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August 18th, Anderson Park, Lake Tarpon
Buddy Dobston / myself
Weather will play big part in 3rd trip
to Lake Tarpon for night fishing.
First trip - New Moon July 28th
Sec trip - Full Moon August 10th
3rd will be x-number of days after full
moon and before new moon.
This should give us pretty good feel
of optium night fishing ....Will use same
location, time, settings as prior two trips.
Time??????????????
Be interesting to see the difference. Surprised your not anchoring both ends solid. If boat is swinging in breeze, wouldnt it be harder to get a cloud of zooplankton to start thd foodchain?
Dave, would like to be at Anderson Park by 7:30pm to get ready..........
Going to check with Bill Bercaw, Henry Franks & Sid Horton to see if they want to
get involved - maybe could have 5 - 6 teams ....
Surprising with breeze, boat moves slowly - and if it is set correctly - whereby, we can
cover flat - drop and possible edge of weed bed or brush pile - things can really get
interesting involving so many variables in 18 ft circle....some of the biggest problems to
date are recording whats going on - temp-bara pressure-wind-various depth-count-size, what time and number of hits in any given period
which rods in vs out rods - how minow hooked (lips-dorsel fin-tail) looks like a play sheet for pro football game
Harold you better get going you'll be late.
Out of minnows in area. Bills' - Seffner zero
Sunoco Bait Hwy 60 & Turkey Crtk - zero
Hurrican Bait - east of Bartow - zero
Connersville Bait & Tackle - Connersville - zero
Lake Haven Bait shop - Lake Wales - zero
Tarpon lake area 2 bait shops wanted $2.15 per dozen............."Ooch"
Went to Lakes Wales (Bridgemaster's) bought all they had 1 1/2 lbs.
paid $17.68 including tax - Shops around here want $20.00 plus per pound.
Just got back to house, hooking boat up now and releasing chargers. Getting ready
to go.
Talk to you later Ronnie, Mike... Looks like we have 4 teams working
at it tonight........Bill / Ted
Good luck fellers..
Well started around 7pm and fished till 11:00pm. Bugs were out in force and my bite was slow. Caught 5 and released to be caught another day. Could not stay out as late as rest, I have to work. :) But any time I get to fish is a good time. I know Harold had 5 or6 and the other guys had 3or4 . Will wait and see what Harold post as finnal tally.
What kind of light set up are you using if any? I've never tried night fishing but it would give me a lot more fishing time that's for sure!If you don't mind if you could post a few pics of your boat and how it's set up?It would help.
The elchepo ones that clamp on to anything and 12v light bulbs...........I don't use a generator yet.
Lake Tarpon results part 3 of 3 part review on various night fishing moon phases at
Lk Tarpon August 18th, (Last Quarter)
Started 8:40pm same time as previous 2
Same locastion, equipment, lighting system, set up depths.
Water temp 88.6 surface - very little wind (problem almost all night)
varied from 3.5 wnw to 6.9 wsw.. (where we were, west side of lake, almost
no movement - hence the "flying varmits" hammered us continously throughout night
till 2:45am when wind picked up and slight ripple on water, fishing catch rate also
improved)
Four (4) teams worked the area within 1/2 mi of each other at times. Insects were
biggest problem of evening with very little wind.
Bill Bercaw / Ted Harry 7:30pm - 1:30am
Dave Dirt 6:30pm - 10:00 pm
Stanley & Jackie West 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Harold McGhee / Buddy Dobson 7:30pm - 3:45 am............
No signaific change of catch rate based on major - minor fishing times.
No noticable change regarding high vs low tides (Lake Tarpon being close to Gulf
and damed man made freshwater 2,500 acre impoundment.
