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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
Tlpap, not to hijack but a question for you. When fishing at night, how do you know the bass are on bunker? Are you seeing them hit the surface or the bait jumping?
I never witnessed that at night.
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Several items lead to this conclusion. First off, during the summer, the spot we had the bunker was very calm and you can pretty much see all that is going on in front of you with even a slight moon present. At times, you could see the bunker finning the surface. Also, what looked like TNT going off in the water as the bass take the bunker was another clue. Most of the bass that were kept had fresh bunker in them as well. (actually, one was stuffed with lobsters too) Lastly, when we have arrived before the sun set completely, you could see them in the water.
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Simple...if you can stoop low enough...toss a live eel....Only fool would watch a guy next to him banging larger fish and not use whats working
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Bill, I never said I didn't switch to eels. My goal was to try to figure out if something else would work, though. I knew the fish were there so I wanted to learn from the experience. The last night out this week was extremely windy. It was tough to get an eel to the fish with a 20 mph+ wind cutting across your cast. We eventually had to bail on eeling. The lightning and rain rolled in a short time later, so we really didn't have a chance to see what else would work that night.
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have you tried using some larger paddle-tail rubber lures like a 9 inch storm wildeye
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Unfortunately, none of these spots favor the use of a large paddle tail type offering. I have been considering trying some of the neutral to slow sinking swim baits like they use in Cali for big bass. I just can't bring myself to spending $50+ on a plug that could get donated to a bloooofish. Still trying to find an inexpensive one that swims well. Has anyone tried removing some of the lead from a 9" Storm shad?