Greetings from south central Pa! I've been dealing with some issues lately, and honestly needed something to get my mind off things. Why not go fishing? I got my license today for the first time in about 10 years and proceeded to my local creek. Started out using a #2 inline spinner and caught three little smallies. Then switched to a 2 1/2 inch Rapala floater/diver minnow and caught a 12" fallfish. Then I threw the minnow into a deeper run beside a big log and BAM! This was a nice fish! He was running up and down the creek stripping drag and jumping for a while before I got control of him with my 4 pound line. What fun! Turned out to be a 15 inch smallie of about 1 1/2 or 2 lbs. Fight was definitely better than that of a similar sized largemouth. What a beautiful little fish! I think I'm hooked!

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Thanks! I'm gonna try and get out tonight and do a little more wading around. Hopefully the storms we're expecting will move on through the area. I'm thinking I'll start out with one of my small spinnerbaits. I like crankbaits, but I release everything and the treble hooks can hard to remove. I've thought about pinching down the barbs a little, but don't know if the fish will throw the hooks too easy. Anybody give this a try?

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welcome! great story. I love creek fishing, you never know what you are going to hook. it's a blast!!

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