01-13-2019, 06:29 AM
Nothing wrong with your thoughts, Jeff.
I've had pretty weird luck with night bites for panfish. Once, maybe 6 years ago in the spring at UL (Pelican Bay) I stayed late into the night dangling little jigs off the boat dock near a pile of washed up tumbleweeds, in maybe 18" of water. I steadily caught nice bluegills, crappies, bullheads, a couple perch, and two 15-16" largemouth. I was COLD by the time I left at midnight, and I've never been able to duplicate anything like it. I foroot about this episode when I mentioned dock-fishing, since I was really fishing a tumbleweed pile.
Most of my ice fishing for bluegill and perch seems to end pretty quick at sundown, but is often good even great in the dark of early dawn.
Was thinking the panfish often seek shelter in the marinas in winter at UL, but have also had the bite end at sunset at the Pump House before. Wondering about Lincoln Beach. They definitely hang deep in Pineview a lot, but I've seen them cruise through suspended, too, again, esp. in early morning.
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I've had pretty weird luck with night bites for panfish. Once, maybe 6 years ago in the spring at UL (Pelican Bay) I stayed late into the night dangling little jigs off the boat dock near a pile of washed up tumbleweeds, in maybe 18" of water. I steadily caught nice bluegills, crappies, bullheads, a couple perch, and two 15-16" largemouth. I was COLD by the time I left at midnight, and I've never been able to duplicate anything like it. I foroot about this episode when I mentioned dock-fishing, since I was really fishing a tumbleweed pile.
Most of my ice fishing for bluegill and perch seems to end pretty quick at sundown, but is often good even great in the dark of early dawn.
Was thinking the panfish often seek shelter in the marinas in winter at UL, but have also had the bite end at sunset at the Pump House before. Wondering about Lincoln Beach. They definitely hang deep in Pineview a lot, but I've seen them cruise through suspended, too, again, esp. in early morning.
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