As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, Desiree, Scott St. Clair, and I spent a full day and a partial day fishing Lake Mary Ronan. One thing can be said with certainty: the lake supports a thriving population of perch. We caught many dozens of them but kept only the larger ones and a few smaller fish wounded in the process of catching them. It must be noted that Desiree landed most of the larger perch.
In addition to catching perch, we reeled in several
other species. Scott caught a modest (ten-inch) trout. He also pulled up, of
all things, a western painted turtle that had latched onto his bait. I quickly
removed the hook from the turtle as Desiree snapped a picture, and then I
plunked the thing back into the water. I have never seen anyone catch a turtle
before.
Desiree landed one small bass. She also pulled off
a feat I have never seen: she managed to draw three crayfish up from the depths
on her line. The last one clung so greedily to her bait that I managed to take
a photograph with my smartphone before flinging it back into the lake.
Finally, Scott and I also caught a couple of
sunfish. They are pretty frisky little fighters and rather cute to look at, but
we released them as quickly as we caught them.
I am sharing a few photographs of our various
catches.
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—Mitchell Hegman
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