Thread: Nothing Better !

There isn’t anything better than catching creek fish !
Especially redbreast , no matter the size .

I started fishing this overcast morning at lake McIntosh . Temps were in the mid Seventies with little wind . A nice morning.
But a guy and his kid were about ten steps ahead of me stepping onto the big dock and they headed straight to my favorite spot on the end as I stood at the boat ramp waiting to see where they went . Hard to get upset over a guy taking his kid fishing .
So I took a right headed to the small dock and a guy with a baitcaster in his hand beat me to my second spot to fish .
After a few casts he left and I got on the small dock and in about forty five minutes I caught nine micro warmouths and green sunfish.
I’ll post a couple of these in the micro picture thread .

I decided to leave and check out the old mill creek .
I found the creek about as low as I’d seen it this year , but I had the place to myself for almost an hour.
I was fishing my tiny rabbit fur jig tied on a size 12 hook with a tungsten bead .
I lost that jig on the bottom as I twitched it downstream a crease . But not before I’d caught seven of the seventeen fish I caught at the creek .
Counting these seven ,the nine I caught at the lake and the fish I caught my last couple of trips , I counted over 26 fish I’d caught on that single jig . And it’d still be catching fish if I hadn’t lost it .
At the creek I caught twelve beautiful redbreast , two shell crackers , two small bass , and a strange rounded looking bluegill .
The first redbreast I caught , almost took the rod out of my hand .
The creek fish fight double their size especially the redbreast and shellcracker.
The sun came out around noon , but by then I’d worked most the small area at the creek that’s fishable.
A fun morning with my 5’6” St Croix Premier ULF2 and Shimano Soare XR 500spg and 2# line .
Ain’t nothing better, IMO !

I agree with everyone so far, that’s a great place to fish. Another one of the perks we get. You caught a bunch of fish too, glad to hear that neither of us was bored this weekend. Good thing you have the recipe for the jig, I’m sure you’ll be tying more.