New reel , short trip

I got my Shimano Soare bb500spg this morning, spooled it up with some 2# Floroclear and attached it to an older model black 5’ St Croix Triumph ULM .
After dropping my wife off for her PT , I drove to the local reservoir docks and tossed a 1” black curly tail for forty five minutes.
The water is dropping daily , making the normally productive side of the docks a little shallow to hold many gills.
But I managed to catch three gills and a tiny crappie .
The Soare BB and 5’ Triumph made a great little gill catcher . With a 4.6mm tungsten bead jig I was making some long casts .

The highlight of the trip was I noticed a tiny catfish swimming along the bank . He was about 1 1/2” long . Hope he makes it .
Kinda reminded me of the 1” black curly tail I was using .

That little catfish does look like a black curly tail.

Super clear by the bank! Thanks for sharing

A good trip with your little friends. I think that’s the smallest catfish I’ve ever seen. Enjoy the new reel. Victor sells the bearings for the handle if you need em, made mine much better.

Nice looking combo

That was a small cat. Probably big cats never give them a chance to grow up!:Rofl
Bob