one last night trip

[merc1997 Bo]

could not stand to pass up a full moon and the nice air temps.  put in right at dark.  started on the bank in a cove with a SpinJig and caught 4 keepers right off the bat.  hit  a small bluff end pocket and jay caught a nice 4 lber.  

the pickings were far between from there and were mostly small kentuckies on a jig.  i really thought with the weather that is moving in they would have stayed active all night feeding.  i think there was one point they were, but it was all out in the middle on top or fairly shallow.  all the bait fish were up on the surface, but way out off the bank.

we did move out and fished rattle traps, buzz bait, jerk bait, and SpinJigs through the off shore bait fish, but never did draw a strike.  we could see lots of fish movement on the graph.  so, it did appear that these fish were actively feeding and we just could not come with the right method to catch them.

it appeared that right at dark there were some bass up shallow on the bank, and then shortly moved back off shore.  even at night many times most of the bass are offshore feeders.  i have not really unlocked the keys to catching them at night when they are out in the middle feeding.  i keep trying though because there will come a time that almost all feeding activity will be done off shore while suspended.  that is just how table rock is evolving.  a bass is just as comfortable suspended out in the middle of nowhere as it is on the bottom.

bo