Fish Pictures

[Philly 0]

That's a nice batch of golden shiners. I haven't caught any around here. I've caught a bunch in Vermont, mainly on small poppers. Several times I mistook them for rising trout and have caught them on CDC and Elk patterns.

[mikechell 0]

Well ... I went fishing today. Definitely fishing ... not catching. But that's okay, because I was trying all kinds of different flies that I tied up during the Winter hotel stays. Every hit I got (5 or 6, of which I boated 2) came on the Panfish Attractor. Nothing else drew any interest.

We just had a week of cold nights, so I'm blaming the weather, not the flies. I even tried tenkara ... kind of.

[Li'lDave 0]

[vicente 0]

Brown trout Dave? Nice looking fish.

[GP flyfisherman 0]

Finally got to sling some of my stonefly patterns today and was not disappointed!!

[chugbug27 0]

I guess they do work, then! 😎

[GC59 0]

Nice fish, GP .

[GP flyfisherman 0]

Thanks Guys!

[islander727 0]

A couple hits yesterday. 2 weight and a wooly bugger.

 

 

 

[fshng2 0]

Islander that bass must have been a hoot on a 2 wt.

What species is that first one?

Kind of looks like it's in the gar family.

[mikechell 0]

From what I can see in the photo, fishng2, you're correct. It's a Longnose Gar.

[fshng2 0]

Thanks Mike.

Hard to get the hook out and keep all your fingers.

[islander727 0]

Actually, that's a spotted gar. Easy to fool, hard to hook, and even harder to keep on the hook. I think I have a 25% success rate.

 

Today was more of the same, minus the gar. I went 0 for 10 on those. There'd be pictures, but, for some reason the internet is acting up.

 

 

[mikechell 0]

Islander ... you're in Southern Florida?

According to range maps, there are no Spotted Gar down there. They are a cool water species, and your water's get too warm.

[Fisherboy0301 0]

Yep spotted gar only in the panhandle. Florida gar maybe? The color is right for longnose but that bill is just too short Id say.