Before I get settled in studying for exams, I took an hour
the other night to get a little fishing in on the Grand. The day was sunny, and cool between 50 and 55
degrees, the water was about the same temperature, and it was a tad windy out. The water was super low and clear running
about 170 CFS, but I gave it a shot anyway.
I had heard there were still some steelhead to be caught and a good
number of lake run smallmouth. The
fishing wasn’t great, as to be expected with low clear water. The only sign of a steelhead I saw was a big
dark shadow dart into deep water as I approached the stream. The shadow could have been a steelhead, or a
carp. Who knows? In the short time I had on the water, I only
caught one fish. I hooked into huge lake
run smallie. This fish was hands down
the largest smallmouth I have ever caught!
It was so big that I had trouble getting a good picture of it. Sadly, the pictures don't do this fish any justice. Well, that does it for a while. I’m on lockdown until after exams. At least I have some trout fishing to look
forward to when I’m done for the semester; it’s a nice little carrot on the end
of a stick.
Largest smallmouth ever! These are all of the same fish.
A couple of pictures of a Blue Heron I came across on a previous outing.
