Small Creeks Run Deep

When you see a small creek like this, you might be tempted to write it off.

You can see that the creek is not very wide, and the cattails give the impression that the water is not deep.

Here's the thing about creeks.  They can be deep.  Much like rivers, there's also one side that's deeper than the other.  In this case, it was the near side of the bank, and I measured off about five feet of water.  The most shallow part was actually the far side, over by the cattails.

When a creek has that much water, it's time to go fishing.  My daughter had worms, and I had hotdog weenies.  We caught some FISH!

Don't ever write a water hole off.  Release some line from your pole into the water.  See how much line it takes to hit the bottom.  This gives you a rough depth estimate.  Remember, it only takes a little bit of water to conceal a BIG fish!

The turtle and all of the fish were released unharmed, including the fish that bled a bit from the gills.

Tight lines!