Weekly Meet Up FINALLY!

[gillchaser999]

It’s been awhile since my fishing buddy has been able to meet me at our midway fishing spot .
Weather was supposed to be cloudy to partly cloudy and low 60’s with light winds , but the sun came out and the temps were a pleasant mid 60’s .

The water was stained to almost muddy depending on location .

With water temps in the upper 40’s I wasn’t optimistic about our chances of catching anything significant.

I credit my buddy with my overall success of the day .
I didn’t think the water was warm enough for the green sunfish to be in the rocks , but he dropped his Trout Magnet in a few holes and jigged up a nice green sunfish of about five inches .
I dropped my little white 4mm size 10 handtie into a pocket and thump . I had one .
Most of these fish are micros about three inches long . Beautiful little fish.
I’m going start calling this type fishing MRF , Micro Rock Fishing .
It reminds me of light rock fishing I’ve watched several videos on and the Ajing Japanese fishing .
My rod today is a perfect rod for this style fishing . My 5’8” Major Craft Aji do 58L . Paired today with my Shimano Soare XR c2000sspg and 2# Floroclear .
Some folks wouldn’t enjoy this type of fishing like y buddy and I do . But I think it’s a blast to jig around the rocks and pull these awesome little fish out from under the rocks .
They are quick , they dart out , grab your jig and will wedge themselves in the rocks if you’re not quick enough to keep them out .
I think my tiny micro jigs are perfect for this .
My total catch today was 20 , 15 green sunfish , four bluegills (some of them hybrid mix with redbreast ) and one small LM .
Great fun day spent with a great fishing friend .
Going post a few pics of the green sunfish in the micro photo thread .

[SuperDave336]

Sounds like a fun way to fish to me. Nothing like fishing with friends

[skeetbum]

I’ll take that. Sounds like a good trip, lots of fun. Having your bud back with you was no doubt better than the fish.

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

Fun day for all. Those green sunfish are masters of the snags and are responsible for a lot of lost jigs by grabbing jigs and darting back to cover. One lake has a concrete walk around it and two spots where the concrete has a 2" gap between slabs that has some water. Drop a jig down in the crack and catch a green sunfish most of the time, maybe several. They are almost black they are so dark. I call them side walk sunnies.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

That first image shows some beautiful colors and well defined patterns…thanks for sharing