BelAirSteve
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Finally made it out on the warm water creek the night before last. Only fished for about an hour, but the action was non stop. A nice 10" smallmouth (they don't get much bigger in this creek) and a 7" red breasted sunfish wre the highlights. On the ride home, I counted and realized I caught 6 different species - smallmouth bass, red breasted sunfish, bluegill, rock bass, creek chub and fall fish. Some of the fall fish were pushing 9 or 10 inches, and I don't mind catching those at all.
Some interesting points:
-one of the rock bass had a piece of monofilament hanging out of his you know what, with a small piece of a rusted out hook. Can't imagine passing that!
-I think the bigger smallmouth I caught was the same fish I caught last week. I don't have any pictures, so I will have to look for distinctive markings I guess. Caught it in almost the exact same spot.
-The sunfish had fresh hook wounds on his mouth, so cheers to whoever caught it before I did and released it. They don't get much bigger than that in this creek.
-Most fish caught on poppers, however when the surface action died, I tied on a size 12 prince nymph and continued to catch fish.
Some interesting points:
-one of the rock bass had a piece of monofilament hanging out of his you know what, with a small piece of a rusted out hook. Can't imagine passing that!
-I think the bigger smallmouth I caught was the same fish I caught last week. I don't have any pictures, so I will have to look for distinctive markings I guess. Caught it in almost the exact same spot.
-The sunfish had fresh hook wounds on his mouth, so cheers to whoever caught it before I did and released it. They don't get much bigger than that in this creek.
-Most fish caught on poppers, however when the surface action died, I tied on a size 12 prince nymph and continued to catch fish.
