Working my Micro Light Spinning Rod to The Max!!

For those of you who haven’t try fishing a micro light spinning rod then you are missing out on some fantastic ultra light action. I have been using these type rods for years, when I use them to land crappie and bluegill some ten years ago. Of course that was before I started using the fly rod, which all you know has taken precedence over all my other reels and rods.

I have to admit there are times through that I stray away from the fly rod, and this past week was one of those times. I decided to use my micro light spinning rods to go after some of the channel and blue catfish on Smith my home lake. Fishing the rock walls during the late summer and into the fall can be an excellent time to land some quality catfish. The catfish on Smith tend to feed early and late in the evening, so my trip this past week was a daylight outing fishing nothing but the rock walls tight lining at depths of 20 to 30 feet down.

Find a rock wall like the above image and most of time you find catfish, especially if the wall holds a muscadine vine, the catfish devour those when they are in season.

A healthy channel cat using my 7 ½ ft. micro light.

My 7 ½ ft. micro light spinning rod paired with the Pflueger President XT spinning reel which spools 4 to 6 lb. test line. Today I was using my 6 lb. test extra spool which came with the reel. The balance on this combo parallels the balance I go for on my fly rod combos, super light and sensitive.

Gulp catfish chunks split into and served up on a size 12 true turn hook; I know most everyone fishes for catfish using heavier equipment, but I prefer the challenge and fight that this fish will give one using an inferior combo, and in this case the micro light works to perfection for me. In fact it is the closet I can get to my fly rod on trips like today.

Every once in a while a spot will nail the gulp chunk which is another challenge for the micro light that it passes. I ended the morning with 5 catfish all basically the same size of my post image and the one spot. The spot got its freedom, but the catfish were not so lucky. My wife and I seldom eat fried meals, but we make an exception when it comes to fresh catfish fillets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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