opening day rescue

run off stream

with the season unofficially at its mid-point, I need to get up some pictures from earlier this year. On our first day open to the public, I had a little adventure in rescuing a large-mouth bass. Because of a whole lot of rain, water ran profusely over the spill-way. Apparently, some fish got carried over in the flow into a small stream that is definitely not conducive to long-term survival for such fish.

spillway

 A couple of our regular fisherman had spotted this bass and tried to fish it out of the stream, but it wouldn't bite. So I put on my boots, grabbed my net, and went walking through the stream until the bass was found trying to hide amongst some sticks. After a couple pictures, I put the roughly 19 inch bass back into the more accommodating lake environment.

                                                                                                

Large-mouth Bass