Thread: Big bream/where

During 3 days before and 2 days after the full moon, I stay home or do something besides fishing...good period for honey doos, etc...I have fished for 50 years and never had any luck during full moon period...stopped fishing full moon periods about 15 years ago...cuts down on my fustration...I know some people just being on the water, whether catching fish or not (relaxes them)...not me...my wife says I have a problem...

Originally Posted by Xpress Fishing

I'd go bear creek. I've been catching some nice red ears down there the past 3 weeks. Attachment 94130

Thats Not a bad shell cracker there.

I've seen Bill Dance say on several shows that bream bed around the full moon, 3 days before up through 3 days after. I can't say my personal experience has borne that out.

Originally Posted by brosborough

I grew up on Hamilton. Not fished it in many years since I moved away but living on Long Island I was on the water every day. Here's what it was like back then. Man Made Structure!!! If you were not out sinking brush, you just don't catch fish. Well, at least not like the rest of us. Good news is that you can find some brush by hitting boat docks. You would be amazed but more often than not when the houses were built on this the owners would instruct the crews to dump all trees in the water for crappie. Since summer is here go find boat docks in about 20 foot of water and look around for brush. From right beside the dock to casting distance. You'll find some. Also, any time you can line up a bird house with a chimney drive toward it, deep to shallow. You'll find brush. Lol

That lake has become so popular anymore and being fully surrounded by seawall, when I go back there to visit all my family and friends I go to ouachita.

Well I went out this morning and didn't catch a single crappie or bream. Found a few bream beds but they had already come and gone, maybe this next full moon will bring em back. As you'd said, docks, 20' water and man made brush...I stayed hung up all morning in the stuff yet no crappie??? Your right about the sea wall, kinda takes away from the natural water to shore that fish like best. I talked to some guys at the ramp and they mentioned Ouachita also. I said well living on the South end of HS it's a pretty good drive up there but I may have to give it a try. Also the bouys entering coves are mostly in the right depth and lots of times people sink brush around them cause they offer a place to tie off in the wind and waves. I found brush there as well but no fish. I'm really getting tired of wasting boat gas on water that's yet to prove worthy so to speak when I know where to find some fish, it's just not very close, long drive. Kinda sucks though cause I was hoping to find some fish over here as big as these lakes are you'd think???

Originally Posted by hoxiedog

During 3 days before and 2 days after the full moon, I stay home or do something besides fishing...good period for honey doos, etc...I have fished for 50 years and never had any luck during full moon period...stopped fishing full moon periods about 15 years ago...cuts down on my fustration...I know some people just being on the water, whether catching fish or not (relaxes them)...not me...my wife says I have a problem...

Well hoxie I used to be that way and wouldn't fish a full moon if my life depended on it but last summer we got into the bass under that moon at night like I've never done before. Now I have heard the crappie feed all night during a full moon and day fishing sucks! They can see the bait fish better under the moon, skylight them if you will is what I was told. Don't know if that's so but it makes sense and an older crappie fisherman told me that so I took it a little more to heart. Years of experience has told him that no doubt. I plan on doing some bream and bass fishing this next moon. I know Hamelton has good numbers of bream by looking at the beds out there, just a matter of hitting them at the right time. As for the crappie, not seen evidence of them yet. I was told that could've been old crappie beds also. I've heard crappie and bream spawn in the same area's, not sure if there's truth to that either but I have found a few places that have those 2 in common so maybe so.

Originally Posted by constructskeeter

Well I went out this morning and didn't catch a single crappie or bream. Found a few bream beds but they had already come and gone, maybe this next full moon will bring em back. As you'd said, docks, 20' water and man made brush...I stayed hung up all morning in the stuff yet no crappie??? Your right about the sea wall, kinda takes away from the natural water to shore that fish like best. I talked to some guys at the ramp and they mentioned Ouachita also. I said well living on the South end of HS it's a pretty good drive up there but I may have to give it a try. Also the bouys entering coves are mostly in the right depth and lots of times people sink brush around them cause they offer a place to tie off in the wind and waves. I found brush there as well but no fish. I'm really getting tired of wasting boat gas on water that's yet to prove worthy so to speak when I know where to find some fish, it's just not very close, long drive. Kinda sucks though cause I was hoping to find some fish over here as big as these lakes are you'd think???

Sounds like you need to hire a guide or find a new hobby.

Originally Posted by hoxiedog

During 3 days before and 2 days after the full moon, I stay home or do something besides fishing...good period for honey doos, etc...I have fished for 50 years and never had any luck during full moon period...stopped fishing full moon periods about 15 years ago...cuts down on my fustration...I know some people just being on the water, whether catching fish or not (relaxes them)...not me...my wife says I have a problem...

Personally I don't think moon phase has very much to do with weather fish bit or not , the bit being good or bad has more to do with barometric pressure and extreme weather conditions so if your staying home during full moon periods your missing a good day of fishing for the wrong reason, can't catch em sittin on the couch for sure, just my opinion

Man I'd be spoiled if I cought a pound haft cracker,I'd go broke trying to catch more.That there one in the picture would make my day.As for the moon yeah I've heard 3 days before/3 days after I didn't do good the last full moon.I sorta getting tired of targeting crappie I can catch all of them that want,some days they fight real good some days just a lazy head shake.Bream on the hand will try to tear the rod out of your hands no matter what the moon.Guess I need to start learning how to make bream beds and how to keep crappie from running them off....I agree with B. Pressure.