RV bows 7/15

[Fish n Jeep]

My first boat was an inflatable, gotta start somewhere.

[15FOOTER]

Nice fish! Hey I'm not trying to get all high and mighty on ya and 2 fish nights aren't gonna hurt too bad but ya gotta watch the night time rainbow thing. Water temps are in the mid 80's and while I don't think all fish caught will die like people say I think a good amount will. So if the bite does heat up be modest and shut it down after a few if ya could. Only allowed 2 keepers over 15 so why catch 40 and kill a bunch. Ive seen many nights lately where there are 20-40 boats out from 3 different states and the rainbows are taking an absolute beating and I have watched that fish population dwindle since this got blown up with 50-100 fish nights years ago. Imagine what 20-40 boats can do if 15 of em find them and have 50 fish nights and kill 25% of them all summer long (and 25% is a conservative estimate). I used to do the night time thing all the time and I still want to now. Trust me I do everything I can to restrain myself from getting back into it LOL. Just my opinion..Good luck buddy!

[jimmythegreek]

Totally agree 15footer, anything you plan on keeping do what u wish, but ANY fish u are throwing back DO NOT take out of the water, if you have to photo do it in the net, they will not make it, we lost one sat morn and it was cold and rainy and he wouldnt make it. And for what its worth I marked LOTS of fish in 48 FOW to the left of the launch halfway down the rock retention wall towards the tower, quite a few big schools most fish at 18-20 feet down and then a few small groups right at 29-30

[cmoran719]

thanks for the advice everyone. and 15footer, I've heard all about that on here. I don't plan on slaughtering em all summer long I know how delicate they are coming up through the warm water. I just want a couple nice nights with a few more than 2 fish lol

[GetANet]

Some guys seem to like the sit and wait them out theory, I generally sit at least 45min to give it some time to settle down and the bite to get going.
Sometimes I don't think the anchor hit the bottom and they're biting other times you couldn't buy a fish. I will move several times to try and find them if I need to. Everybody thinks this is a no brainer and any one can just anchor up drop your bait over and bail them. IMO that's not really the case. Yes some times but not always, I talk to a lot of fisherman and a lot catch 1 or 2 or none. I fish there quite a lot and my best night was 26 rainbows last year NEVER been close since then! I have learned as well DO NOT remove the fish from the water unless you plan to keep it otherwise IT WILL DIE FOR SURE!
I either quickly remove the hook if in the lip or clip it off asap and I would say 98% of my fish rocket off to the bottom
I do on a rare occasion will have a floater but if you do the correct thing most if not all will survive. That's why you NEVER see pics of the fish unless I keep them for dinner. USE COMMON SENSE !!!
As far as water depth I have caught them in 60ft and as shallow as 30ft.
Nothing is a given or etched in stone just keep at it and you'll find em.
Like ANDY said A logbook is actually the MOST important piece of equipment you can have. The longer you keep them the better the info gets!!! You think you can remember it all, You can't LOL but the Log will !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

I'm not here to critic your catch. But to say nice job. You'll get em next time!!!

[AndyS]

You can do like I do, use a very small #8 Mustad 3906 light wire fly tying hook. The fish comes up and you don't see the hook cut the line as close to the mouth as you can, see the hook and it's a quick ally-oop with the forceps. Also the 3906 does not have bait holder barbs.
Take it one step further and press down the barb if you like. I swam in the middle of the lake at night (kids, don't try this at home) and you would swim down about 10 or so feet and you could feel the water get very cool, semed like the top 10 feet of water was the warmest.

[Super]

Originally Posted by 15FOOTER

Nice fish! Hey I'm not trying to get all high and mighty on ya and 2 fish nights aren't gonna hurt too bad but ya gotta watch the night time rainbow thing. Water temps are in the mid 80's and while I don't think all fish caught will die like people say I think a good amount will. So if the bite does heat up be modest and shut it down after a few if ya could. Only allowed 2 keepers over 15 so why catch 40 and kill a bunch. Ive seen many nights lately where there are 20-40 boats out from 3 different states and the rainbows are taking an absolute beating and I have watched that fish population dwindle since this got blown up with 50-100 fish nights years ago. Imagine what 20-40 boats can do if 15 of em find them and have 50 fish nights and kill 25% of them all summer long (and 25% is a conservative estimate). I used to do the night time thing all the time and I still want to now. Trust me I do everything I can to restrain myself from getting back into it LOL. Just my opinion..Good luck buddy!

%100 true. Could not have written it better.