Scrubbing A Grub

[Ranger Z22]

I went out aroung noon on Saturday to try this, and not use anything else. Seems to me this is one way to catch them right now. I have caught them them this way, but never used this as a "first choice"

After putting a contract on a house earlier in the day, I was as nervous as a dad watching his 5 year old use his g-loomis as a light sabre.

Needless to say I went to a windy point, and gave it a try. The first hookup was a nice 3+ SJ that after, he gave me a good fight, kindly returned my grub to me without me having to unhook him. It was time to quit thinking about the house and start thinking about fishing.

The next 45 minutes was so much fun, my wife told me at least 3 times, you are having too much fun.

When the bite went away, I tried another area, no wind=no fish.

Thanks to the guys who put out the reports, they really helped me find another way to have a good time on the water.

Z22

[vacation]

I put in near Indian point on wednesday, only had time to fish for about 1 hour...caught my limit in 1 hour of keeper ky's and sj... all on double tail grub on windy ch rock bank..

Took the wife out on saturday from 9am-330pm, i had 2 fish come off and that was it ,,, so bummed, i couldnt find them anywhere, threw gubs, jigs, wiggle wart, swimmin minnow, just not my day i guess

I'll be back out tues-sunday nights. I did night fish wednesday night from 10-midnight and caught one google eye.

Am i supposed to be fishing near dock light at night this time of year? Or, the same points.banks I catch fish during the day?

Any advice would be great

[Whack'emGood]

Am i supposed to be fishing near dock light at night this time of year? Or, the same points.banks I catch fish during the day?

Any advice would be great

This time of year, fish the same areas at night that you find them during the day. If it happens to be near a lighted dock, then so be it. They won't really move (relatively) up much at night this time of year because they are already up-- if you know what I mean.

Good luck.

Whack'em

[vacation]

Thanks a bunch,

When should i concentrate on lighter lit areas...post spawn??? Do they move shallower at night and attract to bugs?

I am new to night fishing and am pretty clueless where to start and what to use

Thanks so much!!

[ozarkgunner]

This time of year, fish the same areas at night that you find them during the day. If it happens to be near a lighted dock, then so be it. They won't really move (relatively) up much at night this time of year because they are already up-- if you know what I mean.

Good luck.

Whack'em

I target the brand new docks with the brightest lights. They act like the crappie lights you drop into the water.

[Whack'emGood]

Thanks a bunch,

When should i concentrate on lighter lit areas...post spawn??? Do they move shallower at night and attract to bugs?

I am new to night fishing and am pretty clueless where to start and what to use

Thanks so much!!

I know some guys like to fish around lighted docks for the very reason you mentioned (and do well)-- but I don't really do that. I have certainly caught some nice fish near lighted docks, but most of the fish I target and catch aren't even near docks.

Try bluffends, secondary points, humps, brushpiles, standing timber, and mixed chunk rock banks near deeper water.

During the Spring and Fall, the fish don't really move up (so to speak) at night because they are already relatively shallow during the day. During the Summer, when the fish are deep during the day, they will move up at night to feed. When they move up at night during the Summer, the shallower depth that they move to will be relative-- they may move all the way to less than 10 feet, or they may move from really deep up to 25 feet deep-- shallow on Table Rock is a relative term. They primarily feed on crawdads during the Summer at night-- but will also eat bluegill or baitfish if they can get it.

Crawdad imitation baits (jigs, plastic worms) and black single-spin colorado blade spinnerbaits are great at night. Fish dark colors.

Hope this helps.

Whack'em