Thread: Winter gills ?

69 degrees and cloudy today . Can you call that winter ?
I figured I’d take advantage of the warm weather while it lasted , so I grabbed a couple ultralight combos and headed to the town pond .
First combo was a 6’ St Croix Avid with a 500 Shimano reel spooled with 2# SOS line .
I caught three on this combo and and switched out to my 6’ St Croix Premier with a 500 size Kastking Zephyr ice reel spooled with 4# original P-Line .
Out of the two outfits , I preferred the Premier combo . Even with 4# line, it cast farther and easier than the Avid . Both rods are labeled fast action , but I would call them more moderate/fast , especially the Avid .
I fished almost two hours and caught eight fish including a small LM bass and seven hills from 8 1/2” to just over 9 1/4” . I was hoping for a 10 incher .
EDIT: Forgot to mention , all were caught on my woolybooger micro jigs , 1/80 and 1/64 , under a 3/4” round weighted float .
I tried a cigar shaped float and was able to get more distance on my casts , but almost every one was tangled when I got the rig in .