Little rods & Little Fish

I took a couple of my short rods fishing this morning to lake McIntosh.
Overcast skies to begin with around 11:30 with partly sunning skies by the time I left just before two .
As the sun increased , the number of folks showed up at the lake . Parking lot was almost full , with several boats waiting to launch .
I took a couple St Croix rods, a 4’10” Trout series ULF with a Shimano Soare bb 500spg , and a 5’ Premier ULM with a Shimano Soare XR500spg both with two pound P-Line .
Unlike yesterday, a 1” curlytail beat out the mini trout magnet for best lure .
I tried a different retrieve today . After the cast , I would lift the rod tip , and retrieve line as I let the jig drop . I caught several small bluegill this way that were just pecking at the jig on a steady slow retrieve.
Bluegill clear , and smoke glitter were the two productive colors on my 4.6mm Tungsten bead jig in black .
Nineteen little catches including three green sunfish, a tiny LM bass, a warmouth , and a juvenile shellcracker mixed in with the gills .
I had intended on taking my 4’6” Premier UL but grabbed the five footer by mistake.
Still a short stick .

They all count! That was about the size that I was catching today. A few nice ones sprinkled in.
Bob

Nice!

A catch is a catch. Nice fish.

What do you think of that Soare BB? I see those all the time and wonder what the difference is.

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Originally Posted by gunwhatgun

A catch is a catch. Nice fish.

What do you think of that Soare BB? I see those all the time and wonder what the difference is.

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I like my Soare BB 500spg reel . I actually just ordered another one .
It’s a small , smooth winding , shallow spool , low gear ratio, ultralight reel .
I Ike the Soare XR500spg a little better . It’s a nicer reel but cost $80+ more than the BB .
IIRC , the BB has five bearings 4+1 where the XR has nine 8+1 .
The XR weighs 135g, the BB weighs 155g.
Both are 4.7/1 gear ratio.

The XR , IMO , looks better too . Although the BB is a good looking reel .

Beautiful colors on your catches!

That’s a good trip with the little fellers? My Saturday wasn’t bed but I’ve been busy since. Hope you get out again today.

Takes some skill to get a hook in those little ones

I really like the St.Croix ultra lite rods as well, I bought 3 of the panfish series, just wish they could put better guides on them, they are 150.00 rods, made in Mexico. The old premier models are fantastic, thought I would modernize.

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Originally Posted by gunwhatgun

A catch is a catch. Nice fish.

What do you think of that Soare BB? I see those all the time and wonder what the difference is.

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Got my Soare bb500spg today. Ordered it two days ago from Digitaker . Seems like they’re getting faster getting things out when they’re in stock .

You know what they say, "it isn't how big it is but what you do with it." :highfive
I like catching numbers any day on my creations than a few large ones that took hours to catch.

Congrats!