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 Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/16/06 03:55 PM
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stevenN
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/16/06 03:57 PM
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chuckwagon
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Yeah I do!! I think I hooked that one at top upper left about a week ago!! And the little one, extreme top right, I KNOW that I released that little scudder the day before Valentines! It sure is a small world!  Thanks for sharing! Chuckwagon
****Sun sinking low....lines baited.....gentle south breeze blowing...you realize.........I AM! .
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/16/06 04:00 PM
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Mo
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I have used green lights,and they do attract bait fish, however....
I would bet my next paycheck there is some
chumming going on. When I used to feed catfish
off my dock, I could get dozens of channels
right under my spotlights. I even reconize the posture of those fish, looking up for floating catfish food.
It takes weeks of feeding to get this behavior
in an open lake.
Good luck
MO
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/16/06 04:34 PM
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SomethingSmellsFishy
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Heck, if you look hard you see what looks like bits of floating catfish food.
PB's:
Common: 30lbs
Mirror: 14lbs
Buffalo: 56lbs
White Amur:49lbs
Blue Cat: 32lbs
Yellow Cat: 34lbs
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/17/06 03:15 AM
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ryndel
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We fished some under-water lights like that near port o'conner. It was just swarming with trout the whole time.
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/17/06 12:31 PM
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Roddy69r
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I would rather have a bad day fishing,than a good day at the office!
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/17/06 07:01 PM
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okeycatfish
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Lights at night for catfish,
All the old timers tell me not to use lights at night when going after catfish.
Which type of fish are more attracted and why?
I can see the lights working for whites & stripers or trout going after the bait fish.
I can understand if you had a boat dock and you baited with the use of the light, but what about the weekend fisherman that trys this at a normally dark portion of the lake. I don't think it will increase your catch, I may be wrong.
If it has worked for you let me know I will try it.
Thanks,
Greg
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Re: Recognize these fish?
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02/18/06 05:27 AM
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Duckcreek Davy
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It can work well at times. Sometimes you will attract so many shiners or shad they will start swimming around the lit area in a massive swirling circle. Rest assured this attracts night feeding fish! It can depend on the depth of the water...stucture surrounding the light, etc. Crappie and sand bass will sometimes congregate right on the frendges of the light, or wait patiently below in the shadows for a snack. I've seen LMB bully their way right through the thick of the action several time. Kind of like the speckled trout do at night.
Lights have never attracted catfish for me. I prefer to fish for them in pretty much complete darkness except for a flashlight in my pocket.
Dave Morris  "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." --Thomas Jefferson,
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