Species: Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Location: Malheur River, Princeton, OR Date: August 22, 2015 Imagine seeing a fish fish with some frequency for years when traveling but never having the appropriate gear to target it successfully. That’s the story of me fishing for Common Carp. There are no carp populations in Klamath County where I live, which,…
Species: Brown Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) Location: Yaquina Bay, Newport, OR Date: July 22, 2015 This fish frustrates me for a number of reasons. After returning home from my trip to Washington D.C., I landed in Portland, and my brother Gabe picked me up. I stayed with him in Corvallis and convinced him to come fishing with me…
Species: White Perch (Morone americana) Location: Potomac River, Maryland Date: July 16, 2015 Why are they called White Perch? Well, White Bass is already taken. Though they’re in the Moronidae family with White, Yellow, and Striped Bass, they’re far from stupid. They should be called “Ass Pains” because they’re nothing more. *** Fishing the Potomac River had…
Species: Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Location: Humboldt Bay, Eureka, CA Date: August 11, 2013 This trip was something special. With my brother and a few of his friends, we opted to go to the Central California Coast. Of course fishing was on the docket, but my main reason for the trip was Glass Beach, California,…
Species: California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus) Location: Chetco River South Jetty, Brookings-Harbor, OR Date: July 13, 2013 While fishing with my friend David Clarke, I tried to relive an amazing trip to Brookings I’d had years earlier. Sadly, it wasn’t happening. The charter boat had provided good fishing, but David was so seasick, he didn’t get…
Species: Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) Location: Cosca Lake, Washington, D.C. Date: July 16, 2015 White Catfish checked off, I decided to fish the tiny feeder stream. It was small and crystal-clear which made sneaking up on the spooky sunfish within a challenge. But I managed. My go-to Bergie Worm Jr. (now discontinued) tipped with a tiny piece of…
Species: White Catfish (Ameiurus catus) Location: Cosca Lake, Washington, D.C. Date: July 16, 2015 For most people, a visit to D.C. means history and tours and American nationalism. It meant all of those things to me, too, but it also meant fishing. After spending a good chunk of time researching where to fish within a reasonable distance…
Species: Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) Location: Thornton River, Shenandoah National Park, VA Date: July 15, 2015 Since the last post stole all of the thunder from this trip (except the actual thunder and lightning that caused me a little concern when I was fishing), I’ll be brief. I never did get my Brook Trout in its native range. I’ll…
Species: Bluehead Chub (Nocomis leptocephalus) Location: Thornton River, Shenandoah National Park, VA Date: July 15, 2015 Oh Shenandoah. The National Park so beautiful it inspired a song was on my to-do list the moment I knew I’d be spending time in Washington D.C. I spent my first-ever evening on the East Coast hanging out with my cousin, Adrian…
Species: Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Location: Klamath Lake, Klamath Falls, OR Date: January 15, 2015 I’m writing this post just hours after guiding The Species King, Steve Wozniak, to his first Fathead Minnow, so it’s particularly apropos that my own written species progression puts me here at this time. Read about that trip here. I…
