Summer-time Night fishing

[dan sexton]

Hello Minnesota!

Just wondering if you guys are still up for a night fishing get-together on July 2nd? I am planning a trip to my Mom's (she lives in St.Louis Park) for a couple of days around the 4th of July. Just wanting to see if I can plan some fishing at 'Tonka during my stay. A few of you had mentioned that you would like to explore the "night-fishing" angle of competitive bass fishing that we do here in Northern California during the summer months.

Side note to my season this year: I have been middle of the pack in some of the events that I have entered this year. The swim-bait has really cooked my goose in 2 of the 3 events that I entered. One pro came in with 5 fish for 36.40 pounds of fish, all caught on swimbaits. I thought I was doing okay with 9.48 for 5 fish. The last 2 weeks we have been catching a few fish on the beds, but most of them have been males. I did fish a team event with 180 boats a week ago and we took 35th getting the last check. We caught a limit early (largemouth bass)on blades and flukes and upgraded with three smallies (all on beds in about 12'), 5 fish going 10.91.

Hope some of you all want to hook up in July.

Dan Sexton

[beeflover]

hey dan, nite bass fishing, sounds fun. The second is a saturday of the long weekend, my wife's out of the country so I could go.

Most fisherman head up north somewhere on this weekend. We'll see. I doubt your haulin your boat all this way. Give me a shout if ya need a ride for a day.

Bring a couple swimbaits with ya in a natural color. Muskies will eat em if the bass don't

take care

[dan sexton]

Sounds great! And no, I will have to leave the Ranger at home. Although, the little misses and kiddies will take her place (this is one reason why night fishing is popular during summer vacation. I'm fishin while mom and the kids are sleeping. They hardly know I was missing. Not to mention less boat traffic and noise.)

Have you tried the "Mission Fish" swimbaits? They are weedless and look like a fluke with a swimbait tail.

Frog fishing should be underway at 'Tonka depending on how hot it is for the 4th. Which one of the 'Tonka bays has the deepest rocky structure?

Maybe Exude Dude (Deitz), Dan Wood (is Dan still around?), Granny, Ebass, and all the other famous forum bassers will come out of hiding to "batman fish" 'Tonka. Too early to tell, but not too early to plan.

Looking forward to fishing beefaholic,

dan

[Deitz Dittrich]

I might be able to be talked into this.. I have never night fished Tonka before... Knowing the lake would be very important as with all the channels and such finding them in the dark could be hard.. a spot light in the boat would almost be a must... I'll have to look at my sched and look to see what that weekend looks like.