One more species checked off
Posted: February 10th, 2011, 7:18 pm
Hello everyone, not new, but haven't posted in a good while... haven't done much fishing in a long while either for that matter.
I was pond hopping in the Appy Nat'l Forest this afternoon after work. Stopped at a bridge over a wide creek and was throwing a coneheaded wooley in black. Was hoping for big bream or small bass on the 4wt, and ended up with what I believe was a Redfin Pickerel. Didn't know they existed. First thought it was a chain pickerel which I've caught on spinning gear a couple of times, but this guy was all reddish brown, and red fins. Still not 100% though as he didn't have those "chain" markings on his sides. Anyone have any experience with them, or other ideas on what it could have been. Didn't have a camera with me to get a pick.... sorry.
I was pond hopping in the Appy Nat'l Forest this afternoon after work. Stopped at a bridge over a wide creek and was throwing a coneheaded wooley in black. Was hoping for big bream or small bass on the 4wt, and ended up with what I believe was a Redfin Pickerel. Didn't know they existed. First thought it was a chain pickerel which I've caught on spinning gear a couple of times, but this guy was all reddish brown, and red fins. Still not 100% though as he didn't have those "chain" markings on his sides. Anyone have any experience with them, or other ideas on what it could have been. Didn't have a camera with me to get a pick.... sorry.