Night fishing

This Friday night the middle Tn crappie club will be hosting a night fishing tournament at Normandy lake. 6:30-1:30 at Barton Springs boat ramp. Lynn's brother Jerry will be going with me. I have been out night fishing 3 times this year with only dinks caught each time. I have had much better luck in the past but this year has seemed messed up for me. I think it has something to do with the weather. Every time I have went out at night it has either been during a cold front moving in or it just arrived. This time we will have stable hot weather to fish in. I am thinking that the fish will be biting better this time. Have heard of some good reports during the hotter times this year but we have had one cold front after another pass through here so those times have been limited and I did not get out during the warmer nights. Have not posted much this year because I have not had nothing but no luck to report. Maybe things will change this weekend. Wish me luck guys. I will let you know how it goes. Of course any tips would be appreciated.

good luck,i hope to join in on some of these get togethers once i have a little more experience under my belt.For your info,this past saturday night we wound up catching 23 keepers,but they were very hard to come by,we caught 75% of them from 2 am to 3:30 am.I hope it's better this weekend.

We were out last Saturday but left around midnight or so. What lake were you on?

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Originally Posted by Dave and Lynn

We were out last Saturday but left around midnight or so. What lake were you on?

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Dale hollow.

Dave good luck out there bud, work has me tied in right now due to being down some men.....life I guess.

Good luck. I do not have any tips. Haven't done much night fishing myself. Let us know how you do.:ThumbsUp

Dave I am like you, excited that we may get to fish tonight in something besides a North, North East wind out night fishing. Yes, today is going to be hot and dry and its good to know we will be out tonight fishing with it much cooler and hopefully we set this up on a great night to get in good night fishing. Our first ever August night tourney so I am anxious to see how it goes.

Slarue I have been hearing some real good news from Dale Hollow. You guys keeping a secret up there?
Hey Tom you still down a man due to maternity leave? :)
Yes Toby, glad we are doing this at night. Tomorrow during the day would be unbearable. I do hope we have a good night.
Good luck to everyone who will be there. I will post and let you know how it went for Jerry and I.

Sounds like I great time to be had. Looking forward to some good reports of big catches .... Oh I almost forgot bring a light...haha

NOPE, Admin is like the IRS...they want theirs now but are slow to give back (in this case bodies for the road) :Rofl

Good lick and you all be safe, get off at 2am tonight so may give a call to see how you all are doing.

Well we did not have much luck. Weather was 91 when we got there water temp around 84 at start and dropped to 81 by the end. Winds were light and seemed to be coming out of the north. Clear skies. Started up Carrol creek way with no luck while it was still light out. Moved closer to the bridge and fished the river channel there with no luck. Went to the dam area as it was getting dark. Set up in 15 ft of water with the lights. Did not take long to get a huge bait ball rolling. Caught 1 dink in 2 hrs there. We moved around a little in that area keeping our bait ball with us and caught 2 more little dinks. I should say Jerry caught the 3 dinks. By 11 we decided to move and went to the mouth of Rylie creek. Set up there and got a small bait ball but were marking a lot of fish. 2 hrs later and I caught 3 dinks to tie Jerry. Not sure what I am doing that is wrong at Normandy but 3 out of 4 tournaments I have not caught a keeper fish there. This is my home lake. All I can do is shake my head. Will let Toby tell about the tournament but there were some nice catch's.

Good fishing everyone.

Our trip to dale hollow was no better,fished a new spot that looked great right beside the main channel 45 ft. water temp was 83.1,got a nice bait ball around the green light.Only caught 10 fish, 6 keepers in 4 hours,then it rained on us.left at 12:30am.The last few trips the shad have been so big they are very hard to use,next time I think we will just stick with the minnows from the dock.