Couple Carp Tonight In The Heat!

Spike Kayak brings a beautiful golden bone to the bank on his old school fiberglass rod !  



Spike working him with the glass rod!  

Big Dan- somewhere in Amish Country-  also pulled one from under the bridge! 

Centerpin Carping!

Caugt my first carp on my centerpin outfit today.  Drifted white buggers with couple split shot and a clear Blackbird Phantom Float.  The 13ft 6in rod gives a perfect presentation.  I'm walking the Nim. daily in the

heat to condition myself physically and mentally for the fall run. 

 

Mixed bag of summertime fun!

Pic of the foot bridge that blew out this morning on Nimishillen Creek.   

 With temps. in the 90's look for fish in oxygenated water, been getting lots of fish where fast water enters deep pools.

Big Nini releasing one I caught.

My raptor friends are confirmed Coopers's Hawks, per The Ohio Ornithological Society.  Great bunch of birders on their site, check them out.  Everything you need to know about wild Ohio birds. 

Weekend Report!

Get out just after sunrise or sunset for best results.   
Got my first catfish today on my 3wt fly rod.  He smacked an olive woolly bugger and went crazy for about 5 minutes.  

Caught a bunch of these guys feeding below some fast water that empties into a nice little honey hole.  



Raptors In My Backyard!

I have been watching these birds in my yard for a couple weeks.  At first I believed them to be Osprey.  After further review- I'm not positive, maybe broad-winged hawks.  Anyway, they are big and have a large nest up in a pine tree. I think there are 2 adults and 2 juveniles.