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re: Night Fishing Memories
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:06 am to CalcuttaTigah
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:06 am to CalcuttaTigah
Still do a lot of crappie fishing at night under the lights. Use submersible LEDs now but fondly remember the hiss of a Coleman lantern and the cloud of insects nearly choking it out.
Used to fish Lake Lanier and Allatoona a lot at night and wore the bass out....
People do not fish at night as much as they used to....back in the 70s and 80s you could not cross a bridge on a COE lake from May to September and not see at least one Coleman lantern burning on the lake.....I seldom see a soul fishing Clarkes Hill past about 10 or 11 PM now....and the few you do see are usually bow fishing.
Nothing like being on the water at night, listening to the radio, eating a bunch of junk food and catching the occasional crappie....
Used to fish Lake Lanier and Allatoona a lot at night and wore the bass out....
People do not fish at night as much as they used to....back in the 70s and 80s you could not cross a bridge on a COE lake from May to September and not see at least one Coleman lantern burning on the lake.....I seldom see a soul fishing Clarkes Hill past about 10 or 11 PM now....and the few you do see are usually bow fishing.
Nothing like being on the water at night, listening to the radio, eating a bunch of junk food and catching the occasional crappie....
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 12:54 pm to AwgustaDawg
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Use submersible LEDs now but fondly remember the hiss of a Coleman lantern
I've heard that the full spectrum light from an old school coleman attracts the food chain better than LED's, but obviously LED's work too and are very popular and apparently catch fish.
Lake Allatoona, a COE lake as you mentioned, had a boat ramp right by I-75 bridge you could paddle to in a JB without even cranking your engine. But you'd still need your battery powered clamp-on nav lights because the wardens were out every night going from bridge to bridge checking everyone, you certainly needed to have your shite in order, and not slur your speech. This was 80s-90s.
People would get real protective of "their" spots too, some pilings had better reputations than others. Heard many a argument over the water with drunk rednecks mad about proximity, when all anyone was doing was dropping a minnow over the rail of their boat. The way I figure, more lights together in a concentrated space will bring more of the biomass to it and become the hot spot for the night, benefitting everyone.
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