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 of my Maryland hotel room, I settled on my first stop: Cosca Lake.
The urban lake is not easily accessible. It required a long walk from the parking area, and in late July heat, anything more than five feet might as well be the the Bataan Death March.
I arrived on the lawn surrounding the lake and began to setup shop. I only had one rod, so my first bet was a handline baited with a worm while I tied up my one and only rod for the occasion.
Before I even managed to get the tiny jig on my line, the stick I’d tied the handline to started bouncing, and I pulled in what appeared to be a bullhead.
Technically, it was. Just not a Brown or Yellow Bullhead like I’d seen in my native Oregon. This was a White Bullhead, more commonly called the White Catfish.
Heck yeah! I hadn’t even cast yet, and I had a new species on the board. Sticky, sweaty weather aside, I could tell this day was shaping up nicely.
That is, until some strange dude in absurdly baggy pants came up and kept talking to me while I tried to fish. It was obnoxious, and he was just wrong on every account. After I landed a few Brown Bullhead, I decided to pick up and move to the tiny feeder creek leading into the lake.
#SpeciesQuest // #CaughtOvgard
Read the next entry in #SpeciesQuest here: Species #67 — Warmouth.
Thank you, I’ve been seeking for details about this topic for ages and yours is the best I’ve found so far.
I do not even understand how I ended up here, but I thought this publish used to be great. I do not recognise who you’re however definitely you’re going to a famous blogger in case you aren’t already 😉 Cheers!
Woah! I’m really digging the template/theme of this site. It’s simple, yet effective. A lot of times it’s very difficult to get that “perfect balance” between usability and visual appeal. I must say you have done a awesome job with this. In addition, the blog loads super quick for me on Safari. Exceptional Blog!
One thing is always that one of the most widespread incentives for utilizing your credit cards is a cash-back or maybe rebate present. Generally, you’ll get 1-5 back with various expenditures. Depending on the card, you may get 1 again on most buying, and 5 in return on expenditures made in convenience stores, gas stations, grocery stores as well as ‘member merchants’.
Hiya, I am really glad I’ve found this info. Today bloggers publish only about gossips and net and this is actually frustrating. A good web site with exciting content, this is what I need. Thanks for keeping this website, I will be visiting it. Do you do newsletters? Cant find it.