Nite bite report 6/17

[FASTEDDIE29]

Fished the big lake with John last night from 930-230. Thought it was going to be a hot and heavy night when it comes to catching but not to be. Conditions were good overall with the exception of the crappy SSW wind swirling around at 10-20 mph. It just never layed down and running a trolling motor was quite the task last night. We managed to find a nice area to fish in and it was stacked up with all kinds of bait and species. We just couldn't make much of a connection. John got some Crappie and other panfish early on. He also managed to put one Walleye in the boat. I managed 1 Striper around 4-4.5 lbs and 2 Walleye around 20 inches or so. The bait was so thick we were definatley out numbered like 1,000,000-2. Fish crashing everywhere but not many willing to take our offering. Nice night all around with a couple of fish caught. Saw a few other boats out but didn't see much splashing or headlamps turning on and off. Warmest night I've been out all year, felt good to not need a hoodie for a change. GOTTA BE OUT THERE TO GET EM!!!

TIGHT LINEZ!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Skunk City]

Me and Scott were there too lol.

[Jigman13]

Nice Eddie. I'm jealous... I need my nighttime fix badly!

[ScowardNJ]

Good work out there fellas! I bet we were in that same group of boats last night. We had fish blowing up all around us but they wouldn't take what we were offering. Skunk city managed a 17" smallie and that was all we could mug. We got soaked heading back to Lee's!

[jimmythegreek]

good job eddie, way to put a catch together. getting tough out there at night, its getting later and later....usual spots arent holding many fish, theyve been picked thru pretty hard, low-key spots are still holding plenty of fish

[bigfishy]

This type of thing happens in the fly fishing world on rare occasions, usually at night....
Where the hatch or hatches are SOOOO thick that there is too much competition, and your one fly blends in too much with the millions of naturals....Not sure how to approach this problem on big lakes but in fly fishing you actually try to not match the hatch when this happens....Or you try to make your offering stand out in some way, whether it be a bigger size offering or an offering which acts differently than the rest...You would think throwing lures that act and or swim erratically would be enough to make them stand out but remember that herring are MUCH more filling than flies....The fish that are crashing herring at night don't NEED to eat, they do so out of reaction and istinct....By the time the herring spawn is in its second or third week the fish are more than ;likely gorged and only NEED to feed every few days or so....The epic nights of fishing are when a larger majority of fish are on there second or third night of little feeding activity and then BAM the light switch turns on and a bigger percentage NEED to feed.....Almost gotta hit it every night in order to hit it right and be there when its frenzy time....

Don't take any of this to heart, its just my opinoin from yrs and yrs of fishing the herring spawn....Cover lots of water in order to show your offerings to a larger percentage of fish....2 cents out

Oh ya--way to go bro, gotta be in it to win it

[GetANet]

YEA BUDDY Frustrating Yet So Addicting!!!!!!!!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

We threw everything in the book a these fish. It's mind boggling how picky these fish can get at times. Still put a catch together somehow. SHEEEESH!!! Rough night!

[acaravaglia]

I need to get out one night.

[NorthJerzyG]

Looks good like a good catch! I've yet to get my first Eye. Actually burned up a good 20-30mins of fishin time bs'n with the guy at fins n furs about shed eyes. He had some good tips, and some nice pics to back it up. I'll be tryin some new things soon, hopefully with better results. The no night fishing makes it tough up there but it's Def still possible......