didn’t realize I was microfishing

27F. Last summer I went through a horrific breakup and had just moved from the beach (surfing, paddle boarding, swimming) to an area with no water activities so I bought a rod.

I'm extremely agoraphobic so leaving the house can be hard for me but there's a lot of (very small) creeks not too far from my house that encouraged me to get out. I would pretty much just throw out whatever I found in my stepdads tackle box and catch the smallest fish. It got me out of my funk and gave me something to do.

Now I realize I was pretty much microfishing without realizing it! Here are a few of the catches. I see the appeal of catching species you wouldn't see otherwise, especially in the area I'm in!