For the Bank fisherman: How many hours do you fish?

[TriStateBassin106]

Personally I prefer 3 to 5 hours at max when I'm working a bank at a pond or a lake, I feel like I can test different stuff out and see what's going on, My prefer time is usually in the morning. 

 

What about you guys? How many hours do you fish at a pond/lake? 

[Hammer 4]

Spent many a 8 hr days fishing from shore. Time spent will depend on the pond/lake, and the weather. If it stays sunny with no wind, less time, if the wind comes up, or it gets cloudy, then I stay..The more time you put in on any given body of water, the more you learn. 

[Junger]

4 hours is about my max because of familial duties. Otherwise, I'd be out there as long as I could.

[soflabasser]

1 hour ago, pondhopperNJ said:

Personally I prefer 3 to 5 hours at max when I'm working a bank at a pond or a lake, I feel like I can test different stuff out and see what's going on, My prefer time is usually in the morning. 

 

What about you guys? How many hours do you fish at a pond/lake? 

It depends where I am fishing and what my goal is that day. Sometimes I fish for less than 1 hour, other times I fish for 12 hours or more. On average most of my bass fishing trips are around 4-8 hours.

[jimmyjoe]

   I'm retired, so I could stay all day .... but I don't. I fish for 3-4 hours, eat a snack and take a nap (old people have to take naps. It's the law.) and then fish for another 3-4 hours. I've noticed that the morning and evening fishing is productive. The midday fishing is much less so. If I had a boat, I could probably make that change, but I don't.   jj

[Fried Lemons]

3-5 hours if I'm dialed on a bite. 8-10 hours if I'm not. Typically late morning to afternoon when fishing pressure is lowest.

[Derek1]

Any where from 20 minutes to six hours. If it’s Saturday morning and I have nothing going on I’ll do 6-12or 1 o’clock. It depends on conditions and the bite if I feel Like I fished all available areas The best I can I’m done at that spot. Sometimes that happens fast and sometimes it takes a while. 

[Wizzlebiz]

3 to 15 hrs depending on how far I have to go to get to the body of water. The longer the drive the longer im staying. 

[JediAmoeba]

Depends on the body of water.  When I have the chance I will hit a place for a few hours then drive to another place for a few hours and then drive to another place...  I have hit 6 or 7 different bodies of water in a day before.

[Bluebasser86]

Bank fishing trips for me are usually short trips, less than an hour. If I have more time than that I'm usually going to be in the boat or kayak.

[Drew03cmc]

Couple hours normally, depending on the day.

[ike8120]

Depends on the day, location, weather but usually 1 to 2 hours.

[Deleted account]

I'm on the extremes, often I go in knowing I have an hour or two (sometimes less) before I have some place to be. When I have a full day, I'm there all day.

[CrankFate]

Wow. I was surprised by these answers. I rarely ever fish less than 4-5 hours at a time. Which is part of the reason why when I wind up with lots of other more *important* things to do, like this season, I don’t get out much. There’s no way I’m fishing for only an hour or two. 

[Team9nine]

Two hours, plus or minus 30 minutes.

[roadwarrior]

I only fish local ponds from the bank. Typically I fish from 11:00-1:00.

 

[Southernbasser]

I usually fish a local pond 1-2 hours about 2 or 3 days a week.  I always fish early in the morning. Starting around 7:30 or 8:00. It`s a good way to start the day. 

[NYWayfarer]

My Bank fishing trips are usually 2-4 hours.

 

A typical fishing day will have me up at 5am for coffee and a light breakfast. A short 10 minute drive to get on the banks at 7am. Hike and fish then on my way home at 11am. I freshen up when I get home and have lunch at 12am

[Catt]

For me it depends on the time of year 

 

From about the end of May until recently the heat & humidity is so high that I try to be on the water at daylight & gone by 10 or 10:30.

 

The rest of the year it can be daylight to dark thirty!

 

That applies to boat or bank ?

[Steveo-1969]

No boat for me, so I'm bank fishing or wading. Usually only am able to fish one day on the weekend so I'm fishing as long as I can that day.

[RB 77]

Usually very short sessions about 2 - 4 hours. Occasionally I will do a 1/2 day or full day if I'm with a buddy on one of our days off. Time of day wise, I definitely prefer the first few hours of the day or the last few hours of the day. Boat, Yak stuff is usually and all day affair with a minimum of a 1/2 day, so I get the bulk of my hours in that way.

[the reel ess]

Depends on the size of the place, if they're biting, weather, etc. I want to walk all that i can reach. If it's big enough 3-5 hours. If it's evening, until dark, however long that is. Sunset/sunrise is a magical time to be on the water.

[Mobasser]

My evening bank trips are around 2hrs. Less now, getting dark by 7:00

[fishwizzard]

Highly variable, but either 5-6 hours or like 10-12 hours.  I live in a traffic hellhole so I need to plan my weekday trips to minimize rush-hour exposure.  

[crypt]

8 hours ago, Catt said:

For me it depends on the time of year 

 

From about the end of May until recently the heat & humidity is so high that I try to be on the water at daylight & gone by 10 or 10:30.

 

The rest of the year it can be daylight to dark thirty!

 

That applies to boat or bank ?

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