It's been a good summer, and I haven't posted fishing photos here in awhile.
We've been in a drought which just broke this week. The middle rivers were down to one-quarter of median flow, the headwaters were all holding at about 2/3 of median flows, so that's where we've been fishing.
(shows you how much the water tables are getting pumped downriver).
tight water with little rods
a little farther downriver to some open water
up to another tiny headwater where we found giant fish
more pretty water
Summer in the TX hill country
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Excellent shots , I like the opening stream shot for color saturation,
weren`t the long ears from the SE ? With the drought the trout fishery
must be a bummer for this year. How far by road do you have to go
from home to be on that water ?
weren`t the long ears from the SE ? With the drought the trout fishery
must be a bummer for this year. How far by road do you have to go
from home to be on that water ?
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I know they're not native to TX, and are introduced from the eastern Atlantic drainages - although you wouldn't know it, since they are the predominant sunfish in most of our rivers.
Those are specifically not long ears, they are redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus
The headwaters of two different rivers, around Fredericksburg, and Kerrville, TX. The two spots are different turns, but both about 80-90 miles from home.
The "middle river" part is about 40 miles from home.
yeah, and I won't get to do this as much now that the yard (an acre) is turning green.
Here are longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis, which are native, and every strain in every creek is SO different.
north fork Guadalupe
middle Guadalupe
San Gabriel
Sabinal
Seco Creek (this creek originates in the hill country and runs for about 20 miles above ground then pours through vents back into the aquifer, so this is a perfectly isolated strain)
Nueces
Those are specifically not long ears, they are redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus
The headwaters of two different rivers, around Fredericksburg, and Kerrville, TX. The two spots are different turns, but both about 80-90 miles from home.
The "middle river" part is about 40 miles from home.
yeah, and I won't get to do this as much now that the yard (an acre) is turning green.
Here are longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis, which are native, and every strain in every creek is SO different.
north fork Guadalupe
middle Guadalupe
San Gabriel
Sabinal
Seco Creek (this creek originates in the hill country and runs for about 20 miles above ground then pours through vents back into the aquifer, so this is a perfectly isolated strain)
Nueces
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