When barametric pressure dropped below the 30's, bite picked up slightly.
from 2 - 4am pressure was 29:99 and better quality of fish were caught
Heavy concentration of "bait fish" presence around lights facing into water from boat
along with shad population going crazy on surface most of night - Smaller spec's
were caught in 5 - 8.5' depth over 12.8 - 13.8' water. Larger were in the 10' depth
Fish were found in grassy bottom, pocket holes with varations of 1 - 2 ft. off humps
and old, old brush piles
Fish preferred med. size minnows vs larger or small.
Lively minnows caught more than almost dead or dieing (change baits often)
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=171321&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=171322&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=171323&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=171324&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=171325&stc=1Harold & Buddy caught
44 keeper spec's 10-12" threw back 7.
19 bull size bull-gills " " 12
Additional throw backs -
2 - bass 1 - 3 lb range
4 - cats 1/2 - 2 lb range
Are you using all above water lights? No starfires or big greenies?
Correct.....all above
Interesting. Never night fished with no lights in water.
The picture of pontoon with lights is that of Stanley West. When he gets to
place he is going to fish - the lower lights do decend and point down.
Had tried Green lights few years back and they didn't seen to improve rate for me. Some
times i think that sound waves will draw fish for curious look see.
Good stuff! PM sent Fishin813
great report I like night lites but always float or submerge mine great way to fish in hot weather
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Originally Posted by fishin813
Speakin of sound waves, wonder if one of them hydrowave things would make any difference at all.
Amen Dan, used to do lot night fishing in "strip pits" down by Coal City & Shakamak
State Park back in the 80's. Lake just outside of Washington, In was always great
place for big Gills & Nice Crappie.
(I'm from Plainfield area originally)
Mike, Have never tried Grass Shrimp night fishing. Have used them on some lakes daytime
Tournament fishing and got some good results, along with overwhelming results from Bluegill population.
Most bait shops do not carry Grass Shimp and i have not really gone looking for little
devils due to Alligator population in some canals and impoundments around here.
But need to get serious on this thought and try them.
Once again, noticed big population of small bait fish on surface, could be from Full
Moon Hatch( believe it is 3 days to hatch from time eggs are laid)
Also asked about the use of Green Lights -(have tried them at water level and on
floaters - did not see any signifiant difference)
Have used regular spot lights (125 watt) very hot - will burn carpet - no difference
when using 90 -120 cool floods that are much easier to handle and put away.
Have experimented with 250 holygen lamps above boat and at water level.. Good
above boat to see whats going on, easy to move around boat - retie etc)
When by water level - again got to handle accordingly as use of Generator pumping
110 volts to these can get dangerous if they fall into water or wave washes over side.
got my first night fishing experience on strip pits in early 80 s it looked like an aquarium with light shining down in that clear water the big fish don t even bite til nite in those pits it really isn t fair to catch them so easy at nite and never even know they are their during the day good fishin
Everything we learned or thought we knew fishing above Florida state line -
can be thrown out the window and start over when you come south............
Didn't matter whether it was daytime or night - everything is different down here.
Been here 20 yrs plus and still learn someting new every time out...............
Would not trade it for the world...........every day is Saturday down here.........
Can enjoy weather year round. regardless of temp, sun, rain, you name it, as it will
change in 20 minutes........just be patient.
Salt water fishing is totally different than most of us experienced up North. Freshwater
fishing is so much different........ what worked up your area - "forget it" thats why you
don't see any video's of Crappie Pros working Florida lakes...............no pattern to
what you are used to ....
WHAT????? Ya mean all lakes dont have a max depth of 9' and a bottom shaped like a dinner plate? You just nailed it Harold. Very different here for sure, but in some cases exactly the same just wrapped differently.
Have fished
water so stained that 1 1/2 - 2 ft down you lose sight of the jig. I once fished a lake that
was so stained that i lost complete site of Spec's in live well.........and they were
2 lb plus spec's.............
Could not believe it.................Yelim also fished that lake same day and could
only find fish in http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=171410&stc=1well by feel.
I'm going back to Alabam!! That guy needs to comb his hair.
you ain't from Alabama Yelim..............!