2016 US Midwest

[MuskieBait]

(05-28-2016 10:34 PM)zippyFX Wrote:  Once again, awesome fish! I really need a tutorial from you on how to dial in the micros. Seems all the spots I find are colonized by sunfish. The spots that don't have sunfish don't seem to have much of interest.

I love them all, but I really love the sturgeon, darter, and the tail on the shorthead.

Nice trip!

If you are being pestered by Sunfish, move to a different area, or fish in the surrounding area where you are no longer getting the Sunfish bites.

It also depends on what you are looking for. Smaller creeks, especially in streams with defined pools and riffle areas, tend to be more productive for micros. Larger rivers, ponds or lakes are generally much less productive for catching micros. Part of the reason is the fact that many micros requires clean, well oxygenated waters of the smaller headwater creeks. The other part of the reason is the fact that you can see these micros much better in a smaller, shallower creek compared to a deeper, larger river.