When's Your Fishing Pref?

[Squirmin Wormin]

i've fished all times of day , morning,noon,dusk,and night.

which time or times have you actually did better catching your targeted fish or just too fish? i do better at dusk and at night times . not that you cant catch the fish your after at morning or noon. i don't know the times you fish, but i think you get more and bigger fish also at the times i mentioned, dusk and night . what's your time pref ? or don't really have one and just go whatever time it is. 

your opinion, and does it play a part in your strategy for your targeted fish?

[Choporoz]

I fish when I can.  Whenever I can.  I haven't managed to revolve all the rest of my life around when I think I'll catch bass.  Yet.

That said, I tend to find that 11AM to 2PM can be painfully slow.  I've caught some of my biggest fish in that window, but, for me, numbers aren't generally found there.

[Raul]

Most of my trophy fish were caught between 1 and 5 PM.

[Heron]

7am-10am

 

6pm-9:30pm

[Catch and Grease]

What ever time I can.

Around this time of year in south Georiga I like to be on the water by at least 7:00am and fish untill 12:00 unless I'm doing good...

[roadwarrior]

The biggest bass are caught between 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.

[Nuffsaid23]

Around 6-midnight are really fun where you can catch numbers and lunkers. It's also cooler and when you're down here in Mississippi, that's a win.

[buzzed bait]

The biggest bass are caught between 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.

 

any science behind this statement?  just curious if i should start targeting to hit the ramp at 9:30 and call it a day around 2:15?  

[Fishing Cop]

I prefer between daylight and noon. It is just more peaceful.

[geo g]

In the brutal South Florida heat and humidity, I fish 6:30AM to 11:00AM, and 4:00PM until dark.

In winter its heaven, and I'll fish anytime.

[ABW]

Before sunrise for me

[PondHopper96]

I like early mornings before the sun rises! It's just so serene! And who doesn't love that topwater bite??

[everythingthatswims]

I fish when I have time to fish, but I feel like I miss out (no science to this) if I'm not on the water before the sun is up (unless it's cold, then the fish don't do much until mid day)

[SirSnookalot]

This is my time of the year.  From now till about the end of Dec. I do a lot of fishing.  We start having the bait runs and the fishing can get real hot.  When the temps start moderating a bit the bass will turn on as well, at that point it's the ocean every morning, bass in the PM and again before sunset.

Been advised I may need surgery or some kind of therapy on both shoulders, no way in the world would I do this until January, I won't miss the fall action.

[roadwarrior]

any science behind this statement?  just curious if i should start targeting to hit the ramp at 9:30 and call it a day around 2:15?  

Over the years this question has come up many times. As a specific example, Fish Chris has documented at

least 83 DD bass, most of which were caught in this time frame. I think Raul has made this comment and it applies

to me, too. Maybe we will get some more members posting their experience.

[Sam]

1.  Crankbaits.

2.  Flipping and pitching plastics.

3.  Topwaters.

4.  Jigs and pigs.

 

Once again, it depends on the time of year, water temperature, body of water and the pattern found that day.

[Djf3864]

I prefer the first half of the day; sun rise to about noon time, maybe 2pm if the fish are biting.

[A-Jay]

Morning, Noon & Night ~

 

When I went hasn't been anywhere near as crucial as Where I fished.

 

A-Jay

[gulfcaptain]

My preference, 8am to 2pm.  Those are the hrs my boy is in school and I have time to fish. But I have no problem fishing all day any day or at when I have a free time which isn't too often.

[Todd2]

Between work, kids, sports, etc. I fish when I can. My preference is early morning but last the weekend I was fishing a main point mid afternoon that was getting hammered by waves from rec boats and jet skis. Add in some wind gusts of 20mph and you can imagine my pain. I couldn't really fish plastics so I slow rolled a heavy spinnerbait and caught my biggest of the year and another one broke me off. Point being...you might have to adjust but anytime on the water can be good.

[FrogFreak]

I fish whenever I can.  If I am able to pick the time I like best it would be an hour before sunrise to about 10am and then second choice from about 5pm to and hour after dark.

Ron

 

X2. same here Ron. I spend the time in between eating and napping. What a life!

[hatrix]

The biggest bass are caught between 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

 

I totally agree with that 100%. I know for a fact for some reason I have caught a lot of the biggest fish in that time frame for whatever reason. You can kill them early them it gets slow and slow and then you hook a giant one.

[hatrix]

I totally agree with that 100%. I know for a fact for some reason I have caught a lot of the biggest fish in that time frame for whatever reason. You can kill them early them it gets slow and slow and then you hook a giant one.

As for time of day night time might be the best and for the best odds at a good size one but I like early morning. You can see somewhat maybe or soon you will be able to and that always helps and its usually cooler out. I can't see anything at night and if your like walking a bank casting along it in the pads with a frog or something is way hard for me even if you can cast with good accuracy. I am not even sure where it will land half the time and there is a good chance it could be the bank or something if I am trying to get close.

[frogflogger]

any science behind this statement?  just curious if i should start targeting to hit the ramp at 9:30 and call it a day around 2:15?

I don't know if there is science to back this up - but in my 5+ decades of bass fishing it has been true for me and many of my friends - "Dr. Pepper time" we always called it. Talking about big fish not numbers.

[Bigboy28438]

I have my best luck in late afternoon. I have just started fishing at night with good results on a black buzzbait