Finessing in low light

[RealtreeByGod]

I like senkos, flukes, and Ned Rigs more than anything but I feel it'd be kind of worthless to throw them in low light since they're mainly visual lures. Am I right in this assumption? Should I only be using loud and annoying hardbaits like chatterbaits and topwaters? What about plastics with lots of appendages like lizards and brush hogs? 

[WRB]

I was fishing a night tournament and my partner caught a 7 lb bass using finesse tackle with a 3" smoke colored soft past reaper. Small quite jigs with 2" to 3" trailers are very effective in total darkness.

Bass feed at night.

Tom

[Team9nine]

2 hours ago, RealtreeByGod said:

I like senkos, flukes, and Ned Rigs more than anything but I feel it'd be kind of worthless to throw them in low light since they're mainly visual lures. Am I right in this assumption? Should I only be using loud and annoying hardbaits like chatterbaits and topwaters?

 

 

 

Nope - I'd say you are wrong. I've had great success with Ned at night. Bass will find it just like they find anything they eat in the dark. Nothing they eat at night thumps around like a giant Colorado blade spinnerbait, yet they don't starve 

[Catt]

If I'm catching em on a Baby Brush Hog before the sun sets guess what I'm gonna be throwing after the sun sets?

[Bluebasser86]

I've caught lots of fish on a Ned rig and shakyhead after dark. Small craws and minnows don't suddenly get bigger and louder after dark and bass are still able to find them.

[Revival]

When I used to fish at night, I had the most success with senkos, especially in junebug and watermelon w/ black flake.

[IgotWood]

They work! Fish don't necessarily need to SEE something. They know it's there. In fact, from my experience, usually the subtle baits get the most action at night. If I'm just blind casting and trying to cover water, I'll go with the loud, vibrating, moving baits. But if I am fishing at targets, worms and jigs would be my go-to.

[jakkbauer]

13 hours ago, RealtreeByGod said:

I like senkos, flukes, and Ned Rigs more than anything but I feel it'd be kind of worthless to throw them in low light since they're mainly visual lures. Am I right in this assumption? Should I only be using loud and annoying hardbaits like chatterbaits and topwaters? What about plastics with lots of appendages like lizards and brush hogs? 

You. Are. Wrong.