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[jmr04]

Got over Thursday night right before dark. Went out for an hour and picked up a few dozen peanuts. Went in at dark with a plan to hit lights at 4 in the morning. Woke up at 2:30 and couldn't go back to sleep so went out to hit lights. Picked up a few dozen ales a mongo and 8 or 9 bluebacks. I was hoping for more bluebacks but didn't seem to be as thick as they had been the past few weeks.

Headed out at 5:30 and had action right away. Missed two got three in the boat with 31" being the biggest and a cat. Action seemed to die down about 8:30 about the time it started getting hot. Pulled till 10 with no action in the last hour and a half. I was really having to pay a lot of attention to my baits. The peanuts seemed to die or turn really black after about half an hour. Mongo got little to no attention. Bluebacks were the bait of choice. Went through 7 or 8. Peanuts got some action also.

Headed out Saturday morning with the leftover bait from Friday. Carbon copy. Lots of action from sun up to about 8. Then got slow, actually dead. Missed 3 including what seems like a really big fish that hit a blueback on a float. Got two in the boat. 25" and 30". Called it a morning about 9:30 as boat traffic really started to pick up and the fish seemed to just shut off.

Is the fishing shutting off once the sun comes up typical of this time of the year or was I just pulling out of the fish?

Fished 4 boards one down, one lite, one float. All action came off boards and float.

[johnr]

Many times in June I've caught them literally all day, no matter the weather or traffic. At other times, it's a short window of opportunity. No rhyme or reason that I've figured.

[striperjohn]

I don't think the sun had as much to do with it as possibly the schools are moving around rapidly. You'll hit 3-4 then gone sometimes.