Fished with my fishing buddy today

I met my fishing buddy this morning at West Point Reservoir , one of the more popular reservoirs in my state . Known more it’s crappie and bass fishing than it is for bluegills.
Our plan was to fish a few areas around the many boat ramps.
I took a couple of flyrods and a couple of UL combos , but never got the spinning rods out .
My buddy fished his old faithful 5’ Ugly Stik with a Fire Tiger Roostertail .
I caught 22 small gills total , including one small redbreast .
My buddy caught 16 including a few small bass .
About half our time spent was sitting at one of the many picnic tables taking breaks and solving the world’s problems and comparing aches and pains :Rofl .
The drive was a little less than an hour and a half , but it was worth the drive .
Here’s one of my better gills and the primary rod I used today . A 6’7” fiberglass 3wt rod paired with a Sage reel , spooled with a 5wt WF line to load the rod better for the short casts I needed to make . Most were roll casts because of the trees around .
Fun day !

Sounds like a perfect time. With an old friend the fishing is secondary.
Bob

Very nice time. Thanks for sharing

Visiting with a friend always makes me feel elated for quite a while after we go our own ways. Sounds like y’all had a big time and enjoyed yourselves. Some nice looking fish too.

Very nice photo

Nice to try some different water once in awhile and share with a friend.

Friends and fishing, you can't go wrong there.:ThumbsUp

I live on Jackson which doen't have much size to our bream but have a friend that fishes west point and catches some good ones both blue gill and shell cracker. Scott

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Originally Posted by ultraslab

I live on Jackson which doen't have much size to our bream but have a friend that fishes west point and catches some good ones both blue gill and shell cracker. Scott

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We’re going to have to find them .
We’re in the process of exploring bank fishing locations.
I think we’re going to need to go up river and check out some feeder creeks .
I used to fish Jackson a lot . About thirty years ago .
Usually up the Alcovy River arm and IIRC Bear Creek . Put in at Berry’s
Caught some decent gills in that area .

Met up with my fishing buddy this morning.
Same reservoir, same boat ramp picnic area .
Water was down about a foot .
Not a whole lot of action in the catching of gills except a few small ones that entertained me on my 2wt flyrod.
Found a section boat ramp rip rap that had a few green sunfish hiding in the rocks .
These fish are tiny but are they are becoming one of my favorites to catch on an ultralight flyrod .
Just about the most colorful freshwater fish out there .
Just fun getting together with an old friend , made the drive worth it .
The little gills were just icing . :)

Nice. Those greenies are fun!

good article, made me remember how much I enjoy fishing with my friend of 30 plus years. We are both Seniors now and I'm lucky to be a snowbird. I fish with him atleast once a week all summer and the stories/memories never get old.

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Originally Posted by RM Fishin

good article, made me remember how much I enjoy fishing with my friend of 30 plus years. We are both Seniors now and I'm lucky to be a snowbird. I fish with him atleast once a week all summer and the stories/memories never get old.

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We’ve also been friends 30+ years .
He just recently retired . Me being six years his senior. I’ve been retired awhile.
We used to bow hunt with traditional equipment every year for the entire season down here , from September through the first of January. And fish the rest of the year .
Since then we’ve been trying to get together once a week .
It’s good to have a fishing buddy to grow old with .

Met up with my fishing buddy at West Point Reservoir this morning and spent about four hours catching little gills on my 1wt flyrod.
Showed my friend my technique for catching green sunfish and he caught about twenty five .
I finished the day with 55 gills and green sunfish total .
These were the best of the day .

Have to say you got in going on with the color coordination on that 1wt setup. Really looks cool and sounds like you guys had a good time today.

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Originally Posted by moonrunner

Have to say you got in going on with the color coordination on that 1wt setup. Really looks cool and sounds like you guys had a good time today.

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Thanks , and yes we had a blast .
After showing my buddy the method I was using to get the green sunfish to shoot out from the rocks and grab my fly , he was surprised how fast these little fish are .
A few times they were the faster and they would make it back under a rock , but we were able to work them free .