Spawning Season . . .
A Gathering of the Tribes: (bass, bluegill, crappie)
(NYC 05 2019)
Shoals of small bluegill gather just below the surface of the open water as the very long shadow of a largemouth bass passes nearby. A large crappie holds guard over a cleared nest within an opening in the weeds near the bank.
It’s May, when all the fish of the pond are active and in sight: Spawning Season.
What a delight it was to see so much piscatorial action in the good company of Garrett Fallon, publisher of Fallon’s Angler, this month. He was in town on business, but found a few hours of time to go fishing in the center of New York City.
He was not disappointed.
First Fish for Mr. Fallon
(NYC 05 2019)
Tenkara offered a new twist in his seasoned hand, which managed to pluck a feisty bluegill from Central Park’s Harlem Meer after just a few casts.
The golden shiner, so much like the European rudd to which he is well acquainted, also rushed to the artificial fly in the bright morning sun.
Golden Shiner, Golden Sunlight
(NYC 05 2019)
Our little trip ended with the big one. The shaded banks and weedy waters held some very large black crappie, the kind some like to call a slab.
A Slab: black crappie dressed in spawning colors
(NYC 05 2019)
May is spawning season; a great time to fish, alone, or with a fellow angler.
— rPs 05 31 2019
Tenkara Takes Manhattan 