RLFC meeting at the East Lexington Bridge

That'd be the Runty Little Fish Club. I had to switch up my strategy tonight because the fishing was too easy, and I was catching too many dinky bluegills. It was every cast for a while there, on the Torpedo, a Rapala Minnow, and the 'hopper. The night's catch also included two that I think Mike will identify for me, including this one that I think could be a perch, and has a bad sense of perspective, as in can't tell what's bigger or smaller than itself.
Here's his older brother. Looks kinda like a smallie, but the body is so narrow that I don't know. Maybe there's some piscegenation going on in the river.
Pretty fish, though.
The first one of the night was definitely the biggest, and bigger than all the sunnies I caught last night.


Maybe that's not him. The one I'm thinking of was dessert plate sized, maybe 3/4 lb. A real lunker.

To produce the phenomenology of this experience, here's something I read online:

The Four Phases of Fishing:
1. I just wanna catch a fish.
2. I wanna catch a lot of fish.
3. I wanna catch a big fish.
4. I wanna catch 'em on my terms.

Tonight we got to #2, but I'm definitely a #3/#4 kind of guy at this point. Better than getting skunked, and better than scrubbing out the garbage can.

Total: 3 bass*, 10 bluegill, 2 mysteryminnows.

*At this size, I think its hard to say whether they're small, large, rock, green, or what. I'll know by mid-day tomorrow.

Edit: The 'fusiform' two were smallies. I'm guessing, based on coloration and dorsal fin, that the other three were spotted bass. Who knows?