My first microfishing trip
#1 Guest_FirstChAoS_*
Posted 25 August 2013 - 10:07 PM
What did I think? very frustrating. I tried tying on two leaders and lost them (I later found one). They are so tiny it is tough to tie their line to a swivel, and having one bad eye and numb hands from repetitive motion issues does not help. I gave up on the leaders and tried the microfishing kit.
On my first cast a sunfish went for the line, i went to set the hook and the sunny went flying through the air into the river and my line tangled. I couldn't undo the line tangle that wrapped the strike indicators around the mini bobber so I fished with it tangled.
The sunnies were voracious, especially for the bobber/indicators which they found more appetizing than bits of worm on the hook.
Still I got five sunfish, I'd have got more but the line snapped when I tried untangling it.
A couple sunnies did swallow the hooks but I found them amazingly easy to yank out. (with normal hooks I undo the swivel and let them leave with the leader when that happens, I cannot yank out or remove a hook with pliars with normal size hooks without injuring the fish when they swallow it).
Will I go microfishing again? not sure, until they make the leaders with attachment loops using them is alot of trouble.
Here are my sunnies, the first could be a redbreast, the rest look like pumpkinseeds.
#2 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 25 August 2013 - 10:54 PM
#6 Guest_CMStewart_*
Posted 26 August 2013 - 07:51 AM
#7 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 26 August 2013 - 08:38 AM
That's what the "tippet connectors" are for. Tie your line to the eye, pull the leader into the tight hook part, wrap it around once and pull it in again. It won't slip and you never have to tie knots in the leader. Takes just a couple seconds to attach or take off the leader.
Very cool.
#8 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 26 August 2013 - 09:54 AM
Ok, well, that's on my to buy list. Someone had suggested them on another thread but I didn't get it till you posted the picture. That's cool, I'm getting some of those.That's what the "tippet connectors" are for. Tie your line to the eye, pull the leader into the tight hook part, wrap it around once and pull it in again. It won't slip and you never have to tie knots in the leader. Takes just a couple seconds to attach or take off the leader.
#9 Guest_FirstChAoS_*
Posted 27 August 2013 - 12:22 AM
Josh, those are all redbreasts.
What gives them away as redbreasts.
I guessed punpkinseed due to the brownish-orangish spots on the side. They are too small for opercular tab identification. I hear redbreasts look basslike but they looked typically lepomis to me. (examining the pics they do look a bit elongated but I am not sure if that is a relic from resizing the photos).
#10 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 27 August 2013 - 07:19 AM
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