8-26-25 Meetup Challenge

My fishing buddy and I meetup almost every week at a lake that’s just about equal distance from our house . He lives south of the lake , I live north.
We challenge each other on who can catch the most fish , size doesn’t matter .
Until a few weeks ago , I won almost every trip , usually by a good amount .
What happened four weeks ago that turned things around?
A couple of things , one , I shared my recipe of my micro jigs with my buddy and even took him tying materials so he could tie his on .
Second , I changed my goal , I wanted to catch a few better ones in my catch .

My buddy has won three out of four of the last four trips .
But the last couple of trips , I’ve caught a couple of good ones, even though today was a tough bite .
Wonderful weather, but the lake was about 3’ low and the water quality didn’t look too good . It had a brown color . A few of the fish I caught up the creek looked slimy and some has sores .
I ended up with a total of twenty two , my bud caught twenty seven.
Most mine were caught on 1/32oz jigs with a size 8 hook , with either a 1” curlytail or a trout magnet.
6’ TFO ultralight rods and Soare 500 reels , some with 2# P line , some with 4# p line .
I didn’t get to fish the areas with the tall banks but was pleased with the way my changes in tackle performed.

Good job and good pics.

Some nice fish there, I definitely prefer quality over quantity. Water is funky looking here, some green foam on top. Might be with cooler temps having the lake temperature dropping too fast.

Some good looking catches.