Easter Egg hunt at Old City Lake, Kiwanis Park, Ennis
Being Easter, Cody and I decided we would go on an egg hunt this afternoon at the Kiwanis Park in Ennis. The park has a nice playground, wide-open spaces, a good area for families to gather, and oh, a lake, Old City Lake, to be specific. The wind blew and gave no respite, so the small rods again stayed in their cases, and the 4# and 5# saw action. Equipped with our flies, fly rods, and I in my float tube, we searched for spawning beds. The Mama Bass's spawning beds and eggs draw large schools of carnivores who just lurk and hover hoping to eat her eggs. When we fish, since lurkers harangue the female Bass to hysteria, we ignore her and try not to catch the bass on their beds. Wanting to give the Bass parents some repri
eve from the pesky predators, we cast near their egg-laden beds and were rewarded nicely for a couple hours of fishing. Cody cast a CodyBugger and caught six, huge Bluegills and Green Sunfish. I also tied on a CodyBugger pattern, until some fish hammered it hard and ripped the lips and palmered grizzly hackle from the fly; I wish I had landed that one! Then, I tied on a Crayfish (tied for Belize, last year) and caught a Redear Sunfish, Bluegill, and a male Laregmouth Bass. Measured by our catches, we enjoyed a successful egg hunt and a happy Easter!
Being Easter, Cody and I decided we would go on an egg hunt this afternoon at the Kiwanis Park in Ennis. The park has a nice playground, wide-open spaces, a good area for families to gather, and oh, a lake, Old City Lake, to be specific. The wind blew and gave no respite, so the small rods again stayed in their cases, and the 4# and 5# saw action. Equipped with our flies, fly rods, and I in my float tube, we searched for spawning beds. The Mama Bass's spawning beds and eggs draw large schools of carnivores who just lurk and hover hoping to eat her eggs. When we fish, since lurkers harangue the female Bass to hysteria, we ignore her and try not to catch the bass on their beds. Wanting to give the Bass parents some repri
eve from the pesky predators, we cast near their egg-laden beds and were rewarded nicely for a couple hours of fishing. Cody cast a CodyBugger and caught six, huge Bluegills and Green Sunfish. I also tied on a CodyBugger pattern, until some fish hammered it hard and ripped the lips and palmered grizzly hackle from the fly; I wish I had landed that one! Then, I tied on a Crayfish (tied for Belize, last year) and caught a Redear Sunfish, Bluegill, and a male Laregmouth Bass. Measured by our catches, we enjoyed a successful egg hunt and a happy Easter!
