Creek fishing

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

I hit a local creek today for a couple hours and caught several took a few pics.

Using light tackle these are quite the fight and the cottonmouths keep you alert.

Gonna play hooky from work tomorrow and go all day .Need a break from this crazy world.

THE above fish is called a red-eye bass or coosa bass.They are only native to a few creeks in Alabama and Georgia.

The others are largemouth and a sunperch.

 

 

 

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

I hit him with paddle but didn't do nothing but make him mad Scary part was I had to come back by him to get to truck.I left him alone on the way back as it's not fun fighting with them from a kayak.

I ain't scared of snakes but cottonmouths are the devil in disguise.

When  I spotted this skin I knew it would be close.Because of this detail I was able to have the upper hand.Im not scared of snakes I can see.Its the ones you can't see that scares me

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

We have snakes that get much longer than cottonmouths.A grown cottonmouth will be close to 3 foot.Its the poison and cottonmouths attitude that makes them dangerous.

[kanny 19,331]

Them sun perch are  stunning looking fish 

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

12 minutes ago, kanny said:

Them sun perch are  stunning looking fish 

I think so too 

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

Just now, W. Katchum said:

What fish do you eat ? An if any what taste best mate

Small bass from creek are best to eat in my opinion.I don't eat anything from our rivers.I don't eat catfish as they eat things that would gag a maggot .

 

2 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Looks like summat out the jungle that, very smart, how big do they get an do they shake there heads when hooked like a terrier pup with a rag? I love perch fishing l, they like wee stripey pit bulls, imagine a 10lb perch

As you can see that sunperch was trying to swallow a worm as long as him. They will get up to 1 to 1 1/2 pounds.They are very aggressive.Im loading up now to go get em

[shovel leaner 7,648]

You have some fantastic opportunity’s for fishing out there . I really enjoy your posts . Keep em going .

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

Thanks storms have blown in.Had to cancel today will be back out as soon as weather permits.

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

We've had rain and all my good spots are muddy water.So I went exploring to a new creek I've never fished.This area doesn't have many cottonmouths so that was a plus.

These are rock bass I caught 6 or 7 

Small mouth bass This was a treat for me as there's not many here.They are one of the hardest fighting fish I've ever seen.

This last picture was my favorite one of the day.I didn't catch any sunperch but caught a fish called a pumpkinseed.

 

[Greyman 25,165]

On 24/06/2020 at 13:12, kanny said:

Them sun perch are  stunning looking fish 

I know a series of old brick pits in Somerset that has had them in for years, think they call them pumpkin seeds if it’s the same thing certainly look the same

[waltjnr 5,958]

Rickshaw, do you ever go after them snapping turtles ? Or not your area ? If so what they taste like ? 

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

43 minutes ago, waltjnr said:

Rickshaw, do you ever go after them snapping turtles ? Or not your area ? If so what they taste like ? 

Usually my encounters with them have been accidental.I have caught some decent sized ones by hand while frog gigging but turned them back loose.We don't have as many as some other areas.There used to be an illegal market here for them.They ran traps in ponds and sold them which is illegal.It got shutdown.You can ride the roads where there is cowfields with ponds.Right before a big rain some of the snapping turtles will leave and venture across roads and fields to the next pond.This is when I generally see them.I don't remember ever eating one to be honest.

[Greyman 25,165]

1 hour ago, waltjnr said:

Rickshaw, do you ever go after them snapping turtles ? Or not your area ? If so what they taste like ? 

You thought rickshaw was Eddie brown jr

 

[waltjnr 5,958]

2 hours ago, Greyman said:

You thought rickshaw was Eddie brown jr

 

Seen that geezer ,proper character! 

[Rickshaw swami 3,894]

Me and a buddy went to a creek over the weekend.Its a good place but full of cottonmouths.

We caught a bunch but took a few pics.

 

 

Smallmouth 

Cottonmouth came and checked out my kayak.

I took my daughter's kayak as it has very shallow draft.We landed the kayaks to explore further downstream cause this area can't be kayaked as fallen trees everywhere from bad tornadoes.So we started wading.

We caught several but we had 3 different battles with cottonmouths all I had for defense was my fishing pole 

WE were getting jumpy like scared little girls.We decided to call it a day.On the walk back to kayak I seen something beside my foot.

I was amazed to see this little cottonmouth swallowing a goodsize sunperch.I was also glad he couldn't bite me 

Prime creek fishing is about over and I'm glad.Im tired of battling snakes.But by next May I will be ready to do this type fishing again.

ITS time for me to focus on going shark fishing it's safer than what I been doing