Pans...

I'm not a huge fan of chasing big buckets of of their spawning beds...The schools of large pan fish lurking in the weeds next to the nests are just waiting for the opportunity to clean them out. This is what I ran into today. The bass are on their beds..the spawn is on...The pan fish are everywhere...so I took advantage of it and had a great day testing some new fly prototypes and playing with the new 40lb thrust motor I have rigged to my yak. I was able to explore the lake in it's entirety...which I have never been able to do before..you can only paddle so far...I've been searching for carp feeding grounds for a year, and think I may have finally discovered it...here's the photos...lot's of pan fish...blue gills, crappie, perch, rock bass...of course there is a mix of smallies and a few buckets in there as well....enjoy...more on the new flies when I finalize the designs...

I also had the opportunity to watch some snapping turtles getting ready to make some little snapping turtles...talk about a violent interaction.....at one point he had her whole neck in his mouth...

There were about 15 of these red eared sliders on this fallen tree...under the tree were schools of crappie...

This little guy accidently got hooked in the leg and brought into my boat for a safe release...first time I have ever caught a red eared slider with a fly..