Thread: 6-16-25 Weekly Meetup

My bud showed up at the designated boat ramp around 11:45 . I’d already caught one small gill . I went on to catch six or seven in that location while my buddy, IIRC caught one on a roostertail .
I was throwing my 4mm size 14 inline micro jigs on a 5’2” SeaSir Stream rod paired up with a Carbon X 500 reel and 2# Ande yellow line .
The heat was already running us to any shaded areas we could find where we might catch a fish .
Most of the fish were all on the fun size , no whoppers . But I caught numbers , fifty one gills and small bass .
Just before we were about to leave , I finally got my buddy to try my outfit with my micro jig . In less than five minutes , he caught three from a spot that had only given up a couple in the last hour on what he’d been using .
He told me , “ no wonder you’ve been kicking my butt with numbers “
I told him, “ I tried to give a few jigs to try , but you’d rather use yours “ haha l
He couldn’t believe it made that big of a difference.
I brought one of his combos home with me to spool up with some 2#Ande line for him and he’s going to try and duplicate a jig that’ll mimic my jigs , but just in case , I’ll have him a small assortment of my jigs to try next week.

What these fish lacked in size they made up with colors . This reservoir has some beautiful panfish swimming in it .

Big numbers of beautiful gills, certainly don't get much better. I'm with you on the hot sunny days, just can't stay out in the full sun long, even if they are biting like crazy. Trying new things is difficult, especially when the old way works. First thing I tie on is one of my duck jigs and most days it will still be on it at the end of the day even though I carry a couple hundred other capable lures.