Smallest Catch

How small is your rod and how light is your line? It's not about the size of your tackle, but how you work it. Come share your Ultralight and Bait Finesse System (BFS) fishing success here!
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Houndfish
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by Houndfish » Mon Jan 02, 2017 2:38 am

I have seen breem/crappie poles in stores before but I don't know the first thing about them. Are they made for casting or just trolling/dipping?

I have a $5 tenkara rod I got from ebay, it is utter trash but was enough to get me excited about catching the tinyist of fish.
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gillchaser
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by gillchaser » Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:44 am

Houndfish wrote:I have seen breem/crappie poles in stores before but I don't know the first thing about them. Are they made for casting or just trolling/dipping?

I have a $5 tenkara rod I got from ebay, it is utter trash but was enough to get me excited about catching the tinyist of fish.
Depends on which one you get . The ones I've been playing with are like modern cane poles , they telescope for easy storage . I would think a nine footer with about 4' line would do good as a micro fishing rod, or put 9-10' line on it for Tenkara.
The Lews one I have is definitely UL . I could see a nice bluegill putting a full bend in it .
I also thought about making one . You can get a graphite UL Rod blank or a 7' flyrod blank for about $30 , add a tip top guide and glue a nice handle on it and you'll have a better Rod than most of the commercial ones out there . Gillchaser
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by Houndfish » Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:18 am

The idea is using a cheaper blank is a cool idea, but I think 7' is the limit of what fits in my car. Part of the lure of tenkara is that the rod, line, and lures all will fit in the water bottle pocket on my pack.
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gillchaser
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by gillchaser » Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:37 am

Caught this little fellow today . Somewhere in that mouth is a Trout Magnet and jig :) Gillchaser
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by CM_Stewart » Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:19 am

Guess that's why they call them largemouth!
Chris Stewart
(affiliations: TenkaraBum.com, Finesse-Fishing.com)
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by Jrob » Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:43 am

LOL! :)
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YarikFromEast
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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by YarikFromEast » Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:30 am

Unfortunately cant find my 17 g pike. But this two quite small too :D


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Re: Smallest Catch

Post by gillchaser » Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:02 pm

caught this little guy yesterday . Redbreast in winter colors . Gillchaser
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