Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! “Shiner Heaven” By Tim Aldridge Rocky River Watershed-Piedmont Region, North Carolina. This beautiful stream is a tributary of the Rocky River, although the Pee Dee watershed is very close by as well. …
Read More »Micro Fishing The New with the Old
Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! Micro Fishing The New with the Old New River micro species, North Carolina, and Virginia. Geologically, one of the five oldest rivers in the world, the New River faces challenges each day to support the forty-six native fish species it …
Read More »It’s All About the Micro Fish
Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! Below: A Freshwater Goby (Ctenogobius shufeldtti) poses for a quick photograph before being released. Gobies (Gobiidae) are a very large fish Family with more than 2000 species worldwide, however, most are small. Lifelisting is a fun “addiction”, more akin …
Read More »The Notropis Are Commonly Known as Eastern Shiners and Difficult to Identify Properly
Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! The genus notropis, or the eastern shiners, are around ninety fish species in the minnow (Leuciscidae) family that are notoriously difficult to identify. These “shiners” make up a large portion of the minnow species in eastern streams, even though most …
Read More »Micro Fish Minnows in the Genus Pteronotropis
Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! Genus Pteronotropis By Tim Aldridge Above: An “Eastern” Flagfin Shiner (Pteronotropis species) showing off brilliant hues of orange, red, yellow, black, and yellow. Minnows in the genus Pteronotropis are small, colorful, and aggressive when microfishing, however there is one caveat-finding …
Read More »3 Tips for Catching Freshwater Sculpin at Night
Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! Sculpins (Cottus). Known as the freshwater Sculpins, there are around 70 species of Cottus Sculpins recognized currently. Sculpins tend to hide well during the day in deeper water and under rocks. At night, however, they tend to come into the …
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Buy your Art of Micro Fishing MICRO FISHING HOOKS now! The Art of Microfishing By Tim Aldridge Microfishing is a relatively new form of fishing that has a humble number of followers. Microfishing is just like fishing with the exception that you are using much smaller line, hooks and weights. …
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