The lizards they have died

I managed to squeeze in a second one hour fishing trip today by diverting to Coffee Pot Bayou on the way home from work. I fished with a Rapala suspending lure on the way down to the bridge, and though it looked awesome under the water, the fish didn't agree.

On the way back to my car, I tied on old faithful to my line (see previous entry) and on my third cast hooked a small fish. The little guy zipped through the water like a razor, and from its length in the water, I thought I had a trout, but when I hoisted him from the water, it turned out that I had caught a 9" lizard fish.

The lizard fish is considered a trash fish, but I was just happy to get the skunk off my new pole.

It's a full moon tomorrow night, so I'm hoping to get out on the water. The fish were very active in the Bayou this afternoon, and I saw 4 or 5 manatees working their way out to the bay. Great fishing, and hey, a little bit of catching too.


I grabbed the above photo off the web of a lizard fish.