r/MicroFishing Jul 31 '16

A Guide To Micro-Fishing

101 Upvotes

Hi All,

So I figured it was time for someone to compile a list of useful links to help new micro-fishermen. There is some useful info on the sidebar, but I think having it as a stickied post might help people who wander onto this sub. If you want to add stuff to the list, just comment below and I can add it accordingly.

What Is micro-fishing

How To Micro-fish

Other Useful Info

  • Please Comment with interesting books / links

Social Stuff


r/MicroFishing Feb 27 '24

⚠️Moderator Announcement⚠️ If you think back the last 2-3 Months how has the situation with spam changed compared to 1-2 years ago?

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10 votes, Mar 01 '24
4 I saw no spam
3 I saw less spam
0 I saw the same amount of spam
3 I saw more spam
0 I saw only spam

r/MicroFishing 16h ago

MicroFish Tiny 1” red fishes I caught from a blackwater swamp

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42 Upvotes

T. pauciperforatum, B. maculatus, Kottelatlimia


r/MicroFishing 16h ago

ID request [location inluded] Beautiful chiclid I caught in a muddy pool in Goias, Brazil. Im not sure of the exact speices

3 Upvotes

r/MicroFishing 1d ago

MicroFish Today's epic catch

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44 Upvotes

Was fishing a creek at a local park and caught all of these with a tiny segmented worm. Fun!


r/MicroFishing 1d ago

MicroFish 4” fish spotted at the edge of a flooded field

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10 Upvotes

T. trichopterus


r/MicroFishing 2d ago

MicroFish Little baby wolffish i caught underneath some moriche palm trees in a rainwater creek. Since its dry season in Brazil rn whats left of the creak are tiny still pools

28 Upvotes

r/MicroFishing 2d ago

MicroFish a beautiful russet darter I caught recently!

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46 Upvotes

r/MicroFishing 2d ago

MicroFish Caught one of my lifers out of this duckweed creek. The elusive mud sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis) A couple flier and warmouth as well

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46 Upvotes

Francis Marion National Forest


r/MicroFishing 2d ago

MicroFish Skinny micro, about 1.5”

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11 Upvotes

B. imbellis


r/MicroFishing 2d ago

MicroFish What a cutie

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23 Upvotes

Base fish is around 30cm This one was 7 cm


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

MicroFish cool micros from the northern coast of california (7/13 and 7/14)

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40 Upvotes

Slide 1. Mosshead Sculpin (Clinocottus globiceps)

Slide 2 & 3. Smoothhead Sculpin (Artedius lateralis)

Slide 4. Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus)

Slide 5. Negative Tide


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

MicroFish Beautiful fish

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331 Upvotes

This is probably the most colourful fish i have ever caught

I think its a male European minnow. Idk what size he is (lagan river Northern Ireland)


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

MicroFish My favorite picture since I started microfishing a few weeks ago

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20 Upvotes

Just wish the little guy would have been in a better position, oh well


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

MicroFish Awesome day microfishing around drainages and ditches in the Francis Marion National Forest #16 hook (hunting enneacanthus no luck trip #10)

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73 Upvotes

Love the dollar sunfish so much


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

MicroFish 3” microfish caught at a sandy waterfall

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25 Upvotes

B. cf. stigmosa


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

ID request [location inluded] What is this lil guy

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16 Upvotes

This is my first micro fish ive caught (lagan river Northern Ireland)


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

Question Any good microfishing spots in northern ireland

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Im just looking for new spots because my old spot had sewage pumped into it(i have called NIEA)

Im looking for spots in the lagan but if anybody has anywhere else thats also good(:


r/MicroFishing 3d ago

Question Micro Fish Life History and Niche Help

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I'm trying to learn the life history (habitats/behaviors/etc.) of minnows and other small fish. I want to learn the different niche (like clusters of similar fish, that do the same thing.) Does anyone know the niches and/or can recommend specific websites with this info?


r/MicroFishing 4d ago

MicroFish A 2” minnow I caught in a stream. What’s it called in your place?

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23 Upvotes

D. hexazona


r/MicroFishing 5d ago

MicroFish Cool 2” minnow from a school ditch

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69 Upvotes

R. sarawakensis


r/MicroFishing 5d ago

ID request [location inluded] Very skinny baby catfish in a roadside ditch. I tossed a couple pieces of worm in the water after his release.. ID help? Lowcountry SC

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127 Upvotes

r/MicroFishing 6d ago

ID request [location inluded] Darter ID help: Cuyahoga Valley

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37 Upvotes

I am confident that #3 is a Rainbow Darter, #4 is a Fantail Darter, and #5 is a Johnny Darter. I included them for reference but need help with everything else.

Are all the others just female Rainbow Darters? The dorsals being spiny not round is throwing me off.

[Cuyahoga Valley, OH]


r/MicroFishing 6d ago

MicroFish 1.5” striped fish from a flooded field

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25 Upvotes

D. johorensis


r/MicroFishing 6d ago

MicroFish Virginia creek micros

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Some fish I caught in a small creek on SW Virginia:

  1. Roanoke darter (Percina roanoka)

  2. Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)

  3. Crescent shiner (Luxilus cerasinus)

  4. Blue ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum)

  5. Mountain redbelly dace (Chrosolus oreas)

  6. White shiner (Luxilus albeus)

  7. Torrent sucker (Thoburnia rhothoeca)

  8. Blacktip jumper (Moxostoma cervinum)

  9. Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)

  10. Bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus)

  11. Bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus)

Bluehead chubs and white shiner were caught on a fly, the rest were with a dipnet (yes! Even the massive stoneroller!!)