Reply With QuoteGood pics. Pretty catches and colors.
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Creek fishing w/M C F travel Glass
Finally got an opportunity to wet a line today .
I took only one combo today , my Major Craft Finetail travel glass UL , setup @ 4’6” and paired with a Shimano Soare bb 500sspg , spooled with island blur Daiwa J-braid Grand .
I started on this beautiful fall day at Lake McIntosh , hoping to catch a few warmouth, shooting the docks next to the boat ramp.
Guess the low night temps have run them off , because I had a skunk going .
Decided to take the hike to the creek below the dam.
When I got to the creek , two guys were bait fishing the deep holes below the little shoal area .
I hoped they hadn’t already fished out the shoal area .
It took a few cast before I caught my first fish , a tiny bass . I was beginning to worry again .
Maybe they had fished it already or maybe the cool nights has turned them off feeding completely.
I kept fan casting , first below the rocks , then the area above .
I lost my jig on an underwater snag and my leader broke at the braid end .
Without any leader material with me , I tied a solid black jig directly onto the braid .
Even with the fairly clear creek , the fish didn’t seem to care about the braid .
Then I hooked a small redbreast and figured two fish are better than none .
Ended up catching ten total in forty minutes.
Better than I expected.
I love creek fishing . I need to find some more accessible creek areas .
Creek fish seem to love my little micro tungsten jigs. And the combo was awesome for fishing tight areas .
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Gillchaser, I'd take these size all day long especially this time of year! My local pond was getting ready for trout stocking but still hold a few post spawning adults but they in deep out of reach section, the middle...lol. Nice setup by the way!
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Love the colors on those redbreast, fire bellies are awesome. Fall is here even if temps are warmer than usual. 86 here yesterday, tied record temp for the day.
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Me too ! Most of the fish in the creek seem to be this size or smaller . Reminds me of trout fishing in the northern part of our state .Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1
It’s just that I don’t have to drive two and a half hours to get there .
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Love the colors on those redbreast, fire bellies are awesome. Fall is here even if temps are warmer than usual. 86 here yesterday, tied record temp for the day. (Quote )
We had over a week where the night temps got down into forties . It’s gone back up to more normal fifties at night , with almost 80 during the afternoons.
No rain since the big storm came through last month . The lakes and creeks are falling again .
All of this is affecting the fish location .
Makes bank fishing tough .
I may have to check out the town pond again , if the water hasn’t gotten too stagnant.
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Beautiful catches once again!
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pretty fish for sure , bream are still pecking around some here , but not near like it was a month ago ....soon to go deep is my guess
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