12-16-2004, 03:19 PM
You know Don, come to think of it, I don't think I have ever seen a brown come thru the ice at 11-Mile? And I have been fishing there for 20 years now.
When we were in our early 20s we would get up there in the evening and fish all night, then fish Antero during the day. We would catch some browns every night on spinners or Raps. We would also get up to Antero sometimes around 4:00 AM so we could fish that two hour period of the false dawn. When it is still dark but you can see some light over the horison to the east. The browns could be heard rolling and splashing from the parking lot and we would fish right there at the ramp and jetty. It wasn't unusual in the fall, to catch a limit of 20 inch browns from Antero. As soon as the sun came up it was over though! Also the worse the weather was the better!
I think the main reason night fishing is so effective at 11-Mile, is that the crawfish molt their shells at night in very shallow water?
I don't have the stamina or desire to stay up 36 straight hours anymore[crazy]
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When we were in our early 20s we would get up there in the evening and fish all night, then fish Antero during the day. We would catch some browns every night on spinners or Raps. We would also get up to Antero sometimes around 4:00 AM so we could fish that two hour period of the false dawn. When it is still dark but you can see some light over the horison to the east. The browns could be heard rolling and splashing from the parking lot and we would fish right there at the ramp and jetty. It wasn't unusual in the fall, to catch a limit of 20 inch browns from Antero. As soon as the sun came up it was over though! Also the worse the weather was the better!
I think the main reason night fishing is so effective at 11-Mile, is that the crawfish molt their shells at night in very shallow water?
I don't have the stamina or desire to stay up 36 straight hours anymore[crazy]
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