Took my boy out to try his new Seahawks themed rod ( @Glenn ought to think that's pretty cool) and 4 casts in he got this 21" walleye.  Once again, he put the old man to shame.

Caught some tank brookies while bass fishing with a 5" fluke. After I caught a couple I switched to the bfs rig and caught some more on some smaller lures, they were absolute savages that day!

 

 

Beautiful brookies!

Cold and foggy morning Channel Catfish catch on the Ned Rig and 8# Berkley Big Game line.

 

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The catch

The release

 

Fly fishing at Silver Creek, AZ. Leech patterns and woolly buggers landed footballs all weekend long!

 

WOW!

 

Those are some dandies.     

New PB walleye and a bonus flathead for me this week.

My Dad gave me one of his rods Friday. St Croix Avid 6’ Medium Light action spinning rod. I paired it with a Lew’s Speed Spin SS10HS for some Panfish action. I was able to catch some nice sized Pumpkinseed.

 

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Caught this little guy on a chartreuse gulp minnow while the woman and the dog were walking around the park.

On 10/18/2020 at 12:09 PM, NYWayfarer said:

My Dad gave me one of his rods Friday. St Croix Avid 6’ Medium Light action spinning rod. I paired it with a Lew’s Speed Spin SS10HS for some Panfish action. I was able to catch some nice sized Pumpkinseed.

 

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Nice ones! I believe those are redear sunfish also known as shellcrackers 

24 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice ones! I believe those are redear sunfish also known as shellcrackers 

They are different but look similar.

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice ones! I believe those are redear sunfish also known as shellcrackers 

I have caught Shellcrackers down in Florida

 

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I don’t think we have Shellcracker, redear Sunfish in my area. We have plenty of Pumpkinseed. The lighting is better on this one so you can see the colors.

 

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19 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

I have caught Shellcrackers down in Florida

 

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I don’t think we have Shellcracker, redear Sunfish in my area. We have plenty of Pumpkinseed. The lighting is better on this one so you can see the colors.

 

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Gotcha. I don't know if I've ever seen a pumpkinseed in person, I was just guessing from the red ear 

12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Gotcha. I don't know if I've ever seen a pumpkinseed in person, I was just guessing from the red ear 

2 different fish for sure. I use to think the fish we have here that is actually a hybrid sunfish (bluegill/green sunfish), was a pumpkinseed. Turns out, there's no pumpkinseeds really anywhere close to here. They're a cool looking fish though. I love Redears, they're spookier than most sunfish and get way bigger.

Water reached the magic mark to make the hybrids bite at the local city lake. I don't know why it works, or what it is about this one boat sized spot, but it's without fail every year. Missed a few more and caught a beautiful bonus fish.

Went back after wipers Saturday morning before the sun got up. First cast, one and done, but it was a big one for a little city lake, almost 9 pounds.

hooked up with this nice blue cat last week while dragging a plastic lizard thru a brush pile. first i thought it was a big bass that had me wrapped up but then it began pulling the little johnny around. it didn’t take long to figure things out after that. she must have been well over 10 but i wasn’t about to bring that thing aboard to find out! 

edit: i bent the hook with the needle nose pliers.

 

Fish blasting shad everywhere, one was a monster striper that we never got to bite 

Geez...

I can't believe you are posting a rubber lip.

 

14 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Geez...

I can't believe you are posting a rubber lip.

 

Two of them! 

That lipless has seen a few fish!

Glad to still catch something in November. Perch fishing with a worm and bobber. Chain Pickerel on a moving bait.

 

Little meatball of a rock bass yesterday at sunset on the French Broad.

 

Hit a gulp minnow sitting still on the bottom while I was picking out a stupid wind knot.

I’ll leave this here.  My fishing trip in Peru.  Best fish of my life.  Cost me $25 and a bag of Twinkie's.