Thread: 8-26-25 Meetup Challenge

My fishing buddy and I meetup almost every week at a lake that’s just about equal distance from our house . He lives south of the lake , I live north.
We challenge each other on who can catch the most fish , size doesn’t matter .
Until a few weeks ago , I won almost every trip , usually by a good amount .
What happened four weeks ago that turned things around?
A couple of things , one , I shared my recipe of my micro jigs with my buddy and even took him tying materials so he could tie his on .
Second , I changed my goal , I wanted to catch a few better ones in my catch .

My buddy has won three out of four of the last four trips .
But the last couple of trips , I’ve caught a couple of good ones, even though today was a tough bite .
Wonderful weather, but the lake was about 3’ low and the water quality didn’t look too good . It had a brown color . A few of the fish I caught up the creek looked slimy and some has sores .
I ended up with a total of twenty two , my bud caught twenty seven.
Most mine were caught on 1/32oz jigs with a size 8 hook , with either a 1” curlytail or a trout magnet.
6’ TFO ultralight rods and Soare 500 reels , some with 2# P line , some with 4# p line .
I didn’t get to fish the areas with the tall banks but was pleased with the way my changes in tackle performed.

Some good looking catches.