Mid-December 2021

[FishnDave]

Took some days off work this week and headed several hours south to do some flyfishing with a friend.
Rained a good portion of the time, and temperatures ranged from mid-60's to 40 degrees F.
Fished 3 different streams. Caught 11 different species of fish:
-Rainbow Trout
-Brown Trout
-Smallmouth Bass
-Largemouth Bass
-Grass Pickerel
-Northern Rock Bass
-Longear Sunfish
-Green Sunfish
-Creek Chub
-Bleeding Shiner
-Striped Shiner

Striped Shiner and Grass Pickerel were firsts for me. I saw a Palomino/Golden Trout swimming around, but didn't catch it. Saw a few Chain Pickerel...but they usually saw me first and apparently didn't like what they saw. Oddly, I also saw a KOI swim almost right up to me in the river!!

Here's some of the fish pics:
Grass Pickerel:


Northern Rock Bass:


Bleeding Shiner (caught just one...3 pics of the same individual):


Creek Chub - Longear Sunfish - Smallmouth Bass:


Largemouth Bass:


Striped Shiners:




Brown Trout:


Rainbow Trout: