Full Moon Delight

Fishing Time:  7:30 am – 10:30 pm

Weather:  mostly sunny, breezy, T-100

Moon Phase:  Full Moon

Location:  Yuba/Community Pond/Deer Creek

Bait:  Yuba- crankbaits, 7-inch tube jigs, swim baits, rapalas.  Community Pond- Jig/trailer.  Deer Creek- mid to deep diving crankbaits, curly tailed grubs

Who Went:  Rick, Bobber John, Me

We all took the day off work to avoid the crowds and fish the full moon at Deer Creek, but figured we might as well make a day out of it before the full moon came up.  My boat is currently in the shop, so we fished from the S.S. Everson for the day. 

Morning:  We started at Yuba where Rick had two pike in the boat within the first 15 minutes. 

It slowed down quickly though and we only put a few more in the boat while working the shorelines with crankbaits, tube jigs, and swim baits.  

We tried targeting a little deeper water by trolling large crankbaits and rapalas in 15-20 feet of water and landed the two biggest fish of the day. 

Mid-Day:  We hit a pond that we’ve all been scouting for largemouth bass this year.  Rick landed one decent largie and I added one more that wasn’t picture worthy, but that was it for the day.  

The temperature was a balmy 104 today, so the fact that the bass weren’t hitting in the middle of the day wasn’t all that surprising.  I did see a very nice bass tucked up under some logs and I’m still very anxious to fish this pond during next year’s spawn. 

Evening:  We launched at Deer Creek around 6:30 pm and started by drifting jigs inside Rainbow Bay in 15-25 ft of water.  No bites were detected so we began trolling the shorelines with crankbaits in hopes of some full moon walleye.  We ended up catching quite a few planter rainbows, but the walleye never showed up.  The sunset was beautiful, but once again those damn walleye got the best of us!  Worst part was hearing success stories from some of our Rocky Mountain Angler buddies fishing for walleye up there the night before.  The walleye curse continues on…