July 5th (late post)

I don’t get to fish much with 2 little ones and lots of overtime but I was able to go last Friday. My dad decided he didn’t want to go because of the heat so I decided to try my luck at the river wading. I grabbed the 6’1 corto and the reel of choice was a 2003 series daiwa exist strung up with 2lb sos. Jigs ranged anywhere from 1/32 oz to 1/16 oz. Enough about the equipment but I got to fish for 3 hrs in the heat. Did have a few pop up showers that seemed to help a little with the heat. I caught lots of redbreast, redeye, and smallies. Largest redbreast probably 8” and largest redeye probably close to 10”. Usually catch some nicer redbreast than that but it was a fun day. Ended up catching 90 fish on the nose with the largest being a 15” smallie that went between my legs twice. I felt underpowered with him and felt as if I were going to lose him a few times. I have caught smallies up to 21” there and thinking the 6’10” corto may be better suited for fishing there. All in all it was a good trip with very few pics with all the pop up showers. Below are a few fish pics and the plastics I used.
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Awesome! That redeye is cool looking!


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the red eye is a rock bass I assume in breeding plumage ?
sure is cool looking ...nice photo

Pretty fish.

Regards

Great report and catch, those Red Eye are fun to catch. What is the name of the plastics on the left and middle?


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sound like a fun day with lots of action to keep your mind off the heat. Thanks for sharing with us.

Far left is a triggerx nymph and middle is a lindy watsit grub

The redeye could very well be breeding... I didn’t catch as many as I usually do

Sounds like a FUN day, great post! :ThumbsUp