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Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2015 at 9:09pm

Kayaking trips for sure..but on the hunt for the elusive strippers now. Stripers are being concentrated and culled due to the rapid dropping water level. Strippers are still abundant all over the place.

Comment by Allen Morgan on March 5, 2015 at 9:06pm

And here I thought you've been spending the off-season planning more kayaking trips for Stripers, Leo........

Did I read that one post correctly?  You can't night-fish in California???

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2015 at 9:02pm

Darn tootin' Allen. Tony came into the ring with a trident. B.W. dragged in his trusty 3 tons sledgehammer. Scruffy hauled his dual slingers. Andy got his sharpened axe. Jim C. tossed grenades while doing the "Dancing like the Butterfly" moves. Jim G. pulled out unknown arsenal from his magical bag. I flung sharpened toothpicks using rubber bands. The battle of royale was quite epic.

Comment by Allen Morgan on March 5, 2015 at 8:44pm

Man, y'all been busy today or what?????

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 5, 2015 at 5:54pm

we have had some horrific winter kills up here last few winters.when you see the entire fish population of a body of water floating on the surface it is an unimaginable sight.a public place i fished a few times a year actually had a gill fishery that was rebounding.it was limestone quarry from the 1800s and no boats or wading of anykind,one of those places they stocked trout in the spring.a long walk to good fishing plus a good population of pike and largemouths put the sunfish back in balance and they were getting in the 8 -9 inch range in numbers.last year this lake suffered a 100% kill.there were carp in the 40lb range so this hadn't happened in very long time as we have a short growing season and the fish of a certain size would be much older than the south.most people wrote this place off except for the spring trout.the dead fish covered this lake.i was stunned and saddened.there were true trophy fish in here.bass bluegills crappies and pike.plus the carp bullheads and millions of minnows and tiny fish.like i have stated the fishing pressure in my area is hard to fathom.obviously by dying in mass these fish revealed their ability to not get caught or even detected.not sure how long it takes a bass to get to 7-8 pounds but am sure twice as long as say florida.i think that is why when i travel to places wher fish are more abundant and aggressive i have little trouble finding them.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 5, 2015 at 5:20pm

an added qualifier - on the better days means on some good water; on tough to fish water I find correlations difficult to notice for the opposite reason; fish are so few and far between that it is difficult to notice a pattern

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 5, 2015 at 4:47pm

Jim - I personally haven't noticed a correlation in fresh water. When it starts cooking in a few weeks, on the better days it is non stop and on the slower days it is usually just a lower frequency, not big gaps of no activity. That's been my experience in the south anyway.

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 5, 2015 at 4:23pm

i have at times tried to time my local after work or weekends with the lunar tables.if you notice when the fishing quits at times so does allot of the background activity of other creatures?birds are quieter,less activity in the woods.squirrels chipmunks.all that rustling in the underbrush seems to go quiet as well.you might even see fish cruising the shallows but not feeding.the small fish not really too concerned with being eaten,this would pretty much line up with the in between phases of ocean tides.i never really believed it but it has pretty much been accurate every time i have tried to time it

Comment by Joe Angelucci on March 5, 2015 at 4:15pm

Moon Phase Fishing

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

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 5, 2015 at 4:10pm

you think animals outside of saltwater are not affected by moon cycles?all bodies of water are affected by the pull of the moon.not a rushing tide we can see but it is there.bass fishing can be quite slow during daylight during a full moon.nothing cooler than having a bass hit a big topwater lure in the dark.

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