Night Fishing Report

[Don]

My opportunities are limited since I became a single parent of my teen daughters accompanied with spring time generation patterns. I called the dam and they said 1 gennie. The girls are in Springfield on spring break. I said what the heck.

I hit the water at a quarter to ten. The water had shut off by then, It was the first time I had night fished in over a year. I hit the water on the old boat ramp below Chute 1 and I never left the flats. The weather was awesome, unseasonably warm for this time of year. I picked up 15 fish before two horns sounded off at midnight. 13 were off a variety of pine squirrels and 2 off egg sucking leeches. The biggest was 15 inches. All the while I had the river all to myself. I saw a fisherman at Chute 1 and heard some some splashing up there for awhile than he left. I saw a few red headlamps down rebar/gauntlet way. As I left, another guy on the parking lot said he did well on micro jigs after the moon came out from the clouds. What a great night. I'm so grateful.

Don

[laker67]

Way to go Don! Glad you had an enjoyable trip. Night fishing is "always "good for the soul.

[Micheal Kyle]

Awesome

[DoveTail]

The warmer temps are nice for the evening fishing. Congrats on the catch.

[gary2400]

Hey Don that was me you talked to in the lot and thanks a bunch for helping me when I had to put the parts back on my truck. I hit the water about 7 pm just below #1 on the flats with 1 unit running and only picked up a handful on olive pine squirrels and PMS's. They shut the water off at 9 and that's when things really took off. I was just above you on the flats when you got there and then I moved up just above #1. When the moon came out bright I switched to a white micro jig and killed them. The biggest fish was about 18" and several in the 14" range. For about an hour it was a fish about every 3rd cast. I heard a lot of spashing from your direction as well. I then moved back down below #1 and they blew the 2 horns....darn. I was surprised there wasn't more people there as warm as it was. I tied my first patterns ever and caught fish....sweet....now I really am hooked.

gary

[tippett7]

I was the guy up by outlet 1. It was a great night other than turning the water on and making me move to a different spot. Caught about an 18 in rainbow on a purple leech just down from outlet 1. I was stripping for a while with no hits and then I just let it swing in the current and hold it for 10 seconds and then wammo almost every other cast. It was the first of many nights I will be down there.