A Canadian Swim

Katydid

You don’t often see large insects in this area,  so when I saw this one that was at least 6cm long,  I went for the camera.

I thought it was a cicada at first but after some internet research it turns out to be a katydid or bush-cricket.

Carping During the spawn

Spawning Carp

Mallard Duck

One of the 16lbers had a bad eye.

I went fishing today and caught two carp . Both of them weighed in at sixteen pounds. Carp were spawning all around the marsh, so I was happy to catch at all. Scopex pips were the successful bait this time.

Check out the duck picture,  I caught him mid-quack and I think it gives him a cartoonish aspect.

Muskrat love

Muskrat gathering bulrush shoots.

Here’s a pic of that busy muskrat I mentioned in a previous post.

Nature watching between bites

Though clearly in love, these geese nearly drove me to the brink of gibbering madness with their constant honking.

The biggest catch of the day at 21lbs

I took another day off work today to do some more carping. There was a lot of nature to watch today between fish.  A muskrat was busy gathering bulrush shoots.  Snakes and turtles were swimming by and  all kinds of birds were flying by,  including some type of small heron, various gulls and terns, mallard ducks and a couple of very loud Canada geese.

On the fishing front I caught five common carp up to 21 pounds. They didn’t want the Minzilla Maize today preferring Wacker Scopex Pips.