Shooting and Redbreast trip

Went to the Shooting range with my brother this morning.
Got to shoot my Ruger MarkIV 22/45’s and my Ruger Bisley Single Six for about an hour , had a lakeside snack of Vienna Sausages and cheese crackers and then got to fish about forty five minutes before making the two hour drive back home .
My plan was to catch four or five on my 5’5” Daiwa Gekkabijin Ajing rod , paired with a Shimano Nasci 500 , then switch to my 4’10” Major Craft Finetail Glass rod paired with an older model Shimano Sienna 500 .
I hooked six on the Ajing rod , landed four and switched rods .
I landed eight including some pretty redbreast .
I need to get down there and spend a few hours fishing there . There has to be some bigger ones in there .
I think redbreast are second in line as far as putting up a good battle , next to shellcracker

I haven’t shot my 22/45 since my father passed away in 2017. We used to shoot together behind their house. Nice colors on those catches.

Those Ruger 22's are certainly a ton of fun. Can't have too many

I’ve got a Ruger semi to pick up today myself. They’re a lot of fun and dependable. And I agree on the fight rating on those fish. I’ve had a five inch redbreast try to take my rod out of my hand when he caught me napping.I quoted one a little while back that was 8”+ and was sure I had a cracker.

I agree that the shellcracker is the hardest pulling bream unless the redbreast are in a river. River redbreast can pull

Whate everyone said on the redbreast. Terrific fighters on U/L gear.
Bob

Just stuck my Ruger eagle sticker on my truck window yesterday , have 3 myself….
Sounds like good times to me ….:cheers2

Always a fun catch and tug! Thanks for sharing