OK ,  i'm change my crankbait for a jig to keep WRB happy . 

 

I might not be able to use the crank anyhow  because vegetation has been making a comeback . 

I fish from a kayak, and all trebles get stowed before I have to turn my head lamp or flag-light on....I have pushed the popper and spook a little far into the dusk, but each cast gets a bit more nerve wracking

Night time is a great time for large swimbaits and I'm ok with trebles because I scoop them up with a net . Some of my faorite's would be a MS Slammer, the Crankdown Slammer,  Matt's Hardgill and a Pat's Perch .

 

Another bait that I like is  the Strike King Magnum 8.0 squarebill , works good throwing it over deep water at suspended fish . 

On July 2, 2017 at 8:21 AM, scaleface said:

Weather permitting I will be fishing the  full moon next weekend .    If you look at the calendar it will be listed on July 9th .  Thats in the AM. If you want to fish it , go on the evening of the 8th . I have my best luck when the moon is high and bright all night  and that will be this Saturday evening and Sunday morning . If the bass are cooperating, big ones will be cruising the shallow flats . If its going to be cloudy or stormy then I will try the  night before or after . My big four lures for a brightly lit night are soft plastics , buzzbaits , crankbait , and spinnerbait .  These four precisely will be tied on .

 

 

Its not unusual for the bass to stop biting around 9:30 -10:00 then pick up an hour or two later .

 

That's got to be the ugliest buzz bait I've ever seen.

Just now, reason said:

 

That's got to be the ugliest buzz bait I've ever seen.

 

 

LOL . I made it . 

I'm going tomorrow night then maybe Saturday too . I only night fish one to three times a year . Even though  the vast majority of my fishing is done during the day , for three years running my biggest bass have come at night .

Don't forget to wear the PFD at all times Scale! I'm going to assume you know your water backwards and forwards.

 

Now that the crowds are off the water(4rth of July crowds) I will get back at it. I fish at night exclusively during the Summer months until the end of September. The two times I fish during the day during this time are two charity tournaments.

On 7/2/2017 at 9:17 AM, scaleface said:

 

Are you fishing clear or stained water ? I tried other moon phases and have not done as well . I'm fishing heavily stained water . 

The day before the full moon the moon will be out earlier .The day after it will be out later . I prefer the day before .

i caught a 6lbser on in stained water pond on a full moon night, used a big black 9inch slammer. its a waking swimbait, twitched on top. lost a big fish before this 6lbser. back to back casts. 

It  was  a bright comfortable night . I didnt catch anything big , a couple of three lbers and about thirty fish total . Fish were caught in shoreline cover , flats , rip rap dam and points . These are the four baits I caught fish on with the Wart catching the most and  bigger fish .  

 

...and lesson learned . I lost my last three fish on the buzzbait . Look where the trailer hook keeper is .

Full moon is tonight 7/8/2017

Tom

10 minutes ago, WRB said:

Full moon is tonight 7/8/2017

Tom

 

With 50% cloud cover and air temps is the low 60's here ~

Could be good but will be comfortable either way. . .

A-Jay

 

43 minutes ago, WRB said:

Full moon is tonight 7/8/2017

Tom

 

I went last night because there was no cloud cover , 99 per  cent illumination , the moon rose earlier  and mostly because I coudnt wait one more day .  

I'm heading out tonight myself.  Gonna try and get out before dark and stay till i don't feel like staying any longer.  

I got to enjoy the bright moon on my drive into work tonight

 

I don' fish the full moon because that is when Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula and the Boogie Man come out.

 

 

9 minutes ago, Sam said:

I don' fish the full moon because that is when Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula and the Boogie Man come out.

 

 

You ever seen any of them swim ?

42 minutes ago, Sam said:

I don' fish the full moon because that is when Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula and the Boogie Man come out.

 

 

It's mainly Sasquatch and chupacabras around here. They don't bother me though, except when Bigfoot throws rocks at my boat. 

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

It's mainly Sasquatch and chupacabras around here. They don't bother me though, except when Bigfoot throws rocks at my boat. 

He's a sneaky bugger.

A-Jay