Best bite of the Year ?

Some might argue that the best bite is this time of year or that .
Some say the fall bite
Some swear by the winter bite
Some swear it's the spring fling
I tend to think that if you stand the heat in the kitchen
Then the best of the best ketchn is the summer bite ....
of course you got to find them
and be able to tell if it's a bite as well
but to be VERY sure , I got bit at least 50 or more pitches in a row the other day
and the fish were not all potato chips either
then we move onto the it's only a minnow bite
and the etc. etc. etc.
mind you this , the key is knowing if it's actually a bite ....
seen it over and over on LS , crappie in the summer often times swim up to it
and never actually "bite" the jig , they already have it in their mouth and folks never realize it ....
hawkeye that line yawl , never mind the scope when they approach the jig and the same goes for them there blind ketchn fools like me and ....
.... mind you this part carefully folks
individual results may vary quite widely ....:Rofl
particulars are as follows , only in the shade , only on the fall , 12 foot of water , only on jigs , 5 pm to 7 pm and hot as fire outside even in the shade , bait had to be pitched out and falling back to ya ....
KABOOM :highfive
p.s. thats a 100 in the box in 2 hours ,,,,,:yikes
AND everything that was really little or really big got set free :cheers2

I personally enjoy spring and fall fishing the most. Catch the most during summer but they are usually all smaller. Catch the largest in winter. But I enjoy them all. KABOOM!

Summertime is big time. Pulling cranks is cool

My best bite is the next one.

I think the best bite...is the one that put the fish on the hook...big or chip size. Puts a smile on my face...Just sayin'

Good thing fish are cold blooded. They could be in 6' or 12' and bite. In cold water they slow down, but in 80 degree water they are hot to trot! Course I would prefer cloudy or semi-cloudy days to bring them closer to the surface, but that's just me. (BTW, I will not fish shorelines - even the shaded ones. Open water and chosen depths to be sure.)

(With as many fish as you take home Ketch, I surprised there are any left! :yikes)

Nice cooler full

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Good thing fish are cold blooded. They could be in 6' or 12' and bite. In cold water they slow down, but in 80 degree water they are hot to trot! Course I would prefer cloudy or semi-cloudy days to bring them closer to the surface, but that's just me. (BTW, I will not fish shorelines - even the shaded ones. Open water and chosen depths to be sure.)

(With as many fish as you take home Ketch, I surprised there are any left! :yikes)

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in a small lake with white crappie in it , there is now way you can do much harm keeping herds of them , it's truly amazing the numbers that are in that spot , we hammer out 100 every week or more and the supply is endless ...

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in a small lake with white crappie in it , there is now way you can do much harm keeping herds of them , it's truly amazing the numbers that are in that spot , we hammer out 100 every week or more and the supply is endless ...

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Same as another small lake I fish. In the last three outings approx. 180 fish were caught - mostly crappy and sunfish. Being a county run lake, the idiots in charge have no idea about overpopulation nor how to survey a lake. Granted, it's nice to catch fish after fish in areas, but rarely are the crappie over 12". Guess I'll just have to suffer catching large numbers of fish. :fish

I too have said many times the best crappie fishing of the year is July and August. The thermocline sets up here in the north the first week of July. Sure enough, going out two weeks ago it was right on time.
Find the thermocline and the mid-lake structure that rises up just above the thermocline and it's fish on.


Many many, many fish on!

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By myself this past Saturday caught 72 crappie, 25 yellow perch (the real perch), and a few white bass and pumpkinseeds. Only took home 12 crappie. That's enough.

Summer time fishing while not the most comfortable because of the heat is often the best bite of the year since water is warmer and fish activity is the highest. They have to eat to survive when it's hot. The rest of the year while you may be more comfortable fish are more selective and more of a challenge. But I'm going to still be out there trying to figure out the pattern for the day all 12 months of the year.

Cold blooded critters metabolic rates go to the moon during the warm season, this is fact . This in turn causes non stop feeding in many cases with some of the cold blooded critters out there .
Hence the all the time feeding patterns we see with crappie in the summer months in lots of spots , feeding activity might go up and down due to lighting and or lack of , but they tend to remain ready for the next opportunity most of the summer :highfive

Being one that experiments with lure shapes and actions, feeding as the reason for strikes of specific lure shapes and actions doesn't enter into the equation. Granted, fish are cold blooded but so are most divorce attorneys. Key is finding how to beat them based on facts: fish location(s) #1 and then everything related to the lures chosen, noting which combos catch fish consistentely on any given day.

Sonar doesn't guarentee strikes based on numbers of fish detected, but the sheer presence of many fish suggests that a few idiots in the school or on the fringes of it will take a swing more or less regardless of location. Since heavy rains passed through yesterday and an impending cold front will lower water temperature in the near future, more fish will (for whatever reason) become more irritable and aggressive resulting in heavy action/ strikes. Fronts seem to have a significant affect on fish senses no matter the season, just like my wife has a significant affect on me - no matter the reason, except hers are not front-related. (Good thing she doesn't visit this forum nor have any idea who Spoonminnow is!)

In summation, as anglers we enjoy increases in impulsive/ aggresive behavior (though not so much from people we live with. :banghead Go figure...)