More Microfishing on Caddo Lake
This weekend a cold front came through and it felt so nice outside in the morning. I went out to Caddo Lake State Park again to try my homemade dough bait. The fish loved it. I caught a new species this time, the beautiful redspotted sunfish. Microfishing on Caddo Lake is hard because the water is so muddy that you can't even see an inch down into it; I can't tell where the little fish are.
I have been watching a YouTube channel called Extreme Philly Fishing, made by a microfisher. https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing . I noticed that he often starts out by using a tiny hook to catch the tiny species, and then switches to a large hook to catch the larger species like carp. This guy is really good and often catches ~10 species from a pond or river. I thought this was a good idea so I bought a panfish kit from Wal-mart that contains various jigs and curltail grub lures. I'll try his technique this weekend on Lake Gladewater.
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I love the Extreme Philly Fishing channel. Between him and your observations on here I'm getting excited to give microfishing a try.
Clifford @vermfly -- I'm so there with you -- I really want to try microfishing. I also hope the popularity of it increases. :)
@sambiology I'm just annoyed because California fishing licenses are sold by the calendar year instead of rolling 12 months at a time. So if I bought a fishing license right now (for full price) it would only be good for 5 months. It is super lame.
Texas is like that. Fishing licenses expire on August 31, no matter when you bought them. It's ridiculous.
They are planning to change it to a yearly pass that expires a year from when you purchased it. I'll buy mine right away when that happens or I'll take it up in January,
Thank you for supporting Texas Parks and Wildlife, Crystal. ;) Haha!
Seriously, those are the bread and butter of conservation, even though I agree it's totally silly to not have a rolling 12 month year...
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