My weekend

Well Saturday my girlfriend and I went to Chattanooga for a wedding shower, quickly excused ourselves, and drove back to Nashville to get to my spot for night fishing where I guaranteed her we'd get into some crappie. Boy were we in for a surprise. We couldn't keep the striper off our hooks. I don't know how many caught, but here is a picture of the only one that didn't break the line. If I hadn't left the stinkin net at the house, we'd have had a couple wall hangers. Those things are really fun with an ultra light rod and 6 pound test. We kept this stripe and a few white bass. The white bass were full of eggs by the way.

Yesterday, she, I and my roommate went out to Old Hickory to get after some shellcrackers, but the tornadic wind kept pulling the anchors out, so we settled for bluegill. We turned them all loose, but they always make for a fun afternoon.

Hope you guys all had nice weekends

nice looking fish

You've found a woman that will fish twice in a week?? And night-fish at that! You'd better get a ring on her finger!! I knew my wife was the onethe first time she volunteered to back my boat down a ramp.....and did it well!!

On a serious note......I'm planning to try night fishing for the first time this summer. How do you set up? Submerged light?

thanks

Thanks a lot guys, I'll relay your congratulations to her. She is a great girl - good Christian, comes from good family, likes to fish, and she can't wait for squirrel, dove, and duck season :D:D. She's a good one for sure.


BigSandyRookie, below is an article on night fishing for crappie that has everything you need to know. It was written by Rango over on the South Carolina forum.

When I night fish, I prefer to use two white halogen lights. They are called Starfire II lights and they are made by Brinkmann. These are also mentioned in the article. They are getting hard to find so you may need to order them. Some guys like to set the lights way down deep in the water, but I have been most successful with setting the lights bewteen 2 and 3 feet deep.

As far as locations to set up, I like to set up in water from 20 - 45 feet of water. I have had good luck setting up around boat docks and marinas with a submerged brushpile close by. Bridge pilings are also a good choice. I prefer to rig my poles with two #2 TruTurn red hooks 18 - 22 inches apart weighted with one or two pea-size split shots, depending on the depth you're fishing, wind, and current. I fish them straight down without a bobber and just watch the line and rod tips. You may want to invest in some good rod holders because a decent size fish can pull a pole in the water in the blink of an eye.

When I start out the evening I set the first rod at about 6 feet down, next at 10 feet, next at about 15 feet, next rod I set way down at about 20-25 feet. When the bite starts up set all the other rods to the depth of the rod that gets the most hits. Sometimes it takes a little while for the bite to pick up. I've had to wait up to 2 hours for the first bite before, but patience ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS pays off with fishing.

I hope this helps you get started. Yo will love night fishing. It is truly one of the most relaxing things you can do on the water. If you have any questions that are not answered in the article or in what I have written so far, feel free to pm me. Good luck out there!

Here's the article http://crappie.com/content/view/44/2/

Black Crow, were you night fishing on the lower end of Priest on Saturday night?

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Black Crow, were you night fishing on the lower end of Priest on Saturday night?

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