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(Jessica Holcombe)

Saved a turtle from the road and then caught a quick fish from the creek he was traveling to

jean plout

Bluegill

More pics from yesterday's Pond Fishing Adventure. Collin County, Texas. 2019.

The morning started out slow, with not even so much as a nibble for the first 30 minutes or so. Once we located the fish it was game on, though! Caught tons of little bluegill and a couple of bass. Got creeped on by a huge soft shelled turtle who was hoping to steal a free lunch.

I caught the pond trifecta while fly fishing my favorite little urban park

You don't see this every day. We were working our favorite bluegill pond this morning, when I noticed a largemouth bass chase a bluegill out of the weeds in the shallows near where I stood on the bank. Shortly after that, the bass began to jump out of the water and thrash around. You could see that the bluegill was lodged in its mouth. The bass got weaker and weaker after a bit and would rise to the surface, pause for a bit, and then dive back down.

I rigged a pole with a bare hook and managed to snag it after a few tries. The bluegill was definitely too large to swallow and the sharp spines of its fins prevented the bass from spitting it back out. A couple of the spines had actually pierced the walls of the bass' mouth.

I was able to extract the lodged fish and set the bass free after a few moments of resuscitation to get oxygen back in its system.

Hopefully it will make more reasonable lunch choices in the future. 😁

It is hard to beat kayak fishing with the pup

A curious group of pumpkinseed and bluegill fish [L. gibossus and L. macrochirus] inspect the camera of photographer Andrew Muir. Image taken in Ontario, Canada.

Sometimes ridiculous colored flies are what it takes to trick the smarter fish

“Bluegill”, 2019 by Norman Engel

💦 20 + bluegill, small mouth & rock bass . It was a fun day. Now to do my 5k and squash these 100 miles for may 🎉 7.25 left! 💕

Kabetogama! This is my favorite place to vacation. It’s quiet and relaxing.

So after Tough Mudder we ran home, showered, packed everything up and drove up to my parent’s house about 30 min away. Transferred our vacation stuff over to my dad’s car then made a quick trip over to a family friend’s house to visit a friend that was in town. Tried to make as short a stop as possible, but that’s impossible. Finally we left, picked up the dog, stopped and picked up some beer for vacation and were on our way. I think we left a little after 5pm and made it to Kabetogama around 9:30pm. Always the best time to leave is afternoon or early evening because there was virtually no traffic!

Sunday ended up being a pretty hot day. We went out fishing late morning for a couple hours (the first two pictures) but the bugs were so bad and it was super hot. There were so many Mayflies the lake looked fuzzy, so we were getting no bites because the walleyes had a nice little buffet. After we got in we all took little naps. I was so uncomfortable when I woke up I decided I need to go jump in the lake. Yes, it was hot and humid, but that water was still super effin’ cold. Definitely helped to cool us all down.

Monday was another hot day. We decided we didn’t want to roast sitting in the boat trying to fish. The lake was like glass. Late morning we went for a cruise to cool us all off. What a beautiful ride that was. Clear skies, nice smooth ride, perfect breeze from the boat ride, then we stopped at another resort and had a little picnic right next to the lake, and close to the rock that my mom’s family would always take a family photo on when she was younger. After lunch we headed back to the resort and sat in the lake. We brought Gizmo down and made her go for a little swim too. The water was still cold, I was actually shivering while I sat submerged. Then we literally sat in the lake, in those plastic adirondack chairs. Other people at the resort liked our use of the chairs in the water. After a little time in the lake we went out for ice cream and I needed a new reel because mine broke. So we went to Bait n Bite and a quick trip to Gateway (the gas station/store a few miles down the road from the resort).

Tuesday was much cooler and windier. Early Tuesday morning (1am) brought us a pretty good storm. Heavy rain for about an hour then a little lighter rain through about 6am. It was an International Falls day. Randy’s first trip to International Falls. It’s really not super impressive, just another small town. Quick trip through Border Bob’s, they still have all the same things. Then a run over to the Dollar Tree and Kmart for a few things and back to the resort. It was a very lazy day and we played a game of Phase 10 to pass the time. Made dinner, then Dad and Randy went out fishing and mom and I went to Bingo. No luck at Bingo, Dad caught a couple fish.

Wednesday brought us fish. In the morning it looked pretty nice and not windy so we decided to pack a lunch and head out to our favorite fishing spot. It’s about a 25 min drive by boat so we usually save that spot for really nice days. The rest of the photos are from that day. We started out a little slow catching fish, but once we found the spot where we were getting bites we stayed in a small loop over it. Dad ended up catching a couple fish that he threw back I think. Randy caught a small mouth and a 15.5" walleye (pictured). Mom caught a few small walleye, 11" and a little northern (pictured, I don’t know why she held it that way, but it looks like she’s trying to break it.). I caught a little small mouth we threw back, a 15" walleye we kept, 18" walleye we had to throw back, and 19.5" walleye we had to throw back. Not pictures of those because my mom has those on her camera, will share them later. At about noon we decided it was time to head out to our next stop, Kettle Falls. That is about an hour drive by boat and you actually end up “north” of Canada. The US/Canadian border runs through the Kettle Falls dam. Pictures 7, 8, and 9 are at the dam. The other side of the water is Canada, looking “south” from Minnesota. I have to say, I think I got more bug bites in 10 minutes at Kettle Falls than I did all weekend at Truman Days.

Thursday, our final morning in the North woods. Needless to say, I was sad to leave, but so ready to get away from the bugs. Thursday morning we had fish and eggs for breakfast. The walleye Randy and I caught is what we ate, plenty for four people. It was sooooo good! Then we packed our stuff up and everything into the car. Took a short boat ride with Gizmo along this time. She’s not into boat rides, the wind, she hates the wind. Made a quick stop at Ellsworth Rock Garden. Poor dog was plastered to the ground trying to get away from the flies. I think we were there for all of 2 minutes and decided that was enough. It was a short trip, but we had fun and got to rest and relax a little.

Next stop Turman Days!

My Smallmouth Bass!  The biggest of the bunch we caught that day (and when i say we I mean Ricky because this was the only guy I caught).  

Catch and Release so they grow bigger.

©Raymond P Sussmann

Wyoming Game Fish addition. 

Small-mouth black bass. American Woodsman. June 1954.  Cover art. Claude Peacock. 

Eagle waits for Fisherman

More exciting pictures and videos, follow Shaddockfishing

Lake Taghkanic 

©Raymond P Sussmann

I think this qualifies as the biggest fish I’ve caught on a jigging spoon so far

A little bit of rain would never scare me away from the lake

I’m always surprised when a fish this size is willing to take a size 14 fly

Flowerpot Island, Ontario - by Henry Liu