Lake: Beaver
Location: Horseshoe Bend
Time: 3:30AM-12:00PM
Air temp: 60-80 degrees
Water temp: 68 degrees
Clarity: Clear.
Visibility: 5'
Wind: SW 0-10
Sky: Clear
Winning tactic: Trolling crankbaits 10' deep in 25' of water.
Catch: 2 walleye, 4 crappie, 4 whites, 1 striper, 1 bluegill
After catching some whites that were chasing bait up on a flat at hwy 12 a couple days ago, it reminded me of the time we caught a ton of whites on the flat at horseshoe. We decided to try night fishing with lights in the channel and checking out the flat when the sun came up. I checked the moon phase and we had a 3/4 moon that was setting at 3:09AM. We believe that the lights night fishing can't compete with the moonlight, the darker the better. We decided to get out after the moon set instead of going out at dusk and waiting out the morning. The water was so calm when we got there. I was laying in the floor eating a McDouble as we motored out and it just seemed like we were just sitting still with the motor revved up. The lights worked great and we had a few shad, but the fish never really went crazy. The bites we did get were very light. We only caught a couple fish before day broke. We decided to abandon the night fishing an started trolling. We saw most of the fish suspended in about 15'-35 of water. We trolled 4 flicker shad #7 in variuos colors about 150' behind the boat at about 1.5-2 mph. We caught the walleye out of big schools of fish. It's cool to see the fish on the depthfinder and then catch one when the lure passes through. After the fog broke and the sun got a bit higher, the schools dispersed. We need to figure out where all the fish went after they moved out of the shallows. We couldn't find anymore fish, so we decided to head back to the truck and get the bowfishing rig. I saw a couple carp, but the wind was making the water too choppy to see through. Overall we should have just fished from about 6-8 then bowfished until the wind picked up.
The moon was a lot brighter than this pic looks.
Light going full blast.
You could only see about 50 yards. It was kinda creepy.
Fish chasing bait.
School of fish.
The first walleye of the day.
The fog breaking.
I don't know what he planned on doing with that crankbait.
This was the highlight of our day.
Never get hungry or cold when hunting or fishing. It just gives you an excuse to go home. When you get home you will wish you were still out there.
A foam noodle protector for the lights.
These things snag everything when they are not in use. This keeps them contained so the hooks aren't flopping everywhere.
Foam noodle to keep the bottom bouncers organized.
Finish the fishing trip with deer steaks and homemade rolls. Done.
No comments:
Post a Comment