Strawberry Wind Question

[MisterCompletely]

I know too well that Strawberry gets windy every afternoon. But does it generally die down in the evening, and if so, about what time on most days? I want to run up there and fish the evening shift and maybe after dark, but I don't want to launch in a gale. Of course the wind can come and go anytime, but I'm just talking about a "typical" day this time of year.
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[OCF]

I am not sure how much wind is a problem for you? But it seems to me that it pretty much gets dead calm an hour maybe two (on a good day) just prior to sunset - on the average.
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[MisterCompletely]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500028]Yeah, that's what I was hoping. Actually I plan to launch in the evening and get in a little fishing and then anchor up for the night and "sleep on the hook" as they say, then do some serious fishing the following morning as soon as I can see where I'm going. I have a good sized boat that will certainly handle the wind, but launching alone can be a pain if it's real choppy or windy. I wonder how the fishing is there after dark, with maybe glowing jigs and chub meat? [/#500028][/font]
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[Kent]

I have had non-stop action fishing overnight at Strawberry (and I have had a few trips when it didn't happen at night). I have seen it when it was unusual, all night long, to not get a hit within three minutes. One night there was just a sliver of a moon in the sky and we had to quit fishing around 3:30 AM in order to get any sleep at all. Try to locate the fish before dark and then anchor over them. I wouldn't fish water any deeper than 25' deep at night and perhaps even a little shallower.
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[MisterCompletely]

Thanks, that's just what I wanted to hear. I like to anchor in relatively shallow water anyway if I'm going to sleep, so there's less chance of the anchor slipping. Off I go to check the moon calendar....
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[Kent]

Yep, I love to fish Strawberry overnight this time of year. One problem is the frequency of lighting strikes at night in the summer months in the mountains. I gave serious consideration to doing an overnighter this past Friday evening. The problem with fishing at night is that I am dead tired the following day, and sometimes staying awake while I am driving home is a major challenge.
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[MisterCompletely]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500028]Thanks Kent[/#500028][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500028]Hey, at my age staying awake to drive home from work every day is a major challenge! [/#500028][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500028]I'm thinking maybe this Thursday night and Friday morning. Totally dark moon so I don't know how that'll affect things, other than I'll be in the dark (as usual) and the predicted thunderstorms should be history by then (yeah right). I appreciate the words of encouragement. If things don't go too badly, this could turn out to be a regular thing for me. Just my cup of tea. Then I'll invite some company, but for now I'll try it out solo. What I'd REALLY like to do is put the downriggers out later Friday morning and putt around a little, if I can get enough sleep during the night. Maybe I should just stay out there until Saturday [cool].[/#500028][/font]
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[Kent]

Did you end up doing an overnighter at Strawberry?
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[MisterCompletely]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#502800]I chickened out on the overnighter because of all the forecasts for thunder storms up there, but afterwards I found out they didn't get much lightning at all (of course). I did go up that Monday morning at dark-thirty and did OK on the cutts doing the standard jigging. I still want to do an overnighter there. My wife and I will be trailer camping at Strawberry Bay from Sunday until Tuesday and I'm taking the boat too, so maybe we'll be able to fish into the night on Monday night. Sounds like fun to me, especially if the fish are hungry. But I WILL do an overnighter - - been planning it since spring. I did an overnighter at Utah Lake as a warm-up for Strawberry. [/#502800][/font]
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[chinook]

When you do that night fishing, are you jigging with tubes or power bait over the side? I was curious what would work the best at night.
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[MisterCompletely]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#502800]I'm hoping Kent will answer this, but I would use jigs with bait - - worms or chub meat, etc. and fish it just like in the daylight. I was thinking maybe a glowing jig would help though. I'm not a power bait kind of guy, and I sure don't want them swallowing a treble hook.[/#502800][/font]
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[Kent]

I had my greatest success back in the day when there were lots of minnows around the docks. I would net a bunch of minnows, throw them on ice and fish them whole longlining. If I were to do it now I would use tubes tipped with minnow. I would probably use glow tubes, but I am confident that I could catch plenty with regular non-glow tubes. The reason I say that is because they would hit those minnows as quickly as we would cast them out, even when there was just a sliver of moon showing. I also used one of those slip bobbers that had a light in it. It was neat seeing that bobber glowing 10 feet or so under water.
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[chinook]

Thanks for the information. I agree with Mister, I would not want them swallowing power bait and killing too many cuts. I will have to give the glow tube at night a try some time.
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