05/11 Argonne Lake

I stopped by Possum Creek Metropark after tutoring this evening to get a little exercise and try to refine my flycasting. I took only my flyrod to the lake. It was pretty cool out there and I noticed some bass in the shallows going on the beds. I decided to give it my best. After catching a few small bluegills, I changed flies and began a serious hunt for a gamefish.

Honestly I came up short of my goal because I was really after one of the pike a friend told me he has caught in that lake from time to time. Anyway, working a rocky shore with a beadhead olive woolly bugger, my line stopped dead and I set the hook. A couple of minutes later, I landed a nice little Largemouth Bass of around 13 inches with the help of a couple of nearby young anglers who could scurry down the rocks more ably than I can these days. One of them also returned our friend, Sir Bass, to the water for me. I had no more action on the way back to my car so the tally for the day was 3 bluegills, one LMB.

Spinning:
Crappie 1
Redear 1
LM Bass 1

Fly:
Bluegill 11
Rock Bass 1
SM Bass 1
LM Bass 1