An Ozark creek

[FishnDave]

Drove 2 hours to hit a new-to-me Ozark creek, hoping to find Rock Bass and Smallmouth Bass.
The creek is low, and very clear, as its largely spring-fed. Beautiful!
I didn't find any Rock Bass, and only 3 Smallmouth Bass. Not much for size...this was the big one for the day:



I also caught a Hornyhead Chub:

And a Striped Shiner (no picture), a Green Sunfish (no picture), a couple Longear Sunfish:

I also caught a new-to-me species.... a trio of Northern Studfish:



Other things seen while fishing:
I dodged a box turtle along the road while driving to the fishing destination.
I found a box turtle shell in this creek, much like a different creek a few weeks ago. But this one was broken:

I saw a Bald Eagle. I saw 3 Otters.
Saw Comma butterflies, and a Spicebush Swallowtail (which I hadn't heard of or seen before).

So...pretty good day.

[Rick Z]

Looks like you had fun.

Rick

[FishnDave]

Yes, the fishing wasn't great, but I enjoyed the day. There was a lot of loose rock. When moving, I spent most of my time looking at the ground...mostly to watch my step, but also because there were so many cool-looking rocks to look at! If the otters hadn't made a splashing noise on the opposite bank, I would have walked right by them...still looking at the ground.

[BadBug]

You definitely have variety in your fishing day-trips. Very nice photos.

Dennis

[FishnDave]

Thanks, Dennis!