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Moved to St Louis, MO
We've moved to St. Louis, Missouri! What a busy week, and still TONS of stuff to unbox and get organized at our much smaller place. ;)
I got out fly fishing Saturday morning. Had to drive 30 minutes, but found a lake that is posted "C&R Only" and "No Live Bait or Scented Baits/Lures". Perfect for me. There was one other angler when I got there, and he eventually left, so then I had the whole lake to myself. At a popular recreation area. Near St. Louis. On a Saturday. What??? :headbang:
First fish...a Redear Sunfish!
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Later, another...with orange eyes?:
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Caught some bluegills, didn't take any pictures of them. Caught some suspected Redear/Bluegill hybrids:
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I caught 3-4 bass (two on a popper). None were very big, this wasn't the biggest, but it was really dark colored:
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I caught quite a few Green Sunfish. Really good-looking fish, even the smaller ones. Some were pretty good sized, I measured one that was a good 8".
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The water was reasonably clear. I was able to spot some Redears. The spawn was over quite a while ago....these were just going about their normal business of feeding, so I could watch their behaviors. It was pretty interesting. I could also watch them react to my flies/jigs. They'd feed anywhere from the bottom to the surface. They are very finicky...they'd look at nearly everything I'd try, but then refuse it.
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Congrats on your move. Please continue your prolific writing; I especially depend on it since March. Hope you find many new waters with receptive fish.
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Great stuff Dave, and I'm jealous. With temps near 100 and humidity almost that high I haven't been out :(.
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Glad you found a nice piece of water.
Rick
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Congratulations on the move toward warmer weather. Those are some nice fish, in the past I have found coloration on shellcrackers to vary quite a bit, I used to fish one lake where their belly would be completely black.
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Looks like a nice day Dave. Doesn't look as if they were too picky. Were you fishing from the bank or a boat ? Nice pics Thanks for posting.
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Great pictures David. Glad to see you haven't lost your knack and neither has the Wunder jig!
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Thanks fellas!
Dale, I owe my microjig/indicator skills ALL to you! :)
Oldster, I was fishing from shore.
Uncle Jesse, yes, I'm noticing that as well. I visited another small urban lake a few days later. Caught bluegills, a bass, a green sunfish, and another Redear. This Redear had some more typical/darker coloration. Pretty fish!
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And the Green Sunfish:
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Congrats on the move. Were the redears shallow?
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Caught this last year in a retention pond in St Charles, a suburb of St Louis. Never know what you will find in Missouri That's an 11 inch Tenkara handle...