[fishslap]

Got on the water about 6am. I was surprised to see very little interest in dry flies, so I tried a bright green bead head nymph and got action quickly, pretty much stayed with it the rest of the day. I think it resembled the damsel fly nymphs they were feeding on. Anyway, I managed a few crappie, a few pumpkinseeds, a handful of golden shiners, a bunch of small bass, & a ton of bluegill. Didn't find any of the big ones I was looking for but the highlight of the day was landing a small bluegill x pumpkinseed hybrid. Had some cool fins (color & size) that didn't show up well in the pic. 4wt was used. Wind was pretty bad after morning. Weeds are coming up thick. Also had a carp break me off.

gill x p-seed hybrid:


some pumpkinseeds:






One of two crappie


Sizeable golden shiner:


A few of the better gills:




And the bigger of all the small bass just to round it out:

 

[yakatut]

nice mixed bad --- surprised to see a golden shiner -- are they stocked by DOW?

 

[Opry99er]

Very nice pix, dawg.

 

[fishslap]

nice mixed bad --- surprised to see a golden shiner -- are they stocked by DOW?

Not sure if they are stocked on some periodic basis, but I would assume they've been stocked at some point as a forage base. I've caught them on both flies & lures, regularly in some waters. I once tied on a small yozuri crank bait that looked like a golden shiner since I knew they were around and wanted to try for a larger bass. First fish I caught on it was a golden shiner! I've also caught them through the ice. Cool fish and fun to catch.

 

[KsDroptine]

Awesome pics!! Good job!

 

[pistoldog]

Nice pics thanks for sharing!

 

[CF LURKER]

Sweet!

Nice bag o fish!

 

[max power]

Nice job and nice Picts. I love days with multiple species like that.