What is the smallest fish you have ever caught?

[stooby]

I hear a lot of people talking about the biggest fish and their PB's, but out of curiosity, there must be some strange stories of people catching tiddlers on large tackle.... so, tell us your story!

 

Cheers,

 

Stooby...

[squidge218]

I hear a lot of people talking about the biggest fish and their PB's, but out of curiosity, there must be some strange stories of people catching tiddlers on large tackle.... so, tell us your story!

 

Cheers,

 

Stooby...

 

i caught a scorpion fish the other day which is saltwater and it was about 5cm long and must of weighed about 1 oz i was using 15lb mono on 12lb trace lol !!

[Anderoo]

As a kid I used to catch sticklebacks out of the garden pond, using 1lb line (no rod or reel), a float made out of a matchstick, and a single bloodworm on a 20 hook. The fish were far too small to take the hook, but they'd hang onto the bloodworm long enough for me to pull them out Great fun!

 

The smallest fish caught on 'proper' gear would be a minnow.

[stooby]

As a kid I used to catch sticklebacks out of the garden pond, using 1lb line (no rod or reel), a float made out of a matchstick, and a single bloodworm on a 20 hook. The fish were far too small to take the hook, but they'd hang onto the bloodworm long enough for me to pull them out Great fun!

 

The smallest fish caught on 'proper' gear would be a minnow.

 

I remember when I was much younger I used to catch goldfish from the garden pond with a rod and reel that my Dad made me with a bit of bread tied to the end of the line - NO HOOK! and I landed a couple which I was impressed with as susually they just fell off once breaching the surface, unsurprisingly with no hook!

[essox_lucius]

As a kid I used to catch sticklebacks out of the garden pond, using 1lb line (no rod or reel), a float made out of a matchstick, and a single bloodworm on a 20 hook. The fish were far too small to take the hook, but they'd hang onto the bloodworm long enough for me to pull them out Great fun!

 

The smallest fish caught on 'proper' gear would be a minnow.

 

stickle back while roach fushing also a 6 inch pike on a 4 inch deadbait

[Vagabond]

Female 10-spined stickleback, last year, which was my 99th UK species caught on hook and line.

The size 26 hook in the picture has a gape of just 1.9 mm (0.075 inches)

That makes the fish about 22mm long - less than an inch !

 

Edited February 16, 2010 by Vagabond

[Steve Walker]

As a kid I used to catch sticklebacks out of the garden pond, using 1lb line (no rod or reel), a float made out of a matchstick, and a single bloodworm on a 20 hook. The fish were far too small to take the hook, but they'd hang onto the bloodworm long enough for me to pull them out Great fun!

 

My friend had a sunken baby bath in his garden which was his stickleback pond. We used to do the same (but there were extra points for newts!)

 

This is the smallest fish I've caught on the fly:

 

[Kappa]

Not the smallest fish I've ever caught but significantly smaller than the worm I caught it on!

 

Rich

 

[Tigger]

I think my smallest fish on propper fishing gear would be a minnow although I have had some ultra small perch, chub etc and they weren't caught by design either so sometimes the hooks and size of baits they took or impailed them selves on where quite amazing.

[dapper64]

minnows,ruffe and a bullhead