Question RE Uniques

[Marshall_Maz]

Hi guys , can you catch more than one unique in the same session and time , or does there only spawn one at a time. For example if a unique's time is 19:00 - 21:00 , and you catch one let's say 19:45 , can you catch another one before 21:00 ? Or will there be just 1 at a time ?

[PH_TalonAquila]

I can only tell you, from my own experience, that it seems to vary.  I've caught multiples of the same species unique in a couple of locations, caught more than one of the same species in various spots in the same location, and only one of a particular unique in a few locations.  And a couple locations have multiple uniques with various times for catching them, making it a grand day when you can catch 2 or more uniques of different species

Tight lines...

[Dano_UK]

Unique's spawn once per hour and very rarely twice per hour...but that was last year, dunno about now lol. If the uni' times are say...7pm - 9pm, then you have 2 chances to catch one. I recently caught 3 uni' steelheads at Cali' in a 3 hour window.....so I know it works!

[PH_TalonAquila]

my wife and I have both caught as many as 5 unique chinook at kaniq in one day... generally we take 2 or 3 per day.

[Marshall_Maz]

Copy that all thanx guys. Seems some of the unique's spots have been changed. Last night I got a little bored and decided to try the Unique Largemouth Bass at Florida. Tried everything that every video says , at the right time , at the right place. Hardly caught a thing , not even trophies. So with only 10 minutes of peak time left I decided to abandon it and move to my usual spot to at least get a few trophies before day is over , bam first cast got the unique. Not where all info says it is. Looking forward to next day now to see if I can get maybe two of them. But if the placing info was wrong on it the time frame might be as well and it won't have a 3 hour chance like info says. But will try for 2 on next day anyway  Never had 2 uniques in one day.

[PH_TalonAquila]

caught my first ever unique largemouth in the 'glades just after 9 pm (2100 hrs.) on the 3 ft. (1 meter) glow crank bait.  Lily pads area, straight out (where during daylight hours it's butterfly peacock bass and occasionally a gar...)

[Marshall_Maz]

3 hours ago, TalonAquila said:

caught my first ever unique largemouth in the 'glades just after 9 pm (2100 hrs.) on the 3 ft. (1 meter) glow crank bait.  Lily pads area, straight out (where during daylight hours it's butterfly peacock bass and occasionally a gar...)

I just finished a session there , and I was amazed at how much trophy largemouth I was hammering at that spot. And I was thinking too myself " All this largemouth here now and in the day nothing at this spot ". I also noticed that my daytime largemouth spot yields almost nothing at night. Hot spots definitely different at night at Florida. 

[PH_TalonAquila]

seems to me that the hotspots are different in all the locations I've fished at night, so I'm lookin' forward to those I haven't been to yet.

[TC915]

Wasn't sure where to ask this, if it needs to be moved or deleted that's fine.

 

What exactly do the Common, Trophy & Unique signify? At first I thought size ranges but confused now lol. Example: I caught a 6.5lb Unique Butterfly Peacock, but heard someone caught a 7lb+ Trophy one. So it can't be size, right? Are Common & Trophy the size ranges, while Uniques are just a different color/fin pattern (or something)?  

 

[SlothnessMonster]

On 29/09/2017 at 4:49 AM, Marshall_Maz said:

I just finished a session there , and I was amazed at how much trophy largemouth I was hammering at that spot. And I was thinking too myself " All this largemouth here now and in the day nothing at this spot ". I also noticed that my daytime largemouth spot yields almost nothing at night. Hot spots definitely different at night at Florida. 

yea I noticed the spot i farm rainbow trout at changes to brown trout at night time 

[Marshall_Maz]

4 hours ago, SlothnessMonster said:

yea I noticed the spot i farm rainbow trout at changes to brown trout at night time 

At Oregon or another lake ? I never do well there at night.

[SlothnessMonster]

9 hours ago, Marshall_Maz said:

At Oregon or another lake ? I never do well there at night.

I mostly Fish for trout at Falcon Lake

[Marshall_Maz]

8 hours ago, SlothnessMonster said:

I mostly Fish for trout at Falcon Lake

What do you use at night there for those Brownies ? I tried the florescent medium night spoon , and florescent night narrow spoons , but don't have any bites on those.  

[SlothnessMonster]

3 hours ago, Marshall_Maz said:

What do you use at night there for those Brownies ? I tried the florescent medium night spoon , and florescent night narrow spoons , but don't have any bites on those.  

med spoon & crank lol 

[Marshall_Maz]

Ok thanx , will definitely try again on my next trip there. Love that lake and if I can extend my fishing there into the night as well then it will be a big bonus for me.

[Rob_cheese]

Redear Sunfish of North Carolina regularly give up their unique specimens amongst a good haul of trophies. The other day I surprised myself by catching four on the same day. My experience would suggest one or two seems to be the usual number for this particular species on the Neherrin.