Lower Lake

I attempted to catch a new species today, either the mud sunfish, banded sunfish, bluespotted sunfish, or black banded sunfish. I was really trying for a mud sunfish, since they are the largest and probably easiest to catch out of the 4. However, I wasn't successful. I fished the forked river basin in multiple spots, and wasn't able to find any, or even any catchable fish . I fished this lake and caught 1 bass, q pumpkinseed, a few pickerel, and a ton of bluegill. Everytime I dropped a worm down off the bridge, something would take it. Tomorrow I might try to fish a different river to catch one.

First catch on the new rod

Nice catch with live meal worms

He did everything by himself until the release.

Windy. But I’m determined

Finally got the Yak in here... Bank fishing is pressured.....Somewhat successful. Got em on a Texas rig and a weedless Wacky my son in law gave me this morning.

Didn’t have a scale but big girl bugged herfor a little while! Caught him on a sanko green pumpkin

Smashed it