Although it was a weekend, we decided to take a quickie trip to Elephant Butte. The lake was wall-to-wall people but our little cove behind the butte was not as bad.

Surprisingly, the carp were only seen here and there---not like the previous visit where monsters casually swam by every few minutes. However, we soon discovered that they were replaced by beautiful brim (green perch) that were everywhere. They were hungry too----no sooner would I put my line in the water with even just a tiny nub of a worm, that they would chase it and snatch it hungrily.

What??? Have we been teleported to a REAL lake?? Is this like the answer to all our fishing prayers??

Alas, as in all things, there are good news and bad news..........the good news is yes, they were everywhere. They were biting like crazy. All day. The bad news? The big ones----the GIANTS---were about three inches long.