Well it has been a while since I launched the Strange Fish Challenge. To review, my whippersnapper of a grandson (age 5) has a longer list of fish species caught than I do. I decided to try and show him a thing or two. I mean, it has to work out better than when I showed him the correct way to do a cartwheel, right?
So I said I'd see if I could catch 20 different species of fish in seven days of fishing. Having started this fairly late in the fall I got in four days....and 11 species.* Do the math, I need three per day to pull this off.
I'd been out for a few recon missions as the water warmed up and the fish got frisky. On one of them I caught a couple of sturgeon. This little guy was just so cute!
His great grandpa took my line an hour later. All I saw was a flip of a huge, prehistoric tail as he ripped the 20 pound test line off my reel. Watching it spin off I had no choice but to bring the rod tip back and take a stand. SNAP! Fun, but as it was not an official Fishing Challenge Day sturgeon are not on my list.
Nothing. Picturesque, dead water. I tried a couple of little streams on my way back to Eau Claire. Nothing. I tried a spot on the river in Eau Claire where I'd had luck. Same. Half Moon Lake, allegedly home to bowfin, bullheads and other Strangies....just a few bluegills. I even tried my last ditch spot on the Chippewa River near home. My son and grandson had caught catfish there. No fish.
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To quote the neighbor's grandson, "Good science!"
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