Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 6, 2015 at 7:11am

My point was that using angler data would likely indicate that fish eat less in intense heat even though as you point out that is dead wrong. The reason angler data can be bad is that when it isn't comfortable to go fishing, less fish will be caught.

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 6, 2015 at 7:06am

sorry andy but fish have to eat MORE in 100 degree heat.of course if the water is a 100 degrees as some of our nuke lakes do the only thing feeding is the gulls and pelicans on the dead fish.you are not gonna catch much on a 100 degree day but you sure will at dusk.cold blooded creatures metabolism rises with tempature.sinply they have to eat more.i caught and released the same 20 inch smallmouth bass 3 times in 15 minutes in a nuke lake.he would have been close to a state record but was so skinny because he was living in water way too hot for him.he was starving because he could not eat enough to maintain his body mass.the only time i have caught bluegill at night was thru the ice with a lantern on clear ice.bluegills do not have good eyesight.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 6, 2015 at 6:31am

But if you really want to catch fish, pyramid power is where it's at...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 6, 2015 at 6:11am

And now we also have to keep track of the moons rise and set times...geez!

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phase_fishing.phtml

http://www.rodurago.net/en/index.php?site=details&link=calendar

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 6, 2015 at 6:06am

A short bit of info on solunar theory:

http://www.usprimetimes.com/theory.html

I get the dawn/dusk part, though IME while fishing it is often more of an event more than a period and it is pretty much a Summer thing. Lots of articles and studies out there with larger sample sizes discount it though. It seems the larger your sample size the more random it seems to become. Also comfort comes into play; not many fish are caught in 100 degree heat or monsoon like rain storms. Trying to measure fish feeding activity by fishing reports is not really all that accurate; like looking at Leo's results and deciding they don't eat at night.

Comment by Slip Sinker on March 6, 2015 at 5:16am

Yes they were Steve ...Buck Perry- Spoonpluggin and Charlie Brewer... i saved them magazines for years and then had to throw them out because of water damage.

Comment by Steve Wilson on March 6, 2015 at 5:10am

     Weren't the old Fishing Facts magazine great Ken ?.....New ones are about 30 pages of which 28 are ads and no neat stories .

Comment by Slip Sinker on March 6, 2015 at 5:00am

I was wondering where everyone went…is this the new chat room…:)

Solunar tables I love and I believe in them! As an avid fisherman starting at a very young age I remember having a copy of the latest in fisherman or fishing facts magazine in rolled in a back pocket or stuffed in a folder going thru high school and then college. It was always fishing on the weekends with family especially my father. Dad and I believed in timing our outing with the best periods and we did very well. I just wanted to share with you again one of the most treasured memory of fishing that just occurred recently over the summer fishing for gills… 5 gills between 9 and ten inches during a  solunar peek period. I didn’t realize this till I matched up the snaps and their times and found the gills were caught one after another within this period. These tables are worth watching and noting. Ive had many, many more experiences associated with fishing success and the Solunar tables. I currently subscribe to In-Fisherman Magazine on my tablet which goes with me on every trip

Big fish of that day

http://bigbluegill.com/photo/new-folder-15/prev?context=user

collage of catches

http://bigbluegill.com/photo/psx-20140811-174157/next?context=user

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2015 at 10:15pm

Start at $1. If there no nibble, $5, follow by $20. If that don't work, $50 or $100. If that don't work, best to move on.

Mrs. Leo suggested using $100 of the bat. I don't think my fishing budget allow such expensive endeavour :-D

Comment by Allen Morgan on March 5, 2015 at 9:53pm

LOL.  What's the best bait?  $5's, $10's, or higher?  I'll bet the "fishing" gets better with the bigger "baits", LOL.

And does Mrs. Leo know about this???

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