Rocky Gorge Photo Report - 10/10/16

[DanMarino]

[perchy]

Nice job! Is that an LC Bevy Shad? No leader on those lures and still got those pike in

[DanMarino]

Had a 3rd pike that got off before I could land it. For some reason the pike were active and I could only find tiny bass. Guess the bigger bass were deeper.

[Mark]

Nice variety.

What kind of fish is that in your first photo?

[DanMarino]

Good question Mark. When I caught the tiny thing, I was thinking it was a very small and pale largemouth bass. Now that I'm looking at it, it could have been a smallmouth bass. I thought the fish was ambitious, trying to eat a lure that was half the size of it.

[jhov02]

Nice variety.

What kind of fish is that in your first photo?

I'm going with smallmouth here too, sometimes the small ones are very monotone


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[perchy]

I didn't even know RG had smallies. Cool to know

[Mark]

I'm going with smallmouth here too, sometimes the small ones are very monotone

If it's a smallmouth the mid (spiked) portion of the dorsal fin is missing. Either that or it's compressed so that it is not visible in the photo. That was the first thing I noticed that made identification difficult. The eye is red like many smallmouths but that pale color certainly belies the common smallmouth name of bronzeback.

[DanMarino]

Digging up this old post to note why I think Rocky Gorge is a worthwhile place to fish. Being able to catch multiple pike in one trip, along with bass, sunfish, and and perch is pretty cool in my book. I've also been skunked a huge number of times there in my life, but the good days make up for it.

[DanMarino]

Sad to say that my prime fishing years were in 2014-2016. Circumstances of life, weather, and COVID-19 have conspired against the number of kayak fishing trips I have been able to conduct since. Sadly, fishing is usually not in a kayak and often in a small pond, lake, or river close to home.

I too am looking forward to having fishing access to the WSSC reservoirs.

[mudskipper]

Definitely a Smallie.

"Red eye never lies!"