My little pet project has been released! KN Fishing Smarts is a channel devoted to those anglers wishing to learn and share knowledge about fishing and fishes. As of now, most of the content pertains to the Sunfish Identification Guide. In time, it will be a plethora of information pertaining to all types of fishing topics as well as fish biology. The content is all free-to-view on YouTube and here on the website.
I have been fishing my entire life, essentially. My father taught me how to catch rainbow trout in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado when I was three-years-old. Over the decades, that enjoyment for fishing has not faded. There exists such a visceral thrill being aside or atop a body of water, wondering what lurks beneath, trying to lure a fish to grab a bait. Perhaps other fishers can only fully relate to that thrill, but I assure you, it’s quite satisfying.
As a young boy at a family cabin in Wisconsin, I would sit on the dock for hours catching sunfishes, mostly bluegill and the occasional pumpkinseed. As I aged, the larger game species became more desirable to seek: northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass, and the elusive muskellunge.
It was only this last year that I rekindled that enjoyment for catching the smaller sunfishes. The fishing required me to adapt, as we fishers often do, to a style of fishing I had not done in so long. Creative impulses surged through me at every creek, river, pond and lake as I needed to figure out ways to capture species I had never captured before. Being outdoors in so many new habitats was almost reward enough. Though, having captured all 13 species of common sunfishes during the project, and over 40 other species, I must say, the last fishing expedition was well worth it. And it only makes it better that I can share all I learned with you.
Alright. I have about 10 projects I’m fumbling around with—I better get to it. Thanks for having a read!
-K
