rippinlip
Not much bait/ Striper activity which I expected due to the cold north wind.

Saturday was my annual single day of low/no wind on Arthur. No way it could last more than a day on the weekend. It usually settles at night, so the bugs can go wild…

The 4:30 thing sounds awesome and painful at the same time.

Anyone know of what happened on Saturday, possibly on 422? Huge amount of black smoke, appeared to be a mile or so from the 422 bridge. Cars were backed up on the bridge.

rippinlip
I heard a truck caught fire.

Yup, was a pickup pulling a small RV, both will be total loss

Awesome work!  Those are nice looking fish.
 
I've spent years trying to figure them out during the day, so I don't have to get them at night!  An hour + drive home at 2-3AM is no fun.  Much nicer to be home before dark and be able to wake up the next day and not be a complete waste!  Besides being able to move away from the crowds easier, a boat isn't much of a benefit at night.  I know of a few relatively easy shore access at night that holds them, that I rarely see people at.  It does require a little hike at night and not just out of the car and fishing.  Well, at least week nights.  I don't even bother with the weekends anymore when it comes to night fishing.  Those spots are probably jammed packed too.
 
Not to be a jerk, but I know exactly where you took those photos from the very few clues in the photos.  You may want to edit the backgrounds and even the bottom of the second photo.  Take notes on what you did and likely be able to repeat at this time next year.  Possibly other times of the year.  These bruisers can be caught without having to fish late night.  At least until everyone that fishes at night figures it out, then we will be shoulder to shoulder with them during the day too.  Again, not trying to be a jerk, but you have put the hard work in to figure things out.

This killed me hahahahaha

Porktown
Ha!  That looks to be photoshopped.  See the white mark on the fin.

I'm 97% sure I was the one who made that original comment on an insanely large steelhead pic back in 2009 or something. I remember some dude with a gnarly beard, holding a 35+ incher, and it had some weird white lines around the fish. Back then, I genuinely thought that it might have been photo shopped and said as much. Here we are years later 

DeadGator401

Porktown
Ha!  That looks to be photoshopped.  See the white mark on the fin.

I'm 97% sure I was the one who made that original comment on an insanely large steelhead pic back in 2009 or something. I remember some dude with a gnarly beard, holding a 35+ incher, and it had some weird white lines around the fish. Back then, I genuinely thought that it might have been photo shopped and said as much. Here we are years later 

You mean this one?  
https://forums.fishusa.co...morex/?high=Photo+shop

 Tim's partner caught the lunker last night
 
 

 5.5 lbs.

Launched at the 528 ramp today around 6am, caught 3 largemouth, 2 perch (one was a jumbo), and 3 slabs. The bite turned off when the water temp hit 79.