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re: Night Fishing Memories
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:06 am to CalcuttaTigah
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:06 am to CalcuttaTigah
Stroked the bass pretty good until ten last night. At ten I hung up and broke off and that was it. I was done. Do it again tonight and tomorrow etc. They are now biting at night.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:29 am to aTmTexas Dillo
Back in the 1970s there was a man from Alabama who had caught what was claimed to be more 10 pound plus bass than anyone ever. Most of them were caught at night on a muskie jitterbug in what was termed "the bass triangle" an area roughly halfway between Tallahassee and Jacksonvile and stretching 50 miles north to south with the base of the triangle in Georgia and the apex in Florida, roughly Tifton to Gainesville. This guy was a legend in the 1970s...LJ Brasher. Had a wall COVERED with BIG Bass mounted. He fished slow and steady apparently and did it it a LOT...and it paid off. Of course this was back in an era where fishing private lakes was not hard to do and pressure wasn't as great BUT he still did it....almost all at night
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:04 am to AwgustaDawg
We had a houseboat at Huxley Bay on Toledo Bend for 20 years. My dad would go sink a few boat loads of brush, cotton seed cake, dog food, etc. then wait a few days. He would check me out of school on Thursday, he would already have pounds of minnows, groceries etc. We would take the houseboat out and park in our spot next to the channel in 40ft of water.
We would hang 4 Coleman lanterns off each side, and fish 4 or 5 poles each side, bugs were horrible, but we always ended up with an ice chest or 2 full of crappie fishing most of the night.. Houseboat slept 8 with huge decks, we always had family or friends with us, sometimes 4 boats tied up to the houseboat. One night steaks, next night fried fish, always ate good.
We would pull the bass boat behind the houseboat, lots of times we would get up early and go bass fishing, or bream fishing, then have to help clean 100 bream. We would be on the water Thursday through Sunday before going back to land. Sometimes I would bring friends, when at dock, we would wait for the guides to come in. When they threw fish guts in the water, we would catch huge gar on steel leaders for fun, the gars stayed there. Those were awesome times.
We would hang 4 Coleman lanterns off each side, and fish 4 or 5 poles each side, bugs were horrible, but we always ended up with an ice chest or 2 full of crappie fishing most of the night.. Houseboat slept 8 with huge decks, we always had family or friends with us, sometimes 4 boats tied up to the houseboat. One night steaks, next night fried fish, always ate good.
We would pull the bass boat behind the houseboat, lots of times we would get up early and go bass fishing, or bream fishing, then have to help clean 100 bream. We would be on the water Thursday through Sunday before going back to land. Sometimes I would bring friends, when at dock, we would wait for the guides to come in. When they threw fish guts in the water, we would catch huge gar on steel leaders for fun, the gars stayed there. Those were awesome times.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:47 am to MTG325
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We had a houseboat at Huxley Bay on Toledo Bend for 20 years. My dad would go sink a few boat loads of brush, cotton seed cake, dog food, etc. then wait a few days. He would check me out of school on Thursday, he would already have pounds of minnows, groceries etc. We would take the houseboat out and park in our spot next to the channel in 40ft of water.
We would hang 4 Coleman lanterns off each side, and fish 4 or 5 poles each side, bugs were horrible, but we always ended up with an ice chest or 2 full of crappie fishing most of the night.. Houseboat slept 8 with huge decks, we always had family or friends with us, sometimes 4 boats tied up to the houseboat. One night steaks, next night fried fish, always ate good.
We would pull the bass boat behind the houseboat, lots of times we would get up early and go bass fishing, or bream fishing, then have to help clean 100 bream. We would be on the water Thursday through Sunday before going back to land. Sometimes I would bring friends, when at dock, we would wait for the guides to come in. When they threw fish guts in the water, we would catch huge gar on steel leaders for fun, the gars stayed there. Those were awesome times.
Sounds like a blast!
Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:30 am to AwgustaDawg
Last night was my first "night" fish in a while. What I do know is the fish just hammered the Senkos. I also fished the late afternoon/evening and caught. I agree with others who say the solitude at night is great. And you also can understand why a little yappy dog is such a great watch dog. Those dogs in houses two hundred feet from the water knew everything I was doing.
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