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My smallest fish ever! - zippyFX - 06-30-2016 04:04 PM

Microfishing has been slow this year but fun none the less.

Went out this morning for an hour and I spotted an inky black slithering school of fish. I dragged my micro hooks tipped with a fleck of work through it and brought this guy up. All I had was my flip phone so the pictures suck but this is my juvenile bullhead on a Canadian dime

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This one on my finger:

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I "landed" a couple more of these guys. I got some log perch and small bluegill

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The log perch were biting and I landed a couple. No pictures of the ones today... Here are some of the micros/juveniles from this year.

Log perch:
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Gobie:
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Common Shiner:
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Creek Chub
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Fallfish:
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Nothing overly interesting just yet but fun catching the small guys.

RE: My smallest fish ever! - MuskieBait - 07-01-2016 06:37 PM

Cool mix of species. Congrats on your PS (personal smallest)! Smile

Now I encourage you to try for even smaller Big Grin

RE: My smallest fish ever! - zippyFX - 07-05-2016 09:28 AM

Thanks MB! Will do, catching this guy was pleasant but not much skill was involved dragging a worm fleck through school of voracious juveniles.

RE: My smallest fish ever! - ST_ShoreFisher - 07-07-2016 02:39 PM

With the fish being so tiny, would catching them basically be a death sentence for them? a hook can do a lot of damage.

just wondering, not judging.

RE: My smallest fish ever! - zippyFX - 07-07-2016 03:08 PM

Generally the fish are just as OK as in normal fishing.

Using smaller hooks specially designed for microfishing which have different profiles and are much smaller than regular hooks (think #22 to #26) allow a clean hooking in the mouth.

RE: My smallest fish ever! - Mdt - 04-25-2017 02:53 AM

Microfishing looks like fun. I might take the ice fishing rod to the local creek

RE: My smallest fish ever! - Aquaneko - 07-23-2017 07:17 AM

(07-01-2016 06:37 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  Cool mix of species. Congrats on your PS (personal smallest)! Smile

Now I encourage you to try for even smaller Big Grin

You might have to fish at the local petsmart in the otocinclus tank. Smile

RE: My smallest fish ever! - zippyFX - 09-13-2017 11:03 AM

My smallest fish this year (maybe ever). A small spottail shiner.

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RE: My smallest fish ever! - OldTimer - 09-13-2017 01:20 PM

What kind of minnows did ya use for bait?