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Were you north of the bridge Bryan?

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    Had 30lbs today and my dad had 14lbs in our club tournament. Our best 5 combined was 33lbs. I had 3 fish between 7- 10lbs jump off. My big fish i caught was 9.5lbs.  Lots of tournaments coming up, but

  • Well two days in & only 3 fish ?   But one was tagged BassCashBash which I was registered in, it won me a 2019 Dodge Ram!    

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    I thought it would be appropriate to bump this thread after hearing the bad news of @Catt's passing.  I don't fish Toledo Bend but this is a very interesting read for anyone.  I know Tommy took a lot

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Fished mouth of palo goncho and lowes. Punched in lowes before dark and fished the long ridge in the mouth of palo after dark. Should have fished later last night because today was tough with only 10 little ones.

Thanks for the report Bryan. Will you be there this weekend?

Hey fellas I was able to fish this weekend mostly in Indian Creek. I did fairly well on soft plastics mostly sinkos but found the top water bite was on until late in the morning. I was unable to land any big bass but my dad lost one we figured was around 5lbs.

Send us some pictures Bass_Fanatic.

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Do y'all night fish mainly during full/new moon or anytime you have the opportunity?

The best time to go fishing is anytime you can go fishing!

I've every phase there is & caught on all of em!

After reading some of yalls post about the amount and how big y'all catch um I'm like ... wow!

Thanks Catt. I sure found your mention of a dd22 lure used at night very interesting.

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When I first started night fishing in the early 70s it was new moon only, then I went through a full moon only phase, & now it doesn't matter I just go.

Most anglers are scard to throw cranks at night ;)

The few times Ive night fished when it wasn't A big moon I had trouble tying knots, untangling lures and anything else I needed to see. My boat just doesn't have much lighting. However I recently obtained a nice lithium lantern that should help with that issue.

I got on the water yesterday at 6:30. Had a guy idle up to me and asked for a scale. I pulled out my scale and weighed a 11.72lb fish he caught trolling a crank bait. It was a stud!!! I then fished around mid lake and had 24lbs by 830. Caught a 6, a 5.5, and two close to 5lbs, and a 3.5. Had a lot of 3lbers too on a football jig. Big fish weren't on the jig tho. Fished till 1am and didn't catch a fish after dark. The main lake was too rough to fish after dark so I was scrambling looking for new stuff in creeks. Sounds like others caught em at night tho. That's how it goes I guess.

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ATK, goto Wally World, Academy, Dick's, Kmart & purchase a small cap light. I have one that has 5 LEDs, it clips to the bill off my hat, & yes it's white.

Forget all you hear about needing red, green, or blue light, yes white will affect your night vision but only for seconds. Ya aint flying a fighter jet & ya aint in a hurry!

I also suggest buying a Brinkmann Maxmillion III q-beam, it will light up 3-4 buoys ahead.

If ya aint familiar with the lake don't run wide open throttle!

I like running with some one who can spot rurns before I get there & will search the water ahead for floaters.

Catt, amazing thread and resource you've created. Would you say that you essentially approach night fishing the same as day fishing?

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Catt, amazing thread and resource you've created. Would you say that you essentially approach night fishing the same as day fishing?

Uhh! Yelp ;)

want be back on lake till sept. plane on 3 trips this fall .  would be up for a turney  this fall with a little advance notice   would like to see a bass club with these members

Found a few wanting to eat a jig today just after noon. 19-25 fow. It was pretty rough and white capping in San Miguel.

How about a fruit jar on July 5th?  Safe daylight to 2 or 3 oclock?  I figured a few of us will be up there that weekend, might as well get together and some some friendly competition.  What do yall think?

How about a fruit jar on July 5th?  Safe daylight to 2 or 3 oclock?  I figured a few of us will be up there that weekend, might as well get together and some some friendly competition.  What do yall think?

Damm ill be offshore.That work thing always get's in the way.LOL

Sounds good to me! Fanatic, you have to fish without hooks- just to give the rest of us half a chance! Ha! Just kidding. Count me in!

I'll be back at work also.

Ok so far we've got ManyBoy, henrylewis, and myself.  I've also invited a few guys around where I live.  I think we are up to 5 boats for sure and about 5 maybe's.  The more people we get, the better.  Should be alot of fun and hopefully at the weigh in we can share what we did with one another to try and help one another out for future trips.  

I may be able to drum up a few more friends to fish with us. I'll post updates if I get any confirmations.

Looks like Henry and I are in. Where is the launch gonna be and what's a fruit jar?

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