[chrismunn]

finally got to fish out of a kayak today for the first time on LBL and what a great time i had! i havent had that much fun in a long time, weather was beautifull and so was the scenery!

me and a buddy launched behind AHS at 8am, cruised downstream along the south shore and then paddled up barton creek. we made the return trip paddeling up the north shore and were off the water at 12:30pm. in that time i only managed 1 good sized bass but landed a few perch along the way.

i landed a few of those orange and the blue perch. only the one brown guy and a couple of these little siver guys. are these shad???

 

[5-20]

Never saw a sunfish like that brown colored one before. Beautiful fish!

 

[JT]

Great report Chris and excellent photos!  That first perch looks like a Longear Sunfish.  The second looks like a Redbreast Sunfish and the third is definitely a Rio Grande Cichlid.

 

[J.R.]

Yep, those Rio Grande Chihlid put up a great fight, one of the only freshwater fish I've caught that feel like a small Redfish on the other end(Smallmouth fight pretty good too).

 

[Boudreaux]

Them little buggers can fight. Used to catch them out in the Frio all the time

 

[chrismunn]

that brown one came right off the concrete launch slab on a small piece of nightcrawler while i was waiting for my buddy to show up. i didnt cast out or anything, i literally just pointed my rod tip 4" off the concrete then all of the sudden i was stripping drag. i wasnt really expecting a fish that size right there because the perch i was catching in that area were all bait sized fish. just something to keep me occupied untill my buddy showed up.

 

[marine0311]

nice job I guess I need to get out there and just fish I never seeem to have any luck