Well it was a great night of fishing for my son and I. We ended up with 13 cats to 10.5 pounds, kept 2 for a fried catfish and eggs breakfast. The striper bite was on and off. Had a hard time keeping them on the larger swim baits. Landed 5, biggest was 9.2 on the scale, all released. Had one to the bank that was and easy 13 if it was an ounce but she rolled at the last second and my AC plug , which only had one tine of the back treble in the roof of her mouth, came out and nearly got me in the leg. Numerous blow ups on the top waters which made the night great.
The kittys all came on regular and cured chicken livers and no stripers on bait. They seemed to be cruisin the top of the water column. There is something great about topwater fishing at night. Since there was hardly any moonlight you'd just feel your bait thumpin on your rod tip then a huge splash and bendo. All of the strikes were very agressive.
One word of caution. It is the desert here and not much water around so the duct attracts it's share of critters at night, especially our friends with the marachi's on the end of their tails. We came across 4 rattlers last night looking for a drink, so keep this in mind if your out there after dark.
Well we are hungry for breakfast here, and I got some filleting to do, fish hard and fish often, beats the hell outta work anyday.