Quote Originally Posted by campinman View Post
Thanks Peter,
Do you find the bait on your depth finder and then throw your net or do you see the bait at the surface first?

Planning on going out today if the wind will lay down a little.
At night I sort of look for bait in a dark part of the lake (where I suspect bait will be) on the graph even if it is scattered bait. Seems like mostly you could do this just about anywhere keeping in mind seasonal differences on where bait locates. Then I put light in. On the graph over time you will see the bait getting thicker and thicker under the light, you will see the bait move up over time and yo will start seeing it and hearing it flip on the surface. This works for alewives and thread-fins. Takes anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour. If it is going to happen you should see very tiney living things down there after ten minutes.

When there is a lot of bait there you turn the light off and throw your net immediately after light goes off. Then once you start raising the net turn your light back on so bait will collect again.

In the mornings this time of you you might be able to net threadfins near sunrise and after in the last half of the creeks. You will see the threadfins flipping on the surface. Just throw at them. If they are flipping at the very head of the creek it is easier to net them there.