Hooked my PB on an ultra-light spinning

Was fishing a small creek with a 1/8 oz jig, with my Clarus 5.0 UL with Pflueger 25 sized President Limited = she weighed 5 1/2 lbs, caught off the bank. A lot of fun and unexpected to hook, and land this girl. Often run 6lb test P-Line CX but believe I had 8lb on this reel. Really gave me confidence on what can be done on light tackle. Chose this rod in the past as it had more backbone than other UL rods. I was targeting White bass, Crappie, and bass 2-3 lb that I have normally caught in the past.


I did not try powering the fish, just let it play itself out, had my drag set where she pulled a bit of line here and there when she made a few runs, but she did not take out much and it may have kept my line from breaking along with a limber rod. Just wanted to pass it on. Hope all are off to a Great 2017.

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Real nice I have the same pfluger on all my jig poles, except I use 15 lb line. I can't count the 10 to 15 # flatheads and buffalo I catch with those rides.

I have some PP15 I'm considering using...

You look like me just haul them in the house to show the wife lol


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65BR congrats, sounds like you knew what you were doing. For years I only fished with UL tackle and 4# test line. My first UL were some Daiwa 500 reels on a 4' 10" rods. These were sold as travel rods. My wife once hooked a 25 pound carp and I was able to land it by have the drag set right and just let the fish do his thing until he got tired. I also landed my PB bass of 7 pounds on a 10 jig pole and 4 pound test line.
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Excellent......

Nice fish and nice memory.

Wow! Congratulations!

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Thanks guys. That's pretty amazing pulling those big fish up on 4# - no doubt as we get wiser we learn not to try horsing them in with light tackle. I've broken hooks using little jigs, bent hooks, or tore them loose, got lucky perhaps as it caught the side of the mouth, and buried. I knew I had to just be patient. Yes, this will be one to remember :)

good job

Make me feel bad--- I hooked and landed a log with Braided line---- when Bro saw the log he wanted to know if I was spooled with 100 lb test Braid

Cool post! I love fishing with my ULs and when you can bring one in like that it's pretty dang exciting, great job!!

Nice fish, thanks for sharing.

caught lots of big bass and catfish with my UL rod and daiwa reel years ago. if you have your drag set correctly you just let them make their runs and tire out.

Thanks guys, good stuff.

FOL - that was a hefty catch - a log! Lol.

Gtreat catch, i love hooking into something nice sized on an UL, thanks for sharing, that big girl looks like a football.

Thanks, indeed she was a hefty fish for sure. Makes me want to land more "big" fish for UL, on light tackle.....just a new dimension :)