I'll start...
Bluegill will come up to brine water.

State Record Gizzard Shad will sometimes hit a fly.

I've caught crappie, bluegill , mullet, and blue crabs all in one cast of my castnet

A little early, ask me next January.

Plus #1.

First time it ever happed to me after. I thought it was ill or lost.

I learned a LOT in 2021...Probably the most significant thing is that bass thrive in HOT water...100 degrees+ ...

When you think you can’t fish a particular lure any slower but you can with great results! Amazing!

Silver Perch, Bairdiella chrysoura, will take a fly and live in the local waters. I already knew this from previous years, but didn’t know what these fish were called.

How much work really interferes with fishing. Oh well it is what it is!



Side Note: Retirement is a long way off!

The older I get the slower I get!

- too early, not fishing for another 2 mos., but in 2021:

I never knew what a white sucker was until I caught this sucka in a lake I didn't even know had them!


A mold I got last year produces a shape called Mojo Grub. At first I thought the body/tail proportions a bit odd (tail too long for body length) but fish confirmed its catchability:



Shortening the tail using a razor blade also proved the lure could catch fish - even this small bass hit it:


I poured some clear plastic lures and they did great catching fish:


I was amazed when sunfish would come to where I was standing waiting for bread bits thrown to them:

Time was important: only from 11 am - 1 pm daily. Soon after that, 4 turtles joined the fun after hearing the surface splashes of fish charging the bread that hit the surface:


Nature baffles. Can't think of a better word.

Ask again at end of year, only been a few times....it's Feb.

Fish know when you lay your pole down...

That sucka didn't stand a chance. Nice catch.