I wanted to get down to Grindstone Creek behind our house at least one more time before we move. I tend to not visit the creek during the summer months due to the chiggers/ticks/poison ivy/thorns, but I had to make an exception this time!
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| Looking down towards the creek from our deck. It's way down there in all the trees, about 150-200 feet away. Very easy to hear it when it's flooding. |
Due to all the rain the creek was higher than normal, and the deep holes/runs had really shifted compared to 2013.
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| About 100-200 feet downstream of our home in 2013. |
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| Same section of creek as above, but in June 2015. |
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| One of the new holes that didn't exist prior to this year. This used to be a riffle. |
I spent most of my time marveling at the changes in the creek, which required me to find a lot of new paths to bypass the deep water. There were hundreds of ~1/2" long crayfish shooting around the gravel bottom, but I didn't see a single fish. Luckily, I knew I could count on Creek Chubs if I plopped my bait into the water. A little noise and the buggers appear out of nowhere to annoy me. I remember when I was frustrated (in 2010) that I couldn't catch a single Creek Chub! Those were the days!
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| The last fish I'll ever catch out of the creek behind our house! |
I wasn't always fishing back there, and I probably only went down there ~15-20 times over the years, but here's a list of fish I either saw or caught in Grindstone Creek behind our house from April 2010-June 2015:
- Orangethroat Darter
- Largemouth Bass
- Creek Chub
- Green Sunfish
- Bluegill
- Central Stoneroller
- Bluntnose Minnow
- Blackstripe Topminnow
- Common Shiner
- Red Shiner
- Northern Hogsucker
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