Pour Dennis Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 This past Saturday night our club had a night tourney. It only took 2 fish to win it. I would like some help in trying to catch fish after a cold front moves in as I was not able to bring any fish to the scales. Thanks
Whack'emGood Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Dennis, We, too, had trouble night fishing this weekend. We fished a tourney Friday night out of Mill Creek and we left early when that massive T-Storm got close. We had one nice keeper KY in the livewell at the time -- we turned him back (in good shape I might add) and booked it out of there. I caught that keeper before dark, and I had one more nice KY (prob about 3 lbs) on before dark also and he spit my grub back at me. That was it. After dark we only caught 3 dinks (all KY). We couldn't get a LM or SJ to bite at all. We had been catching them pretty good for the couple of weeks prior, but that night... awful. Didn't hear how the rest of the guys did, but we suspect not very well. Seems like most nights there will be someone that catches them though, so we figured 1 or 2 fish wasn't worth enduring that storm. Whack'em "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
Whack'emGood Posted July 2, 2008 Posted July 2, 2008 Went night fishing last night again. Launched at Mill Creek. Ran up into the Lower James. Our plan was to fish only new spots (spots we had only fished maybe once or none at all) so we could possibly add a few good spots to our arsenal. Caught two nice keeper sized + KYs and one 14 1/2 incher before dark (grub -- can't quite get the hang of the drop shot yet) and had one more really nice one on for a while. After dark (we fished jigs and soft plastics) ... only one dinker KY. I know we were fishing only unfamiliar spots, but we were fishing spots that (according to the depth, structure, relation to creek channels, cover, etc.) should hold a few fish. It is just plain tough after dark right now. We fished until midnight. Oh yeah... dad did catch a fat and stocky 6 or 7lb (guessing) flathead cat on a jig. It put up a good fight and, for a few moments, we thought he had on a dandy bass until it came up and rolled on top of the water. He had fun fighting it anyway. Whack'em "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
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