Like a box of chocolates

Tom Butler

Tom Butler

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After a long day at the keyboard I wanted to head out for a bit of fishing to unwind and get some exercise.
I knew it was going to be a weird evening when I unhooked my 3 fly rig FROM THE KEEPER and flipped it into the water and pulled a double of LMB sitting at the launch. There were more to 8" but I just can't find the grownups.
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I fished a thin mint type up top, a leech in the middle and the black bugger on point just was a winner.
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After a little looking around, I started to find different schools of crappie. This medium size crappie and a few others it's size were in the first school I came across. There seem to be 3 size classes, each hanging with their year class I'm guessing.
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I even found a few feisty trout now that the waters cooling off.
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I got a kick out of these. Must of pulled a dozen in as many casts. I'm not sure what it is.
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May not be certain what fish is coming next, but what a way to unwind.
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Wetswinger said:
Mystery fish is Green Sunfish...
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Thx. Someone else mentioned bluegill and WDFW does list bluegill as being present. Kinda like bugs they all look real similar online to me and I'm just not sure. Edit ok, I think I'll go bluegill.
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Haha yes bluegill. That's a very Ohio-ish catch, especially this time of year (maybe trade the trout for a channel cat)
 
Tim Lockhart said:
Haha yes bluegill. That's a very Ohio-ish catch, especially this time of year (maybe trade the trout for a channel cat)
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Your book has made a huge difference in my stillwater success this summer, having a blast.
 
troutstalker said:
That book looks interesting.
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Grandma worked at the U book store and mon got it for me for christmas about 1980. Inland Fishes of Washington, Wydoski and Whitney, University of Washington Press, 1979 . ISBN 0-295-95644-5. It's a handy resourse, a couple years ago I was working to figure out the stream minnows. It has technical ID stuff and other information.
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That’s got to be some kind of “slam”! 😜

Perch and Bluegill are so fun to catch. Caught thousands of the them on a bamboo pole as a kid.
 
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