Went Fishing Today

I went fishing with my neighbor today.  His name is Jeff also.  I swear he was born with a lucky horseshoe.  We have fished this certain reservoir several times in the past three years.  I have never caught more than two fish there, usually tiny crappie or bluegill.  Our first trip there Jeff caught a six pound bass.  Today he caught a muskie.  Several years ago we fished while in Florida and he caught a ten pound bass.  I have never caught a big bass, or a muskie.  Still, I am tickled when he catches a good fish.  Just don't let him know that!  That is Jeff with his muskie in the picture.   We released it unharmed back into the lake, so hopefully it will grow up and get to be a huge monster.  We almost always practice catch and release except occasionally we will keep a catfish or some crappie to eat.

It was a good day to be on the water.  The weather was great and very few other boaters were on the water.  We also saw four carp about three to four feet long and a catfish about the same length.  I tried my best to catch that cafish, but he wouldn't bite.  I found out later this evening that when carp are spawning it is hard to catch fish like bass and catfish because they are eating the carp eggs.  Maybe the Next time we go we will have better luck.  Well, maybe I will have better luck!

CORRECTION:  I just found out the fish in the above picture was not a muskie.  It is actually a pike!  Never have caught one of those either, so we are not disappointed.  :)