As most folks do in the USA, I had labor day off. (That’s Monday September the 1st for those not in the US.) So what did the boys want to do for the day? “Let’s go fishing!”
Since we had a successful day the last time we went to the creek, we decided we’d head back there to see what we could catch.
The day was completely different from our last outing – it was a bright warm sunny day and we were heading out at 9:30 am. This compared to last time which was cloudy, overcast and slightly cooler.
So I warned my sons that the fishing would be completely different for the day and gave them the “bright sunny day” bass fishing tips! The boys wanted to head straight to the hole that was so successful for us the last time there. After fishing for an hour and seeing bass and sufish, we had no success. A few other fishermen showed up so I suggested to the boys that we try moving to another spot.
We couldn’t see too many fish at the new spot, but it was deeper and the current was moving a little faster here. We weren’t there very long before we all had some fish on! I caught the first one – a nice 14-15 inch largemouth bass. (See the rubber worm?) 😉
My younger son caught the next fish and at first we thought it was a roach. (See image below.) But after closer examination we believe it was a white perch. Can any one verify that for us?
The next fish caught was a yellow perch by my older son. Both of these types of fish were never caught in this creek before by anyone I know. So we were all surprised to see them! See my older son’s catch below.
We caught some more largemouth bass and sunfish and my older son won the prize for catching the largest fish of the day – he caught a largemouth bass that was an inch or two larger than the one I caught! All in all it was a successful fresh water fishing day!
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Catch you later!
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