Ice Out/ Early Spring At Night?

[Bigchunk]

Will the bight at night? Im thinking it would be a waste of time but anyone try it? If so what worked

[papajoe222]

They will and I have, but only once. I had the frozen water blues so bad that as soon as the majority of ice was melted I had rod in hand. I'm the type that won't give up until I figure them out or I have to quit and I had no place I had to be.

I doubt if the water temp was above 34, so I was keeping things small, deep and slow. About an hour after sunset I tried suspending a neon tube below a slip bobber. I just let it hang there about four ft. under the bobber in 10ft. of water for May e five minutes or so. When I went to move it, the bobber went under and I felt the resistance of a fish.

Not much size and I dont know how long the fish had been holding that tube in its mouth, but I figured if things were that slow, I'd wait a few days before giving it a try again. The water ended up re freezing and it was almost two weeks before I was able to try again.

[bigbill]

We had snow flurries mixed with rain Easter Sunday afternoon. The ice is about 50/60% gone now. Still have ice. Two weeks and a few days from opening day of trout season. My kittens need some fresh fish. Looks like a late spawn. Ill fish for trout till the water warms up more.

But I may throw some bass lures too.

[Ozark_Basser]

Only one way to find out....