Things are looking great for the night fishing outing myself and several others are going on this Friday night. Lows wont be too bad, in the mid 40s.
If anyone else is interested in joining in, I will be pontoon bound as usual and more are welcome to join our small fleet.
Are boats welcome???(if I can get mine fixed in time)..I would love to come up!! I only have a few more weeks until the boat gets put up for the year, Duck season is just around the corner!![sly][sly]
Of course boats are welcome. I don’t descriminate in any way, unless you are a water skier who wants to come ski around us. 
Dont have to worry about me being a water skier,I couldnt get my fat butt up even if I tried!!..LOL[sly][sly] If I can make it anyone is welcom in the boat if you dont have a float tube.
Hey there CBR,
Night fishing at Strawberry(or just about anyplace) is fun. What time are you planning on launching and from where at Strawberry ?
BTW - I doubt my pontoon(or tin boat for that matter) would pull a skier - even if in the very unlikely event were I inclined to do so. I might however like to pull a side planner for trolling like the one it looked like you used at the Gorilla Flotilla - if that is what it was I saw(you were quite a ways off for me to get a good look). If it was, that looked like it could be a great technique to use in a variety of situations.
Hehe yeah that was a planer. For the bigger boats launching from the Strawberry Marina is a prime choice. for us floatables and tooners launching at the ladders is great, then going out a ways from the laddars inlet to catch those fish cruising the end of it for debrit and bugs that wash in from the inlet. 
Ladders is getting hot and the kokes are even in pre-spawn so chances of catching some kokes is really good right now.
SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT TIME. WHAT KIND OF FISHING WORKS BEST AT NIGHT? JIGGING OR FLYFISHING. THE TIMES I HAVE NIGHT FISHED FOR TROUT HAVE BEEN WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF A FULL MOON. IS THAT A BETTER TIME OR DOES IT MATTER AT ALL?
I dont use jigging or fly fishing when I night fish but I am sure both work ok depending on the status of the moon. Mate of mine fished it during the full moon and did well, and he said the midges were out in full force in the evening but once it cooled they disapeared.
Craig, I may be able to swing this. What time are you planning on meeting at the ladders, and what time do you plan on getting off the lake?
Gonna be a redbull night. I am heading up at 3:30 PM and setting up a “base camp” then launching around 5:30 PM and trolling the area for a bit and setting some dad traps. Prolly get off the water around 2:30 AM depending on the fishing.
Wish I could make it . I like to fish at night . Most of the time I end up fishin’ alone at night . Flies , lures , and jigs all will work at night .
Add minnows to the list of things that work at night. I have had nights at Strawberry where it was non-stop action fishing with whole minnows.
What is your minnow fishing tactic? Do you virticle jig them? Below a bobber?
At night I often fish them below a lighted slip bobber. Casting them out weightless and letting them drift to the bottom works even better, but I have to hold the rod to feel the bite, and I will often fish all night long, and I usually just cast out with a lighted bobber and put the rod in a rod holder on my boat. Vertical jigging will also work, but I have had a little better luck casting out and then working it back to the boat.
Nice, I will give that tactic a try Friday night.
If you want to try something really wild try this. My fishing partner’s lighted slip bobber got a little water in it, just enough to let it slowly sink. Those lights are sealed well enough that they continue glowing under water. It seemed like he was getting more bites than I was. When a fish pulls one of those lighted bobbers under water it appears that I can see that red light glowing down almost 15 feet, so they could be seen by a fish for a long ways under water. I have noticed that I get more bites with them floating on the top than I do with an unlighted bobber, so who knows maybe they would work even better under water.
Hey Kent,
Do you happen to remember what kind of lighted bobber/float you partner had ? I have several different types of lighted floats/bobbers. The kind I regularly use as a slip float is a “Thill”, but any of the others I have could be rigged in the slip fashion. I have used a number of other lighted lures and glowing presentations - they do work well ! The fish can find them from quite a distance it seems - lighted and/or glowing offerings can also be used in dark or deep water during the day with the same successfull results.
BTW - there are also scents that are available (I have garlic and anise) that glow-in-the-dark that can be used in conjunction with and/or to sweeten any offering - however, I have only used them a few times and don’t really have a feel for if they are more successful than the non-glow-in-the-dark ones.
It was a Thill.
WELL YOU GUYS HAVE FUN . DONT JUST FISH OUT AND AWAY FROM THE LADDERS, LOTS OF THE BIGGER BOWS COME FROM WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE BANK. MY FAVORITE SPOT IS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE CEMENT LADDER. THERE WILL BE A BACK EDDY, ALWAYS IS… ITS THE GOOD SPOT MOST YRS BUT FISH ARE CAUGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE DIRT BANK AS WELL. JUST NOT AS MANY. ALSO THE WAY WE RIG UP IS DIFFERNT THAN MOST SHORE ANGLERS SET UP. USE 1 OR 2 # 7 SPILT SHOTS ABOUT 4 INCHES UP FROM THE END OF LINE JUST CRIMP THEM ON AND DO NOT TIE A KNOT AT END THEN PUT A SMALL TREBLE HOOK ABOUT 14 INCHES UP THEN 12 INCHES HIGHER ANOUTHER. BAIT UP AND FISH. IF SINKERS SNAGG UP THEY WILL SLIP OF WHEN PULLED OUT OF ROCKS. DONT LOOSE THE HOOKS THIS WAY. IF THE KOKES COME IN THEY WONT BITE MUTCH BUT WILL SWIM THREW THE LINE AND GET HOOKED IN THE MOUTH AS THEY SWIM AWAY. SOME WILL EVEN HANG ON TO THE SINKER AND NOT LET GO UNTIL THEY FLOP ON THE BANK. BEEN DOING IT FOR YRS COMMING HOME FROM ELK BOW HUNT ITS TRADITION TO STOP FOR SAMON.
O YA IF YOU GUYS LIKE IT ILL SHARE WHEN AND WHERE ON SOLDGER CREEK IT ALITLE AWAY STILL. ITS THE SAME THING KOKES SPAWNING ON A MAIN LAKE SPAWNING BED WITH HUGE BOWS GORGING ON THE EGGS AT NIGHT.