Fished moco from 3:30 to 6. Picked up 2 bass using a magdarter right around sunset. The biggest was 25", nice fattie.
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Fished moco from 3:30 to 6. Picked up 2 bass using a magdarter right around sunset. The biggest was 25", nice fattie.
Keep at it extreme. I was casting a daiwa close to sundown today, 4 to 26" in MoCo. Nice pics dark, my offer to drive you around still stands if you don't have your car back yet.
:fishing: i plan to steve. i think it was my fault i came up empty handed :huh: :learn:
Almost the same play book for me last night, too. Pebbles offered me the use of her car, I took it. Fished 4 locations in 3 hours on the flood.
Not real happy with the swell,..it was an intermittent mid-period swell..
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...d+period+swell
The thing about this swell, there was a period of 5 waves 2-4', duration 4-5 secs.
There was another period of 15-20 waves, duration 4-5 secs.
In between there was some calm water.
This would seem good as it churned up the water where I was, but the inconsistency of the swell made it dangerous to fish where I usually do, on the flood.
The new moon tide came in quickly, causing me to move a lot. In life, you gotta work with what you're given, and I just had to be out there...
Spot after spot produced no fish...not even a tap....
Finally managed some action 1/2 hour before first light. Between that time and first light I landed 3 schoolies to 24". All action where I was died as soon as the sun hit the horizon.
Not exactly the feed I was looking for, but it was action.
Another significant clue to me was where I was, bait usually all over, there was very little...
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I'm hoping this will change within the next 3 nights due to the full moon..
if not, IMO it will be back to a late afternoon bite till the water temps are too cold and the fish shut off completely.
All fish on a Daiwa Salt minnow. I worked a lot of other profiles in my bag from small to large with no action at all. Even the always popular black bomber could not draw a tap.
Results:
3 schoolies to 24".
Water temps - 47 degrees, fish hits were very sluggish..
Air temps - start to finish - 42-38 degrees,
Wind - very mild, < 10mph
I love Swiss, but he's too recognizable, that's part of his misery.
I don't need that misery and am now on radio silence hoping this night feed starts again...changing vehicles, parking in the Commuter lot of the GSP and taking my bicycle to the beach...etc... ;)
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ishing+bicycle
Come on out and look for me if you dare, I might even get ya a fish or 2...:cool:
if ya can handle the drill sergeant way we'll be moving around, that is....:moon: :laugh:
I guarantee a few trips with me, and you'll lose that 10 lbs ya been promising yourself you'd lose....for the last 5 years! :ROFLMAO :HappyWave:
way to go guys.
Phenomenal catches guys! You are all racking up some fastastic numbers. How many do you have for the last 2 weeks, dark, is it up to 60 yet?:bigeyes:
I am leaving as soon as the game is over to try some late afternoon plugging. Good luck all!
I already lost 7 lbs in the last 3 weeks moving around at night, Bababooey, so hit me uo anytime ya feel like ya need some exercise...:cool:
Last night:
A lot of guys have been complaining to me they can't catch fish on the full moon...yes, it is tougher, more of a challenge. But if the fish are feeding and the bait is there, AND you are willing to work for them, you can be successful.
I missed the sunset bite. When I got there I saw that very few fish were caught, one of them a 10# keeper by a friend, an older veteran angler, on a vision eel. Everyone else gave up at that location soon after dark, and left.
I waited for the tide to turn to ebb, worked it a bit more. Still unsuccessful, but you shouldn't leave a place that "was" productive if it's possible that the slack killed the bite, you should wait a few minutes to see if the tide's turn will make any difference...
Only had 3 hours to fish the ebb, so I kept moving.
Ended up fishing a few more locations with no activity at all. Getting a little discouraged, I decided to push on for the 5th location. It wasn't extremely cold, but the wind was picking up, NW, and I was a little burnt out.
When I got there I saw that I was not alone. Usually this bums me out, but at this point I was tired and welcomed the company. One of the guys was an old fishin buddy I haven't seen in awhile. He had been doing ok plugging from the top of the tide, no big fish, all small. Slow, slow pick, but at least it was action.
At that point the action seemed to slack off. He managed 1 more and left. I managed 1 as well, but you had to cast and cast for each fish. The levels of activity that were off the chart the previous weeks were missing. We knew that but were happy to be out there anyway.
Toward the end, I did some scouting, found some interesting things. We'll see if my findings hold true... My hands got wet and the wind kicked up again. Frostbite set in and I was done.http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...cons/icon9.png
Results and condions:
1 short bass around 22", bomber
Activity level: low, slow pick
Wind NW, intermittent, up to 10mph,
Swell: from the N/NE, lots of white water, but manageable on the ebb.
Temps start-finish: 42-31
Cowherder, if you count the last 2 weeks as consecutive weeks of a year, I landed 59 bass including the lone bass last night. You have to remember that a lot of these were small fish. Only about 12-15 of them were keeper sized, and while the biggest was 18#, that represents a lot of hours of lost sleep and cold fingers.
And honestly, I don't want to lump those numbers together like that. The 40 were caught in the last week of Dec and belong with 2011. As Finchaser so candidly notes, those are yesterday's fish....:) :HappyWave:
So for 2012, clean slate, my numbers so far for January are 19, with 4 keepers to 18# in the mix.
Still.... lots of work and sacrifices are made to be there when these fish are feeding. A lot of guys have packed it in for the year, but there are still some of us out there at night. To me, it's still worth it. ;) :fishing:
:clapping::clapping:Marathon Man^^^^^^:clapping::clapping:
AKA King Googan/Bag-O- Fish:HappyWave:
Outstanding job guys.
Good work fellas. It seems incredible that we still have bass action in January, doesn't it?
Fan-effing-tasttic!
Keep up the good work I am loving these reports and the details.
Now I am beyond jealous. The Dark, the Dark, the Dark is on fire-:eek:
Good for ya, lads. Keep it going. Remember if your fingers fall off crazy glue works good to get them back on and back to fishing.
I can't believe you guys are out in this cold. It's like carp fishing in January. You have called these fish striped carp, so maybe it's not a lot different only you are all using lures. Is anyone using biat for these fish? How about crabs?
I got out today fished till dark. I jumped on a few jetties. seen only one fish caught as the sun was setting. It was great getting out and it was my first skunk of 2012. hoping to get out again tomorrow.