Post by hillbilly on May 13, 2013 19:39:04 GMT -5
Four of us (two boats) fished Thursday and Friday nights; then only two of us on a single boat Saturday night. Boated somwhere between 30 - 40 fish, including two 18 lbers, and a 15 lber, and probably lost another dozen fish on the way in to the boat, or immediately after hookset. Not sure why we lost so many after hookset, almost all lure hooks were changed to Gamakatsu.
The bite never really started for us until around midnight, and we came in each night around 3am or so. Caught 3 fish on ales behind planars Thursday evening just before dark, all of the rest of the fish caught topwater in that 12am to 3am period, on thundersticks, jointed redfins, and a few on a smackjack.
Water temps were in the mid to high 60s the couple times I checked, and baitfish were active 11pm on.
Here are pics -
15 lbs caught on planar board with ale
then this one hit a board right after we got the 15 back in the water
18 lbs taken on a jointed redfin. I messed up my buddy's picture, dew on the camera lens. Picture doens't do it justice, it was a fat fish
A second 18 lber, taken on a thunderstick
...and a few others
The bite never really started for us until around midnight, and we came in each night around 3am or so. Caught 3 fish on ales behind planars Thursday evening just before dark, all of the rest of the fish caught topwater in that 12am to 3am period, on thundersticks, jointed redfins, and a few on a smackjack.
Water temps were in the mid to high 60s the couple times I checked, and baitfish were active 11pm on.
Here are pics -
15 lbs caught on planar board with ale
then this one hit a board right after we got the 15 back in the water
18 lbs taken on a jointed redfin. I messed up my buddy's picture, dew on the camera lens. Picture doens't do it justice, it was a fat fish
A second 18 lber, taken on a thunderstick
...and a few others
