Lake Russell last night

Me and my daughter had a decent night catching fat mamas on Russell. She made it til 0100 and I held the captains spot till dawn. Crappie never bit that great, but they were steady. Used minnows under lights and it seemed I had to vary depth often. Caught 16 and kept 14. 12 of which were very nice ! Had what I assume was a striper hit about 3am. Would have spooled 150 yds of line but I tightened down and broke him off. Fun for sure ! Water temp 62.9 at 9p.
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congrats on a good nightstalk !!! them are some nice fish for sure !!! a little hint if you paint them rod tips flat white you will see the night bite and rod tips better !!!! I have all my rods painted tips flat wite works great longlining and spider rigging too !!!

Now that's the stuff memories are made of! Sounds like nirvana; especially that sun rise after high quality young one time.

where's the pic of the daughter sleeping? you can always embarrass them that way! LOL great time with the kids is always precious, good for you. That's what I plan on doing, putting lights on the pontoon and fishing at night just because we can.

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Originally Posted by strmwalker

congrats on a good nightstalk !!! them are some nice fish for sure !!! a little hint if you paint them rod tips flat white you will see the night bite and rod tips better !!!! I have all my rods painted tips flat wite works great longlining and spider rigging too !!!

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good suggestion for anytime, will do that on mine.

Love night fishing.
LittleJohn

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good suggestion for anytime, will do that on mine.

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you will not believe how quick you can pickup the rod tip moving early mornings and thru out day once you paint the tips white !!! how I did mine was go 12 to 16 inches down the rod and tape around the rod and paint from the tape to the tip !!!!

That was a good night stalk with quality fish caught and precious time spent with your daughter. Thanks for sharing

Good to hear y'all found some biting. My nightstalk doesn't make it all night, my body would make me lay down and sleep[emoji52]


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Congrats on a nice catch. Hope the all-nighter didn't do too much wear and tear on your daughter. I bet you guys had fun. Congrats and thanks for sharing those pictures.:)

Thanks all! Yeah my daughter is seasoned on this kind of thing. Her and my son have hunted and fished since they were 2. They are 15-17 now. She had my heater body suit and a sleeping pad in the floor. Long as she's prepped for a good sleep spot she is good to go. Thanks for the tips! I have always caught them at night. Have a tough time figuring out the day bite. Need to go a few more times before the bass take over my brain again!

Nice report and it is always worth taking our sons and daughters out fishing. Good memories for a lifetime.

Congrats on the nice evening. I am going to do a night trip to Russell soon. Been thinking of the bridge at sanders ferry access. Can anybody advise me on a more productive bridge please? Thought about coldwater creek bridge also. Thank you.

Cold water is probably a good choice. I ended up going to beaver dam this time.

Middelton ramp on beaverdam creek, always catch some there

Thank you. I live on lake Hartwell, (sc side) but i have been fishing at russell a couple time per month. Never night fished it. I really like the lake. I just have not found any crappie this year... hoped i could draw some on a night trip.
Tried spider rigging last week for1st time battled timber badly.. got a yellow perch.

Nice
You have a pontoon?
Where did your daughter sleep?



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No, I have a CC Lowe 1860. I put a pad on the floor and she put the bag on top of it. Worked out pretty good.

Nice

I went to coldwater bridge last Tuesday march 1st.. set up before dark.. fished till 11pm. Nothing. Bait shop guys wee throwing nets for herring in next bridge section. Thay had not caught any in their nets either. May go tonight.

Fishing now with spawn as close as it is, fish seem to be confused, in shallow water one day and with passage of cold front in deeper water the next day .Russel to me is getting harder to catch fish with clear water like hartwell in the deeper areas.