Late last week I started off the evening flyfishing a local public pond for bass. Had one tiny bass follow the big topwater. Switched to flyfishing for Crappies and Bluegills, and started catching plenty of fish, including a few bass.

Then I saw some Grass Carp in the shallows, and started fishing for them. I was watching a Grass Carp near my fly, when this invisible fish hit...a nice chunky 20" Largemouth Bass!



Later, after I finally spooked the Grass Carp, I switched back to catching crappies and bluegills, then put on an unweighted chartreuse Woolly Bugger to cast around an area where I suspected a bass might be. Instead, a big fish (not quite Grass Carp-sized) hit and headed for deeper water, spooking some other large fish. It turned out to be a 26" Channel Catfish!


I wish I could actually catch what I'm fishing for, but since I can't its nice to catch some big fish by accident once in awhile!