Kevin: One of the first things I learned about fishing was the "Changing Light Conditions" It apparently causes the fish to react buy sounding the chow bell. After a night of not being able to see anything to eat they are hungry. And conversely when they know the sun is going down and they won't be able to see anything to eat, they try to get as much food as possible. Did you ever notice that fish tend to dimple the water at sun up and sun down? That's not to say that you will never catch anything any other time of the day, but your odds increase dramatically at the changing light conditions.
I'm sure they will be times when there is a full moon and the fish can feed at night and not feed at the changing light conditions. Alan Di Somma Phoenix,Az. http://www.azod.com http://www.azflycasters.org/ http://www.wmonline.com/attract/lakes.htm http://www.wmonline.com/attract/streams.htm In case you need proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods; On a bottle of Palmolive Dishwashing liquid; "Do not use on food." (Hey mom we're out of syrup! It's OK honey, just grab the Palmolive!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin W. Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing Report: Saturday Steve: I had the same thing happen to me a couple weeks ago out here in MO. From about 1/2 hour before sunset to about 1/2 hour after caught a bluegill on every other cast and felt hits on about every cast. Before and after, not much of any action. Caught most on a black and yellow beadhead wolly bugger. I took it as a good sign, though, as the fish are moving shallow and topwater action will be along shortly. Kev >From: "Steve Brettell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing Report: Saturday >Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 11:22:25 -0400 > >---I went out too, and caught only a cold. There were trout feeding all >around, but I couldn't hook up on any of them. In fact, they didn't just >spurn my offerings, but actually knocked them with their heads. Knocked >them out of the way. This was in fairly shallow lake water, could they >have been bass? > >Caught 12 good sized blue gills yesterday on a black soft hackle (partridge >hackle) They loved it. A fish every second or third cast until they >chewed it up completely. Interestingly, there was no action at all until >the sun settled to the tree tops, then all the action happened in the next >1/2 hour. After that it was back to total quiet/. > >Steve, >In Maryland > > > >____________________________________________________________ >Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. >http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
