Micro Fishing Gear

[MuskieBait]

I've never used any sort of tube bait, so I don't know.

Yeah, a fleck of worm is just a very small piece. Easiest if you have scissors...but mostly I use my finger nails.

I don't have much issues extracting hooks, but I do have smaller forceps that I used for flyfishing. You do need to match hook size to the fish you are after. If you start catching bigger minnows like Creek Chub and Common Shiner on the really small hooks, move and fish a different area. Those fish generally beat other fish to the bait and crowd out other species anyways.