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Zach0208
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 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:52 pm Post subject: 7/31 Lower Bolton Lake |
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Lower Bolton lake is close to me so I go there often. It is a beautiful lake with plenty of bass, pickerel, and perch, though there are seldom large ones (or I'm not good at catching large ones).
Thought today would be good, cloudy with a little freeze, perfect for buzzbait, so I went out to try some good luck.
Not long before my first fish, at a tip point.
Another small one came near a dock.
Then it was getting dark, and I went to the cove with incoming water from Middle Bolton Lake, got the biggest fish today, a 16 inch 2 pounder.
Just after sunset, I landed the fourth, small though.
It was a good day, but didn't end well. I haven't done any night fishing when it's totally dark, so I wanted to try tonight. I found it was totally different when you can not see through your eyes. You have to count on your other senses. I know buzzbait is good at night, and it proved so with a good fish hooked. I could feel it is bigger than the 2 pounder I landed but it shook off when 3 feet from my kayak. What is amazing about night fishing is if you lose a fish, you can only imagine what it is. I was a little frustrated then, and got a backlash when casting...I fell it is much harder to cast a baitcasting reel in the dark, another lesson.
To conclude the day, night fishing is exciting, but it is not as easy as I thought.  |
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MANIMAL
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| much better luck on this outing for you! |
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Kevin G
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| a headlamp is key for night fishing their like 10$ at walmart |
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PECo
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Kevin G wrote: | | a headlamp is key for night fishing their like 10$ at walmart |
No, moonlight is key to night fishing. 
In addition to navigation lights, I always wear a headlamp and have a spotlight close at hand. However, I try to keep all of the lights off as much as possible. Every time you use them, they mess up your night vision.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | | Kevin G wrote: | | a headlamp is key for night fishing their like 10$ at walmart |
No, moonlight is key to night fishing.
In addition to navigation lights, I always wear a headlamp and have a spotlight close at hand. However, I try to keep all of the lights off as much as possible. Every time you use them, they mess up your night vision. |
Hi Phil,
Oh yeah! White light will definitely mess up your night vision.
Other night at West Hill after 1:00 AM and leaving one of my favorite spots at the south end . I was motoring back to the boat ramp and at the 1/2 way mark encountered a simmer in black wet suite (no safety bouy, reflectors, or whistle) -> Luckly it was calm and I detected his wake -> My night vision was very good and so I slowed to a crawl and saw him just 3-4 yards off my port bow.
I'm sure you can figure out what I was thinking at that moment ! 
You never know what you may encounter on the water at night ! 
At anchor -> White light is no problem -> But ! if your moving ....Well it's essential to have your night vision.
And flashing a white into another boat at night is the "Absolute WORST" thing to ever do 
Moonlight ? Well there's been different debates on that subject.
I tend to prefer fishing on the later 1/2 of a waning moon.
Found fishing to steadly get productive!
Best regards,
SeaDog1  "Never Give In ... Never Back Down" |
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Zach0208
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | | Kevin G wrote: | | a headlamp is key for night fishing their like 10$ at walmart |
No, moonlight is key to night fishing.
In addition to navigation lights, I always wear a headlamp and have a spotlight close at hand. However, I try to keep all of the lights off as much as possible. Every time you use them, they mess up your night vision. |
I think that's the problem of last night. It is cloudy so no moonlight. 
I have a headlamp but everytime I turn it on, I saw millions of bugs flying around me, then I turned it off, and it does bother my vision, and I could not see when my lure goes at all. |
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pikePERSUADER1
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| try not to use it unless you need to, like retying, try to get one with the duller red light, and just use that for retying, your nite vision will come back sooner |
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Wanna Fish
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | | Kevin G wrote: | | a headlamp is key for night fishing their like 10$ at walmart |
No, moonlight is key to night fishing.
In addition to navigation lights, I always wear a headlamp and have a spotlight close at hand. However, I try to keep all of the lights off as much as possible. Every time you use them, they mess up your night vision. |
and the "BUGS" Mosquito's aren't very tasty.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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and the "BUGS" Mosquito's aren't very tasty.[/quote]
No, but very crunchy and full of protien ! .... LOL 
Hope the bat population revives -> eats them by the thousands! 
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Zach0208
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Mosquitoes always remind me we are not the top of the food chain.  |
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Wanna Fish
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Try green chem lights. They work wonders.
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rmflint
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Zach you don't go to UConn do you? If not and just happen to live up there we should fish together once I move in.
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Zach0208
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| rmflint wrote: | | Zach you don't go to UConn do you? If not and just happen to live up there we should fish together once I move in. |
Man, why it is about Uconn? |
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rmflint
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know your shirt maybe?
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Zach0208
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| rmflint wrote: | | I don't know your shirt maybe? |
lol, I forgot that. yea, I'm a grad student there. |
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