Simple

Spent the afternoon catching fish fit for a magazine. These fish had moxie. All thick, healthy, colorful and an attitude to go along with. Fishwfly gave me a few tips on the area, thanks buddy Longears, Redspots, Redbreast, BG's, Spots and LMB were all tricked. I was catching fish non stop, when one was hooked other fish were trying to steal the fly out their mouth. Simple pleasures give me bliss.

Solid post and some super fish! No better way of spending time! Good job Andrew!




Side Note: It seems that all year long fish have been pretty active. It's going to be one GREAT FALL bite for sure!

Rainbow warriors and EasTex Spots?!? Can’t beat it!!! Thanks for the post, Fritz!

Nice post and fish! Good job.




Side Note: What type of Kayak do you have Andrew?

Great stuff Andrew. Sounds like the fall fishing pattern is beginning. Just think how good that spot will be in a month. Better hide your flies, they may just jump into the kayak with you

That is an awesome little spotted bass in the last picture. Did you weigh it?

Too bad those longear don't grow like some of the other sunfish species. They can be really aggressive at times.

Great post and pics Fitz! Looks like a great time!

Thanks for the replies guys. "Stop staring, take a picture it will last longer" is the best way to sum up these good looking fish. The colors on them are great.

Curtis- I'm in a Hobie PA12. Hands free fishing!

Jamie- It would be insane if Longear got over 12"- the water wouldn't be safe to swim in. The Spot wasn't weighed but guess it was 2-2.25b. I have caught several around that size, but none much bigger.

Thanks Andrew. How do you like your Hobie?

It's one of the best purchases I have ever made.

Great pictures.

What kind of sunfish is the second pic?

Redspotted Sunfish

I catch more them than Warmouth

Love the post. Those are some great fish.

I have a Pelican Catch 120. It fits my needs well and it's easy to fish from. If only I can talk Chuck BAF in buying one!

Jeff, you just never know whats going to bite there, love those places with lots of variety.

Curtis- Pelicans are nice boats . I'm headed down in a few days, maybe Chuck will take mine for a test drive And lemme know if you can fish next week.

Give me a nice quite BANK anytime!

Thanks for the invite. I work full time in the I.T. field. I have already taken my two weeks off, that I get a year for vacation. Spent one week this past spring fishing and kayaking the Nueces Canyon. Had a blast and caught plenty of nice fish. I plan on taking some time off next year to kayak the canyon again. Also trying to put together a Devils River trip. Will let you know if plans on the Nueces Canyon trip are completed. You can join myself and a couple of my friends who also love kayak fishing. Looking at next spring if work allows it.

I've been wanting to do the Devils for a long time.

Nice post. Keeping it simple is the best kind of fishing. Love the Longear.

Thanks Gitter! It's crunch time for Sunfish. They will soon disappear until next Spring. I'm planning my last few Sunfish trips for the year as we speak. it's hard to decide which river to go to.