My Dad and I decided to hit the Nov full moon weekend this last Friday and Saturday nights. Despite a very slow Oct full moon weekend of fishing we decided to keep a positive attitude and find out how to get some of these big fall females to crush some cranks. We were welcomed Friday night with winds at 20 mph (consistently gusting to 30 mph), freezing temps, and rain, sleet, snow mixed precip. Despite the tough conditions we had our mind set on trying to dial in some of these fish and although it was not “lights out” by any means we did manage eight fish with two crossing the 27 inch mark with the rest in the mid twenty inch range. Lure of the night, which got all the fish was HJ #10 in Tennessee Shad trolled in the 9 foot range . Water temp was at 44.3 degrees so I kept the speeds from 1.2 to 1.5. Saturday night we hit the water to a perfect fall evening and hooked up to our first fish a solid 26″ and for the next six hours continued to pick up solid, fat eyes at the rate of 2-3 fish an hour. We had a total of 19 fish for the night with the majority in the mid twenty inch range and the biggest hitting the tape at 28″. Again HJ’s in Tennessee Shad trolled in the 9-10 foot depths took all the fish. Speeds were 1.3-1.5 to start the night and when the moon showed through the clouds and slowing down to 1.2-1.4 when the clouds covered the moonlight. We ended the night with a total of 19 eyes. Finally the fall bite I wait all year to fish and even better was being able to share the boat with my Dad. We had the lake to ourselves only seeing two or three other boats either night. If you are a fan of this bite all I can say with confidence the bite is started into full swing and I feel like it will continue until ice up. Here are a few pictures from our weekend.
November 1, 2009 at 10:31 pm
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