My smallest fish ever!

[zippyFX]

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



This one on my finger:



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



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:


Gobie:


Common Shiner:


Creek Chub


Fallfish:


Nothing overly interesting just yet but fun catching the small guys.

[MuskieBait]

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

Now I encourage you to try for even smaller

[zippyFX]

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

[ST_ShoreFisher]

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.

[zippyFX]

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.

[Mdt]

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

[Aquaneko]

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

Now I encourage you to try for even smaller

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

[zippyFX]

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

[OldTimer]

What kind of minnows did ya use for bait?