To play catch up, you can read the past progress reports here.
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For whatever reason, fish of all species like to migrate up creeks in the spring looking for spawning grounds. Was out along Blackberry Creek the other day when I saw the first sign of a successful spawn.
Black bass, smallies I’m sure. This is well above where the dam was removed and a good sign.
Since I started fishing the creek around the first of April, I’ve caught around 300 smallies, give or take a few. I’ve missed the hookset on nearly as many. As I’ve worked my way upstream I know I’ve mentioned in my fishing reports that I could smell the fish spawning. Was nice to see that my nose doesn’t fail me.
In a short 20 foot stretch I saw a few hundred of these baby bass. I can only imagine how many more are further upstream.
Not much in the way of pictures for all the fishing I’ve been doing on the creek. The weather has been kind of dreary, not much sun. I rely on the sun to give dimension and bright color to the surroundings. We’ve had little of that.
Hope to change that this coming weekend. Supposed to be beautiful out, lots of sunshine for at least one day and I’ll be venturing much further upstream.
In the mean time, I did find a flower growing on the bank…
I did take some pictures of some nice fish, but they’re pictures of fish.
Picture a fish, specifically a smallmouth bass.
bob
8 Jun 2013Heaven
I’m in heaven
And my heart beats
So that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find
The happiness I seek
When we’re out together
Fishing creek to creek .
Gawd Man, I’m such a clever bugger!
Ken G
8 Jun 2013Indeed…
Hiked a mile in this morning. Brutal up there in some stretches, but was well worth it.
bob
8 Jun 2013Monday for me
Howard Levett
9 Jun 2013I’m good with pictures of wild iris!
Ken G
9 Jun 2013I was up the creek a good mile on Saturday Howard and was finding them all the way up. Yellow versions too. I’m always surprised to find them in the most remote areas. I always think of them as garden flowers.