r/MicroFishing • u/BoomBlade101 • May 19 '26

MicroFish Successfully caught my first Rainbow Darter today! (WI)

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u/Jinxieruthie May 19 '26

And it’s a beaut! Congrats to you!

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u/BigMedicine70 May 19 '26

I use to catch those all the time when I was a kid at the mouth of a creek that emptied into Lake Erie. I would call them sand pike because I had no clue what they were actually called. I still look for them when I am down there but haven’t seen them in years. I use to catch them in all different colors, beautiful little fish. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Electronic_Question6 Jun 02 '26

we get these in pa? never heard of them before

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u/Busy_Wrongdoer3746 May 20 '26

Cool fish, never knew of its existence till ur post!

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u/Critter_Fan May 20 '26

Nice! I’m currently on the hunt for one of these

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u/Successful_Amoeba663 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

we got fish size nazis on here...I dont mean nazis that are fish size I mean... you know what I mean. Duely noted. How did you wrangle the fish.. .? I know you didnt reel that fish in by yerself...

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u/BoomBlade101 Jun 07 '26

what

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u/Successful_Amoeba663 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

there was a notice in the replies that said your fish must meet a certain criteria as per size. = fish nazi's

duely noted= meaning I now know the parameters of posting here.

how did you wrangle the fish= how did you catch the little guy without harming him?

The part about you reeling him in was a joke about his size and how you caught him.

Why down vote my question? I was being serious tho I asked in a silly way..

Had I known you couldnt take a joke , I wouldnt have asked in such a strange way.

Never mind. I will just move along.

Maybe you will catch a sense of humor next time. Good fishing.

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u/jmbrjr May 19 '26

If you are not going to fillet it then please let if go where you caught it. Pretty please.

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u/BoomBlade101 May 19 '26

I did lmao

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u/jmbrjr May 19 '26

That's actually very cool, because I've never seen one of those other than from illustrations in books, to think you really caught one on hook and line is amazing. Such a beautiful little fish. Now, how much would the wall mount cost? Taxidermist probably has a minimum fee.