Top Nightime Lures

[lovecranking]

Let's talk about night time fishing. I love to fish at night - light boat traffic w/no getting buzzed by jet skiers or power boats. I'm usually on the water by 8pm & off by 6am. My pattern is usually: I start with a lc sammy (aurora black) & a fat ika (pumpkin w/blk & grn flk). Next I'll throw a palm tree(blk & red or blk & blue). If it's slow it's time to switch to a lc fat cb ssr (cream soda) which almost always works. And then it's back to a sammy before I'm off the water. So now it's time to hear from other nighttimers. What are your lure selections?    

[roadwarrior]

I don't fish a lot at night, but when I do I usually throw a Lucky Craft Pointer 128 in deep water over structure. This generally means steep, rocky points surrounded by deeper water. The fish I am targeting are cruising the structure and are often VERY aggressive.

Some of the advantages to this approach is being able to fan cast without concern for precision, ending up on the bank or getting hung. I rarely (never) fish in water less than 10' deep. Even in very deep water, largemouth, smallmouth and walley will come up for the strike.

[TennesseeVols14]

BLACK BERRY bruh hog on a T-RIG is probably my favorite all time night time fishin lure but a HOPPY SPINNER BAIT with a  colorado coper blade with a red an black skirt seems to work great also  an u cant 4 get the BERKELY 7'' BLACK POWER WORM on a C-RIG them 3 baits work magic in the TENNESSEE RIVER....

[eyedabassman]

I guide at night, and I like to fish the black jitterbug,BIG worms 8in. to 12 in. jigs, brush hogs,Paca Craws, tubes, senko's, flukes,Big spinnerbaits. But when I night fish, I fish for big bass not numbers.And deep water is where it is at. Or deep docks, but it has to have deep water nearby.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Same baits as during the day

[Catt]

Fish the same baits, same locations, and same techniques you would during the day. The only thing different I add to my repertoire at night is a Q-Beam!

[Bassn Blvd]

Iv'e been nightfishing quite a bit last few months.  I go 2 hours before dark and stay about 4 hours after dark.  I catch bigger4 fish before the sun goes down but i seem to catch more when it gets dark.  When it's dark i fish 8' black worm in 3-15 ft of water or flip a jig in the hydrilla/ pads.  I also use a chug bug  but the worm has produced more.

[fourbizz]

Swimbaits

10-17.5 inch worms

giant lizards

big jigs/bulky trailer

black buzzbait

full size brush hog

no lights, no noise, no dinks

[jb_adams]

The locals here use big 1/2oz or 3/4oz spinnerbaits (black) with single leaf colorado blades for lots of vibration.  To me, I think vibration is key to night fishing.  If you fish clear water with a full moon, sure a plastic will work better.  But if you're in murky water, I think noisy baits attract the fish better.

The big slow rolled spinnerbaits seem to work well but I have seen Norman crankbaits work wonders in yellow/green and rootbeer colors.  A guy I know, loves throwing crankbaits and he was catching some quality fish on them.  Again, back to the vibration and noise issue.  Fish in this area really don't become very active until late evening, night, or very early morning.  After that, they just don't bite even if you hit them in the face five times with a Fat Ika.

[burleytog]

Swimbaits

no lights

Not even a black light?

[fourbizz]

nope.

i wear a headlamp to tie on and boat fish with, but it only gets turned on in the bottom of the boat, or while netting a big fish.

[Catt]

Personally I think using a black light at night is putting yourself at a huge disadvantage, if the light is shinning forward you tend to only cast forward, if the light is shinning to one side or the other you tend to cast only that direction.

Here's a little example I was night fishing with my nephew and one of his buddies; the black light was on the left hand side of the boat. We were working a shore line and no one was had gotten a bite in over 3 hours as we entered a cove that I knew held fish I heard a fish move on the surface. I immediately stepped to the right side of the boat making a cast towards the direction of the sound and was rewarded with a healthy little chunk. I released the fish, cast again in the same direction and again hooked another keeper. After turning the black lights off and working the cove we managed to land 8 fish up to 4 ½ lbs; we had started off by working 20 yards away from the bank and the bass were holding 35 yards off the bank behind us.  We sat down taking a break and eating a snack my nephew and his friend said they always use a black light and always fish towards the light because it's useless unless the light is shinning on your line. I said I never use a black light and always fish 360 degrees around the boat looking and listening for movement. My nephews friend says yea but you'll miss bites you can't feel with out a black light and I answered unless it's totally black which is rare there is enough light to see your line if you look skyward and the darkness forces you to hone your sense of feel.

[Brad_Coovert]

Black/Red jig with rattles and large chunk trailer.

Bulk plastic baits.

Large curl tail worms.

Moontalker spinnerbaits.

Black jitterbug and black buzzbaits.

Brad