Leonard Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 After talking about it.. my spinning gear is getting a little dust build up on it.... who wants to make it a night of spin fishing.. need to pick a date?? as of right next weekend looks good.. Saturday night the 18th... Whos in?? I guess this will all depend on generation http://www.taneycomonights.com
davekeim Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 I'd love to go if I could! Need someone to teach me the night stuff. As soon as we sell the house in STL we'll be there all the time! Here we come! Abdito! Signed, Cardiac Abdito! Another Beautiful Day In The Ozarks
denjac Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 I might just be able to make that. Never fished for trout at night, although I do night fish for bass all the time. Wish I had my wheat light from coon hunting days. Look forward to it Leonard. If this heat keeps up we might want to make it nude spinning night fishing! Dennis Boothe Joplin Mo. For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ~
slider Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 LEANORD: IM PLANNING ON A TRIP TO WARSAW THURSDAY NIGHT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME ALONG. THE WHITES WERE HITING GOOD LAST WEEK. ANYBODY ELSE IS WELCOME ALONG TO. SLIDER DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
Leonard Posted August 12, 2007 Author Posted August 12, 2007 denjac... PLEASE COME DRESSED!!LOL as far as a light I have one you could use... as for as the water..it really seems to me to be a little colder this year then in the past.. Ive been wearing sweatpants under my jeans so that my legs dont get numb.. also 2 pairs of sock keeps those toes toasty.. Slider: I love to get up there... but Im working thusday night.. sorry or I probably would take you up on that http://www.taneycomonights.com
brownieman Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 i live about 3 hrs. from there... the times i have fished behind the dam with no water running there just is not much water to fish imo. The way i've always fished i will cover that water in a half an hour or so...don't stop moving very often. i would like to come down with some water running and hit it from my boat...don't know taney that well but would sure do that sometime water running or not...i just like that running water and so do the fish...would be glad to have someone with me that knows the lake well. there are plenty of big brownies callin me...i can feel it, lol...would like to hit it a little more but i do like the swift water. bm My friends say I'm a douche bag ?? Avatar...mister brownie bm <><
Troutn Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 the times i have fished behind the dam with no water running there just is not much water to fish imo. The way i've always fished i will cover that water in a half an hour or so...don't stop moving very often. That's some serious running from one ond of the restricted area to the other!
brownieman Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 that's the way i've always fished...cover one heck of allot of water. used to be nothing to fish 4 or 5 miles upstream and then hoof it back downstream to my truck. not many fish like i do...my friends tell me i don't fish, i hunt big fish...the more water you cover the better your chances of coming across a big one on the feed. doesn't take long ripping a 7 inch rapala thru a hole for a big one to show himself if he's feeding, if not, keep on movin and thrash the water to the next hole...just always hoped that big one was another hole up. sometimes they were there, sometimes not but the more water you cover the better your chances are imo. can't walk like i used to but i still cover a fair amount of water in a short period...seldom stop moving unless i roll a big one then i'll stop for a minute till i spook him, sting him or catch him. this has produced many a big brownies and a few big bows over the years...been skunked plenty too...if there not at least 15 inches or so i have always tried to keep my plug away from em...didn't want to spook a hog catching a dink, ya know. bm My friends say I'm a douche bag ?? Avatar...mister brownie bm <><
Terry Beeson Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 b-man, Not to disagree with you at all... Your technique may work well for you and there are several guys I know who use those tactics successfully.... However, my opinion is a bit different. I use to bass fish a lot and would watch guys run their boats up to a spot, cast a couple of times, not get anything, fire up the motor, and run to another spot. All of that time running the boat (or walking) cant take up valuable "lure in the water" time. If your bait ain't in the water, you ain't fishin'... I've compared notes with bass fishermen and most of the time would have outfished the "run and gun" fisherman by working an area and not moving so much... By the same token, I've fished a tail water hole for hours without bringing in a big fish, then all the sudden, "Big Momma" decides it's HER turn to eat... Maybe she cruised into the hole or maybe she was sitting there all along watching the little ones eat. I recently made over 30 casts to a sizeable trout before she took my fly. But she finally did take it... Now, I assume you are casting as you are moving, which is a bit different from "run and gun." But my theory is you are covering more water, but not necessarily casting to more fish. Yes, if the big one is not feeding at the moment, putting a bait in front of his nose 4 or 5 times will do you no good. But just keep working that fish with some patience and sooner or later he is going to either get tired of that lure or get hungry. It can be frustrating, but rewarding at the end. As for skinny water (no units running below the dam) you should reconsider. That can, at times, be the MOST productive water in any tail water. Trout are funny creatures and can be feeding in 3-4 inches of water - their bellies dragging the bottom and their fins and part of their backs above the surface. Some of my best days/nights on Taney have been in water barely knee deep or less. My walking distance is limited nowdays too (ain't gettin' old great? ) but I will still move from a hole that isn't producing (after 15-20 casts) to another one. Just don't seem to go as far now... Sometimes I wish you could take a picture of a stretch of water and mark dots with sizes of fish to show the concentration of fish. I think there are a lot of guys who would be very surprised just how many fish their baits pass with a turned up nose... Again... no disrespect to your techniques... Just my opinions... for what they are worth.... and that ain't much... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
brownieman Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Terry...i know what you're sayin buddy, it's all just personal preference. There are 2 or 3 reasons i learned to fish like i do. Most of the time the water close to the accesses is heavily fished...i would walk miles (mostly before daybreak) to get to the water with the least amount of pressure. Water like that is where the bulk of my biggest fish have come from. The most inaccessable is the least fished. depending on the time of year i was trying to get to a certain strech before the canoes come beatin thru...never had much luck once they start comin thru, the big one's spook too easy. I have never sight fished...if i know where a big one is laying it's because he has chased my plug in. In most cases i feel the fish will see you long before you see them...they don't get big from being dumb. I have always enjoyed fishing in the dead of winter...sure cuts down on the amount of people period. bm My friends say I'm a douche bag ?? Avatar...mister brownie bm <><
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