The Quadfather
6/22/2012 12:39:00 PMI went. To bitter, at the same moment.
gort
6/22/2012 1:07:00 PMMotoBoat
6/24/2012 10:58:00 AMgort
6/25/2012 9:43:00 AMI have eaten Smallmouth before, filleted and fried up in cornmeal, and it was quite tasty.
Headed out fishing after dinner to enjoy the warm evening we had. Fished along the Fremont side of the Ship Canal for about an hour and a half. Caught two smallies in the 11-12" range, and lost a slightly larger one right at my feet as I attempted to land it. They put up quite a fight for such little guys. The one I lost jumped fully out of the water twice before it threw the hook. Had success with a chartreuse crankbait and inline spinner, and had one chase a bleeding copper Rapala, so bright colors seemed to be the order of the day.
At one point I had a tiny sculpin repeatedly darting out from under a rock to chase the lure with each cast I made. It cracked me up that this little guy was contemplating attacking a lure that was bigger than it was. Good comic relief.
All in all, I had great fun for a quick after dinner trip.