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The Shumeister at night!
I called Shuorc yesterday and we decided to try night fishing. Shu was having withdrawls from fishing, so we had to go last night. The weather was kinda unpredictable with storms in the distance, but we went anyway.
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We got there at dusk and quickly caught 4 Crappie. But after dark the bite stopped and we only caught gar from then on out. We did have underwater lights out, but could not get any Crappie after dark. We're blaming the weather. The wind kinda picked up after dark and it started to drizzle. Plus, even though I had two anchors I could not keep the boat still. I think my anchors are not heavy enough. I guess we'll plan better for next time. And we'll order up some better weather too.
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Slab, if you try the river anchors I believe you will hold still. I had two mushrooms out and they never caught. One river anchor holds me though and you know what I'm in. I keep an extra mushroom just to stop the swing once the good anchor bites. Fluke anchors also work good but don't work well in the boat and harvest a massive amount of weeds every time you drop.
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25 lb. River anchors I use two of them....they will hold
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Another trick is to drop your anchors straight down beside the boat if there is no current the more rope you have out the harder it is to keep the boat still
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Dang, you google anchors and you can learn a alot. I didn't know all the different names for the different anchors.
So here's the story. First off, it wasn't supposed to be windy anyway. And we were kinda protected from the wind even if there was some. But the wind came anyway. I always carry a 15 lb mushroom anchor with me, and on this trip I bought a Fluke Anchor with in addition so I could hold the boat in one position. The Fluke Anchor I had was terrible, period. The biggest reason is probably because it's only 4 lbs. And I know you're supposed to let line out so it can grab hold, but that did nothing. Next time I bring my 10 lb Navy Anchor, and the mushroom. That should work. Attachment 246057 The Fluke (at right above) proved worthless in holding the boat. I bought it to throw out and do sea wall cleanup. It works well at picking up the weeds.
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Yelim
Lights to bright?
Can the lights ever be too bright? Well, I know they can be too bright for attacking too many bugs! But don't you want it bright to attract baitfish and thereby bringing in the crappie?
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I agree with the gator the lights weren't too bright, might even need to add another one. Not quite used to the leds yet used to use two 50 watt 12 volt bulbs in a carpenter's clamp on.
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Definitely need more lite to begin with once you have crappie around you can reduce the amount of lights to bring the crappie closer and keep the lights pointed down to keep the light field small now sometimes it doesn't matter i have killed them with all the lights on it depends on the mood of the crappie but most of the time it makes a big difference also darker the water equals more light . I used to use clamp lights until I discovered leds it's much better light and no battery drain
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Once fished a small pond in Land o lakes just north of Tampa. Daylight I caught nada. Dusk I caught a few just before time to leave. Returned later to night fish with a coleman lantern. I had rigged a pole to hang the light on and had that thing pumped up as high as my fingers would allow. I lite that lantern and got it going bright as possible. Set out my lines with minnows and NOTHING. Water was clear with a dark bottom, don't know how deep. Idea entered my head about too much light, so I turned down the lantern to a nice glow and started catching fish. Taught me a lesson. If you think fish are there and light is bright and nothing chewing, try lowering the candlepower. It might make a difference. Yes you can have to much light.
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Interesting - when night fishing i only use one 18# river anchor - i allow the wind to move the boat into position - if during the night wind
swirls it moves boat accordingly. Light wise -- i run everything off generator - 2 light 5ft in air and 45 degree out over water, plus 4 -125
cool lights thereby they won't burn you or carpet when you pull them in. these 4 lights run along sill of boat down one side about 1 1/2 off
water. At night the deeper you set the lines the smaller fish on down - bigger fish are comming up to get various bugs on surface that have
fallen prey to lights - zooplanton is also closer to surface and bait fish will be there.
1/4 oz bullet weight held in postion by pinch on bb shot - 1 foot above single hook - tipped with minnow -hook be inserted in dorsel fin - thereby
allowing free movement of minnow
Fish will bite from sundown to around 11pm - than start to pick up again 3am
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I believe the idea of reducing the lights is to get the bait into a smaller area and the crappie will have to come close to feed also the bigger the light field will put the shadow lines further away from the boat and scatter the bait and the crappie also if the boat is constantly moving it changes your shadow lines and the fish have to keep moving around usually results in a sporadic bite
