flogging the water

[WayneChristie]

I havent had more than a couple opportunities to get out falleye fishing the past 2 years, working on a farm means harvest time is pretty much all there is but now that Im not I decided to head down last night and see how its going.
It was very slow, a couple tugs on my rod using bait, nothing serious. Got out the fly rod and managed a couple fish in the dark. First was a beautiful sauger, 20 1/2 inches and scrappy! Very thick too, might be the heaviest Ive caught so far, just not the longest. Hard for them not to get fat with the schools of Prussian carp hanging out at this spot.
Second and last fish of the night was a surprise! Jumped out of the river and thrashed across the surface so hard I thought Id hooked a pike, turns out I was wrong! Fat and scrappy Prussian, swallowed my fly like its last meal, which it was dont worry about the mud in the pic, it wasnt long for this world anyways, damn invaders.
I got to watch a gorgeous sunset, as usual at this location, then watch Jupiter rising above the hills so bright it was amazing.
Hoping the river cools off soon so the eyes start moving in, a couple more feet of water wouldnt hurt either. for now, still fun! even got to watch a bunch of cattle walk across the river and dissappear into the sunset, if you are looking for your cows let me know

[mapleleafman3]

Great sunset pic!

[tirebob]

Jeez that is a fat prussian!

[fish99]

nice sauger good size

[stein]

real nice sauger

[AK47]

Beauty sauger. That is quite unusual for prussian to grab the fly, well done.

[Edmonton resident]

nice pic's thanks for sharing

[Kings]

Hi Wayne, nice pictures. Thanks for sharing. I would love to catch the Prussians. Any help is appreciated.
Cheers

[Poppa]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

I havent had more than a couple opportunities to get out falleye fishing the past 2 years, working on a farm means harvest time is pretty much all there is but now that Im not I decided to head down last night and see how its going.
It was very slow, a couple tugs on my rod using bait, nothing serious. Got out the fly rod and managed a couple fish in the dark. First was a beautiful sauger, 20 1/2 inches and scrappy! Very thick too, might be the heaviest Ive caught so far, just not the longest. Hard for them not to get fat with the schools of Prussian carp hanging out at this spot.
Second and last fish of the night was a surprise! Jumped out of the river and thrashed across the surface so hard I thought Id hooked a pike, turns out I was wrong! Fat and scrappy Prussian, swallowed my fly like its last meal, which it was dont worry about the mud in the pic, it wasnt long for this world anyways, damn invaders.
I got to watch a gorgeous sunset, as usual at this location, then watch Jupiter rising above the hills so bright it was amazing.
Hoping the river cools off soon so the eyes start moving in, a couple more feet of water wouldnt hurt either. for now, still fun! even got to watch a bunch of cattle walk across the river and dissappear into the sunset, if you are looking for your cows let me know

Oh boy... if you're where I think you are (and you and I've talked about) that is very concerning that the goldfish/carps have entered that body of water. Kill 'em all!!