30 gills in 70 minutes

[gillchaser999]

What a blast !
I went back to lake McIntosh, the place I fished Thursday and took a couple rods to play with the gills .
I took my 5’ St Croix Premier ULM paired with a Shimano Miravel c2000s with 2# Floroclear, and a 5’ Daiwa Trout X XUL paired with a Daiwa Fuego 1000 LT with 2# line .
Both performed awesome, but I preferred the St Croix Premier rod and the Daiwa Fuego . If I’d had the time I would have swapped the reels on the rods .
I liked the casting and feel of the SC Premier and the Fuego was just smoother than the Miravel.
At this lake , I’m able to park close enough to the lake where it’s not a problem changing rods and I like doing these rod to rod comparisons.
Since the geese at the Town pond keep it a mess , I’ll be driving a little farther to lake McIntosh where the water and the banks are cleaner .
I ended up catching 30 gills in the seventy minutes I fished and the highlight was when a nice size largemouth grabbed one of my bream and I had a nice couple minutes fight until the bass decided to let go of the bream . It made several nice runs with the Fuego drag singing my favorite song .
Lure was a .7g micro spinner .

[SuperDave336]

Good pics and catches. Thanks for sharing

[BIGFISHNFREAK]

Gillchaser999,
You had a fantastic trip, those U/L St. Croix rod are nice.
Thanks for sharing, happy fathers day.
And happy fathers day to all crappie.com Dads.

[gillchaser999]

Gillchaser999,
You had a fantastic trip, those U/L St. Croix rod are nice.
Thanks for sharing, happy fathers day.
And happy fathers day to all crappie.com Dads.

Yes sir , I do like my St Croix Ultralights , as much , if not more than my JDM rods .
They have a feel I’m more familiar with .
My daughter just sent me a St Croix gift card for Father’s Day and I ordered an Avid 5’6” UL two piece rod .
Happy Father’s Day to you also !

[BuckeyeCrappie]

That’s a great avg time! Thanks for sharing

[DockShootinJack]

Fast action

[moonrunner]

That's a lot of catching, the little spinner was getting it done today.

[gillchaser999]

That's a lot of catching, the little spinner was getting it done today.

I’ve had these for several months but never got around to trying them until this week .
I ordered another pack .

[UpstateSC_Bill]

Nice catches, nice tackle. Love my St. Croix rods.

[BobC]

Gillchaser999,
You had a fantastic trip, those U/L St. Croix rod are nice.
Thanks for sharing, happy fathers day.
And happy fathers day to all crappie.com Dads.

Best wishes to all the dads and try and get out and wet a line if you can.
Bob