Bob and I planned on doing something big today but unfortunately truck trouble for Bob grounded us. Well, not exactly grounded because Bob lives on a small lake. Instead of not fishing, I zipped over his place around 8 AM and we launched his lake boat with my Exploder.
This was by no means a hardcore fishing plan. Once I learned of Bobs truck trouble I shifted my focus to enjoying an afternoon Cubs game while working on some Cliff Fly Box orders. So that too kept today light because I wanted to get home by 1 PM.
We ended up fishing for four hours and fishing was excellent. We picked up the full variety of fish. We started off with a bunch of bluegill on dries and tiny buggers. Some of the gills were beautiful specimens. We also got one black crappie, yellow perch, a number of small largemouth bass and some smallmouth.
This smallie was our biggest fish of the day and he ate my popper in classic fashion. He showed up underneath about three feet down and watched it pop twice without moving. Then on the third pop he elevated slowly and sucked the fly in like a trout. An awesome fish!
It’s been several successful outings in a row now. Our fishing has finally turned on. If Bob gets his truck back this afternoon we’ll hunt fish again tomorrow. Perhaps go big!
Great !! It’s good to hear you’re still doing your thing. Tell granny hi !!
Great to hear from you Mike and Brenda! We aren’t going to stop doing our thing anytime soon!
Nice Kibby!
This lake has lots of big kibby of the bluegill flavor