As I plan to be in Colorado for the foreseeable future, I’ve been exploring the local waters.
My target species yesterday was “wipers” the hybrid white and striped bass hybrid. What I actually brought to hand was 5 other species:
Lareg-Mouthed Bass
Smallmouth bass
Bluegill
Crappie
Saugeye (Walley/sauger hybrid )
The first fish was a smallmouth, that hit a MGM, the rest hit either a sculpin, or the swamp monster.
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- Smallmouth bass on Mardi Gra Minnow
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- Large Mouth Bass on a brown sculpin
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- Saugeye on green/brown sculpin, unexpected
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- Ten plus inch bluegill on swamp monster
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- Pueblo State Park as seen from the kickboat
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- Crappie on swamp monster, barely hooked
And no, I still have no plans to fish for trout…..
How did that target species fare?
About an hour and a half before sundown they popped up, had birds over them, destroying shad, for all of 5 minutes. By the time I slogged over to where they were, they were long gone.
Next time…….
Went back the exact same spot, according the the GPS, that I fished Friday night, and after hours of casting practice I landed 6 LBM and one crappie, all on a sculpin. Wasn’t skunked, but the bite was off, possibly due to all the boat traffic on a Saturday at Pueblo Reservoir.