Species: Blacktail Shiner (Cyprinella venusta) Location: New Braunfels, Texas Date: August 25, 2018 The fragile Texas Shiner came first, but after that, I caught nothing but Blacktail Shiners for the next hour. Cyprinellas are always agressive, and Blacktails are pretty ubiquitous in the south. I’ve caught them from Texas to Florida since, and their large…
Species: Redspotted Sunfish (Lepomis miniatus) Location: New Braunfels, Texas Date: August 25, 2018 I was infatuated with Redspotted Sunfish before I’d ever seen one in person. It was during 2018 that my #SpeciesQuest really came alive. Though my first road trip had come the prior summer, I only had a few days in transit to…
Species: Guadalupe River (Micropterus treculii) Location: Guadalupe River Trib, Central Texas Date: August 14, 2018 I caught tons of bass in Texas. I got some respectable Largemouths, what was (at the time) my largest Smallmouth, and a few Spots. Every time I landed a bass, I was not-so-secretly hoping it was a Guadalupe Bass, the…
Species: Inland Silverside (Menidia beryllina) Location: Lake Abilene, Texas Date: August 11, 2018 In hopes of finding an exotic gambusia species, we also tried fishing several of the ditches, channels, and canals around Abilene. It was about as terrible as you’d think. I already wrote this story, but let me just add that at the…
