Now it the pressure is on for us tot get them out again!

This is what it looks like when your host calls the shot and you are able to catch a fish where he told you one would be!

Livie with the Bass after making the shot!

Father and Daughter fishing one of the log jams.

Livie with a smallmouth.

We got some interest from a couple of gar in this hole later in the day, but we weren't able to land any ! DJ had one let go of his rebel craw right at the bank.

Kierstin had a tough day, but got her first mosquitofish. She got catching after breaking the ice with this one.

After her catch I had a turn on the microrig and caught a few minnows .

After we headed back for a well deserved break and necessary hydration, we fished another area and it was on for catching sunfish and assorted minnows. Kierstin was hitting the bluegill, green, and longear sunfish pretty hard with the fly rod and a beetle. Livie was catching them with microjigs and worms. DJ put on a half-moon microhook and just got after the minnows. He caught carmine shiners, blackstriped topminnows, Northern studfish, mosquitofish, etc. on a tiny piece of worm. I tried for what appeared to be a brooks silverside, but could not get it hooked up.

AS DJ mentioned, Livie was the multispecies queen of the day for both fish and other critters. She caught largemouth and smallmouth bass, blackstriped topminnows, northern studfish, carimine and common shiners, bluegill, green and longear sunfish. The surprise fish catches of the day were two channel catfish.

Then there was the toads, frogs, and reptiles including what looked like a tiny fence lizard and a chicken turtle.

It wasn't a death march, but it was a long fun day. I know the girls want to get back together as soon as possible. We will have try to make that happen.

 

 

[JestersHK]

Thanks John for the pics and taking them lol.  I'm a poor multitasker and never take enough.  I wish I could of called the shot on that big small mouth in that hole,  but I think he may have moved on. Can't wait for next trip!

[Gavin]

Looks like fun! good for you!