Night Fishing Baxter Area 8-24

[merc1997 Bo]

night fishing is still pretty darn good once you get them figured out. bass are still pretty much in what i would call a june type pattern. many good blacks can be found in the back of smaller pockects, secondary type points, and on certain main lake secondary banks.

i got to fish with my long time buddy mike sowders saturday night. it had been many years since we were lucky enough to sit in the same boat together. it was really like old times. we laughed and giggled all night. we stopped counting at somewhere around 25 keepers. of our better bass, there was a 6 + largemouth, and 4 brownies over 3. the 1/2 NuJig with a bluegill skirt was by far the most productive. mike caught a few on a big worm, but they were all shorts. most bites came in the 10 to 20 ft. range. all of the better bass came off the main lake. you daytime bassers might need to do a bit more snooping off the main lake. although, there is no guaruntee these bass off the main lake will bite or feed during the day. my bet is they are just backed off a ways and can still be caught with the right presentation.

bo

[Bill Babler]

If Mike can catch-em it has to be easy. He's a good Boy.

[merc1997 Bo]

bill

so, you know mike also, mike and i go way, way back. back in the day when we could fish together all the time, we won a lot of tournaments together. mike was also a great student. he was a great shallow water fisherman, and i had a knack of figuring them out when they went deep. that made a great combination. we used to play a lot of basketball together and just always have the best time fishing together. as i stated, it was truly just like we just picked up where we left off. we caught fish all night long, and we were laughing and carrying on all night. fishing with mike is something that i really missed over the years. hopefully, somewhere in the future, we just might get back into a bit of tournament fishing. i know mike is really wanting to get back to guiding. i just do not know how anyone could not have a great time fishing with him. i think sometimes his second calling should have been a comedian.

thanks

bo