Today’s photo  from September of 2014 represents an important part of fishing, that whole “you just never know” factor when having a bait or lure in the water. While many offerings are cast about with the intention of nabbing a specific species, anything goes in this crazy pursuit.

Of course, a number of lures indeed have a bit of an overlap in regards to what species may take a liking.  So, even though my primary target is the largemouth bass, it is not completely unexpected when something toothy winds up on the end of the line at a few of my fishing holes. Yet, those bites are rare enough that they still qualify as a pleasant surprise.

These catches are what I have long called “accidents.” And the photo album contains more than a few such mistakes, several of which were actually pretty impressive. Much more impressive than my results when actually setting my sights on targeting muskies or walleye. In the very limited time chasing either of these species I believe I have caught one muskie “on purpose” and could probably count the intentional walleye on one hand.

Rather be lucky than good, I guess, as the pics below attest.

Nope, I was bitten by the bass bug a long, long time ago and see no reason to fight the affliction. “Accidents” happen and always a treat to have one of those toothy critters crash the party as no lure is safe once it enters their domain. Talk to you later. Troy