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I darn well better

Heck Yeah Playa!

FTR, I have plenty of increasing difficulties associated with advancing age so I don't tease anybody about that. micro fishing is a different challenge than conventional stuff. Both can be tough or easy.. Good Job Dave! Keep on Keeping on

69) Brook Trout. From a tiny creek on a 1/32 oz Zig Jig

68) Round Goby in Lake Michigan by the millions. Gonna come on down the Mississippi River

67) Northern Pike : busted a road trip. Almost got another on fly

Oh Man, That's Crazy!

Congrats to @Johnsfolly for reaching Sid level. I'm hoping he can cross the Century mark by the end of the Summer.

I think I have done both. It's fine to have a little mono underneath ; I'd probably tie a uni to uni there since it won't be in play much. I have not learned to FG. I'm doing Alberto or three loop surgeons knot to attach leader

My halibut didn't tasty fishy, walleye have a great texture but not a fishy taste. Mahi mahi is just the best.

Walleye, Halibut, Mahi mahi ?

Oh, and I made a friend

A definite maybe. Their colors were so vibrant that I got my hopes up. My memory was fuzzy on the target darter fin colors, I knew they had been caught in that creek. In my ignorance, I never dreamed Rainbow Darters would be there in such abundance

66) Southern Red Bellied Dace

Lol, John's aiming for 500. 300 seems a long way off for me

Not pictured are the Long Eared Sunfish and Green Sunfish. Just because. They absolutely get in the way and wreck your bait.

My little ray of light a drab female Southern Red Bellied Dace

And then of course Knobfin Sculpin

These guys were turds too. There were multiple minnows I wanted to try to catch. You can't because these hyper aggressive jerks knock the other fish out of the way Bleeding Shiner

Aggressive and seemingly omnipresent

To borrow a line from Forrest Gump, "I'm Not a Smart Man". I always have multiple options for a fishing trip. Today I chose to drive about 7 hours to fish for 3 1/2 hours. I was trying for a Lifer and maybe a species or two for "The Push". The Good was that I caught fish right away. I was turning down opportunities trying to get that Lifer. The Bad, I did not get the Lifer. I tried. I tried hard. It was Hot. I stayed with it, but it just did not happen. Yet. It will. the Ugly, way too much driving and not near enough actual fishing. If you haven't micro fished you probably think that it is easier than conventional fishing. If you think that, you are mistaken. I do both ; I can tell you micro fishing is lots more difficult and more frustrating. I am getting much better at catching darters. I am getting much better at not wasting time on the water. I am getting much better at bait management. All those improvements still wasn't enough to overcome the flood tide of non targeted darters ( ie the Rainbow scourge). So, I had another adventure with highs and lows. A little bit of a saving grace, but frustrated none the less. lots of pics to follow

That's Awesome for him, but I'm not competing with anyone. This is My Quest.

Babbler is your guy

65) Ozark Minnow

You know it was a Female Rainbow Darter. She should be 86 and the the mystery Notropis has Crosby's number