Went out and shared the bank with Mike Ryan today, and caught three more nice buffalo. Nothing as big as yesterday, but still three very nice fish.

The small fish of the day, a 10 lb:


Two pics of the 14 lb buffalo:





And two pics of my big fish of the day, 16lb:

looks like you had a pretty good day

wow - i had no idea you had gotten better to be able to do this again. something seems right seeing your hairy mug hefting up big buffalo again

looks like the big buffs werent all fished out after all at GV - thats great news too.

All of these caught straight up Starless style?

You let mike catch any?

Geek ,

I caught nothing over six pounds , and that is being generous . I hooked one really big fish but did not get it in . I tried to rush it and I failed by having a hook pull .

Starless was there for half the amount of time I was and got er done when it counted

It is time for a haircut and a shave. LOL Nice fish.

fat chance abel - we won't recognize him if he did

besides, look what happened to sampson....

i think the buffalo at the cliffs put you up to that post

Those look like fat grey footballs. Almost looks like Tom Hanks the Cast Away holding his Soccer Ball on the Island. Sorry, I couldn't resist - Nice fish!

nice fish, ive never been up to gv. what structure make the "cliffs" so attractive to buffalo and carp.

Nice catch....But every time i see a pic of you. I just wounder to myself. What would he look like if he shaved and got a buzz cut. Ever thought about it?

Sam - Yeah, it was a real good day. The fish were feeding all day, but hitting real light, so I only had a few chances to get a hookset. Luckily for me, I was able to nail the few I set on.

Geekfish - I'm "healthier" but I'm still no where near "normal" lol. As I told Mike, I'm sort of at a wait and see phase right now...Treatment is on hold to see how my body can do on it's own for a little while, whether I hold steady, or drop back to low levels.

So basically, I figured, screw sitting at home and resting, I'm going fishing while I can!

I went out Wednesday to a different spot on GV and caught 6 commons, and a 21 pound buffalo. Got the whole story down in Rough Fish if you want to read it.

To answer your question, yes, they were caught straight up Starless style. Well, actually my first fish I caught on Mike's pole, as he kept missing and i hadn't unpacked my own gear, and he offered to let me watch one of his poles if I'd shown him how it was done.

So...Next hit he had...I did just that. But the others, including the biggest, the 16, were caught on my traditional sweet corn rig.

All the fish I got wednesday, the 6 commons and the 21 pound buff, were caught "Starless style" as well.

I let Mike handle the smaller fish... :p

Glad you like seeing scruffy old me holding up fish again...something feels right for me catching them again, too!

Abel - Thanks! Actually the long hair I've had for years, the scruffy beard used to be a scruffy goatee. But while in the hospital I wasn't allowed to shave at all, because of severely low platelet and potential bleeding issues. So it grew into a beard, and I just decided to keep it. Lol.

Geek - You must be right...my fishing power comes from my hair! Muahaha!

Slider- Yeah, traditional healthy smallmouth buffalo shape...A big, fat, grey football of pure drag pulling muscle! Tom Hanks, LOL. Nice. And thanks!

WyattT - The Cliffs are attractive to carp and buffalo because it is a very steep drop off. Carp and buffalo relate to structure just as bass do, and the cliffs are a very rocky, very steep drop off. Fish cruise the deeper water, then move up and down the drop off in search of food. Carp and Buffalo like things like crawfish and mussels, and obviously there are plenty of both amidst the rocks there. They can come up shallow to feed, then bolt off into deeper water real easy.

This time of year a lot of carp and buffalo are moving up shallow to feed, as that's where I caught them on Wednesday. But plenty of fish, especially buffs, are still hanging out in the deeper water.

And thanks!

Fishfrk22 - Thanks! Lol, I have thought about it, yes. I like myself better this way at the moment. I actually had really short hair and was totally clean shaven for a long time. My Driver' liscence picture is from before I started growing my hair out, and it literally looks nothing like me these days. I take it out to buy a beer at a restuarant or whatever, and the bartender usually stares long and hard at it. Lol

I love the fight of a buffalo. Pretty fish, nice work!

aw man - you gotta scan and post that pic from your drivers license!!

just photoshop out the address and DL#

Thanks Bigbass! Yeah, definitely pretty fish, buffalo have some beautiful colors in the sun, they sometimes shine everything from green to blue to black and gold, and pictures just don't do them justice.

And yes, Buffalo are excellent fighters! Not quite as powerful a fighter as a carp, but they get bigger more often so that makes up for it!

Geek - That ain't happening. Lol. But if you share the bank with me again one of these days, remind me and I'll show you the picture.