Creek chub

My son fished a tiny creek and got one little creek chub. Christmas Fish!

I decided to explore a new section of Burnt Meadow Brook today. My hope was to catch some wild rainbows and brook trout, since there are brook trout further up in this creek and rainbows in West Brook, witch connects not far downstream. However, I highly doubt there were any trout in this section. It was very slow water and shallow as well. I decided to walk up the creek and see if I spooked any fish, and I saw about two fish total. That was until I reached the hole under the bridge. There was a massive school of suckers and chubs, and a couple bass, perch, and bluegill in the mix as well. They were very spooky, since the water was crystal clear, but I was able to get a few to bite. I broke off on a sucker and a creekchub when setting the hook, since I was only using 5x tippet. However, I was able to land 2 chubs. All of the bites came off the squirmy wormy in brown and red-pink. While most of the fish were small, there were a few big suckers, one probably pushing 18". While this wasnt what I was looking for, I'll gladly take it for exploring a new section of creek in the middle of winter.

Small little creek chub today

First fishing trip of the fall with new rod