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We fished last night from 10:00-2:00am and had 27 keepers. We were fishing with minnows 10-12 ft deep in 45 fow. The fish were 10-14 inches. We had two green lights down around 10 ft and some flood lights around the boat for seeing poles. It was really nice last night around 74 degrees. We got tired of catching them so we left. We also caught a ton of smaller crappie and sand bass. 25 were black crappie and 2 white crappie. 14 inch white was the biggest.

Okie Don, what do you mean floating jug lines? I use the pool noodles with 4-5 hooks on the line and a small weight at the bottom. They float with the current so we really have to keep an eye on where they are going. Is it the same thing?

Also, what are night sticks and where do I find them? Glow in the dark? We tried reflective tape, but you still need a spotlight to find them at night. Shoot, I have to make it easy for the low-lifes to run my jugs for me! LOL Thanks,

Peke

Originally Posted by peke

Okie Don, what do you mean floating jug lines? I use the pool noodles with 4-5 hooks on the line and a small weight at the bottom. They float with the current so we really have to keep an eye on where they are going. Is it the same thing?

Yeah, it's real close to the way I jugline. I only use 2 hooks per line. I don't like a lot of hooks around me when I'm trying to get a big Cat in the boat. I generally use a 2 to 4 ounce weight on the bottom of the line.

Also, what are night sticks and where do I find them? Glow in the dark? We tried reflective tape, but you still need a spotlight to find them at night. Shoot, I have to make it easy for the low-lifes to run my jugs for me! LOL Thanks,

Peke

Glowsticks or nightlights like these are what I'm talking about.

Glowsticks

But I prefer these 8 inch glowsticks and I can get them in a box of 100.

You can insert smaller glowsticks into the foam or tape them on. I generally tape them most of the time, but Wild Wolf's jugs have a place to insert the sticks.

OkieDon, Thanks! I think I will order some of those glow sticks for the next time I go fishing.

I can see that having 5 hooks would not be good if we caught a really big catfish. Most of the ones we catch are 15 - 20 lbs. Don't know what we'd do with a bigger catfish!

I am also buying some of the 1.5" glow sticks for rod tips.

Peke

Sissy & I fished Friday around 10:30 am @ 9-A bridge on the west side from the bank. We noticed alot of what looked to be big shad in the current on the points, turned out to be small black bass feeding on fry sized minnows. We were using Beavertails and not getting any crappie. Sissy hooked a big cat {broke her line} Then a big bass {broke her line}. I swithched to 2- 1/16oz. jigs in elec. chk. & cajun cricket cast way out and counted them down to 10'-12' and pow a black crappie. Finally after missing more than I hooked I rigged a slipfloat set @ 11' with 2 cajun crickets and got a double on the first cast. We fished another hour and I ended up with 8 keepers and probly missed 15 more fighting wind and current. The water is very clear for this arm of the lake.

Thanks for the report Lip....on 40 bridge we have been catching them 8-12 ft deep also but you do have to fight the occasional blue or flathead lol....
Andy

Decided to try my hand at night fishing so my buddy along with his girlfriend decided to come along. We put in about 8:30 p.m. and headed across the lake and back West to fish along the river channel.

First stop was a small point on the edge of the river channel near the bluffs. Sit there for two hours and only had one bite.

Next we moved to some timber on the edge of the channel in 23 fow. Sit there about an hour with no bites. Finally, moved to a clump of trees on the channel edge and started fishing. Finally caught one 12 inch crappie. Had a few more bites but that was it.

This area has changed so much from what I remember 20 or so years ago. A lot of the trees have broken off below the surface of the water. It's absolutely amazing to see how many standing trees lie below with my Side Imaging unit. Most of them come within 5 to 10 feet of the surface.

Ended the night with one Crappie

We were using two lights. A green one and white one. The crappie came off of the green one. We were also using minnows. We fished from as little as 4 feet down to 20 feet. Just couldn't make 'em bite!

Not sure if the muddy water played a role or not. I think next time we'll try drop offs on points or creek mouths. Maybe in clearer water!

The weather was extremely nice. Just after dark the wind died down to nothing and the bugs came out. Around 11 p.m., a South wind kicked up and blew the bugs away and kept us cool. Temp was around 75.

Don, I can help you with that NIGHT PATTERN!

Originally Posted by Eufaula boy

Don, I can help you with that NIGHT PATTERN!

Hey Brian, I'm the one booked with you on the 13th. If you'd like to change that to a Night trip, let me know. I'm game!

Donald

anyone doing any good at the blocker bridge?