What I've learned from nite fishing

[santacruz]

I really learned how to fish the bottom of a lake and helped me be able to tell what i was hitting and what the bottom was grass, mud, rock.Seeing I couldnt watch my line I had to pay close attention to what my bait was doing on the bottom.It really helped me figure out the feeling of my line rod and bait.I guess seeing i lost  my sense of site at night it made my sense of touch stand out.If any of you are having problems figureing out the feeling of the bottom of a lake you might give this a try.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I love night fishing.  Like you said, you lose your sense of sight so you pay more attention to what the lure is doing.  You also learn how to actually be quiet.  You quickly learn how loud you really are.  Sounds are amplified at night something fierce.

[Catt]

Try night fishing during the New Moon 

[Paul Roberts]

That's a great tip.

You know, the first time I ever threw an entire fly-line was at night on grass -with a 7ft 4wt. Shutting out vision puts me in "touch" with the world.

[b.Lee]

Never really thought about that, good thing to practice every once in a while I suppose.

[tholmes]

What I've learned from night fishing is that people do strange things along the shore of a lake at night.

Tom

[A-Jay]

Try night fishing during the New Moon

Yea that's fun - especially with virtually no horizon for reference. More than once I was a bit closer to the bank than I thought and ended up throwing my bait three-quarters of the way up a very tall pine tree ~

but I got a great hook set.

A-Jay

[BassThumb]

I love night fishing and make great effort to do so whenever my schedule allows. Hitting the water at 3am is my idea of night fishing, though.

I learned how to feel my lures better and it made me more effective at worming and slow rolling heavy spinnerbaits.

I also learned you should NEVER use treble-hooked topwater lures unless you're wearing shop glasses for eye protection. It's awfully easy to launch a topwater at yourself in the dark.

[K_Mac]

I love night fishing also. It will make you better at keeping contact with your bait. Fishing with a bright full moon on a quiet night is as good as it gets. A new moon is cool too; just a little more work. 8-)

One thing I learned early on, is you must be organized. Everything needs to stowed away properly. Even a little clutter and you're asking for trouble.

[Beastie Bass]

Try night fishing during the New Moon

X2  8-)

[32251]

You can use a heavier weight on plastics at night. Really makes great contact with the bottom and keeps the line tight so that any little tick from a fish is felt. I LOVE fishing at night.

Best thing I ever got for night fishing is a visor light.  When I get the strike and set the hook, I just reach up and flip the light on....perfect to see what is happening.

[basskatcher()]

Good stuff!  I never bass fished at night, but I might have to try it.

[timothy_spain]

I like night fishing.  Can't see a thing you're doing, but your other senses are amp'd.  Touch & hearing, especially.  Hearing bass slurp up your topwater lures and smallies thrashing about like it's a 40" muskie ... it's great!

[eyedabassman]

I also love to fish in the dark! I guide at night up here in S.E. Wisconsin! The lakes up here get so pounded in the daylight  (weekends) that it all most is unfishable! So I guide at night!

[Blade-Runner]

Yep. Saves my summer on high-pressure city lakes...

[RoLo]

The most outstanding thing I've learned from night-fishing,

is how much more I prefer day-fishing

Roger

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

I have learned the mosquito therma cell is my friend

I have learned that if you dont eat a huge burrito before going out that it will be much better of a trip

I have learned that after about the 3rd monster drink in one night you feel like your going to have a heart attack

I have learned GPS on lakes night fishing is a necessity

I have learned how to work a bait better

I have learned Rattles are imperitive at night

And plz wear a life jacket with a glostick zip tide to it (it is almost impossible to find some1 in the dark on the water)

[urban_angler28]

The most outstanding thing I've learned from night-fishing,

is how much more I prefer day-fishing

Roger

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[32251]

I posted on this subject already, but the post from the guys fishing at night on heavy pressure lakes made me think a bit.  Could you conclude that at night an entirely different bite takes place from an entirely different bunch of fish, so that really you can think of one lake as TWO separate lakes...daytime and night time??

[bassman31783]

I posted on this subject already, but the post from the guys fishing at night on heavy pressure lakes made me think a bit. Could you conclude that at night an entirely different bite takes place from an entirely different bunch of fish, so that really you can think of one lake as TWO separate lakes...daytime and night time??

Absolutely.  My home lake is Lake Fork which is one of, if not the most heavily pressured lakes in Texas.  Many of the true trophy hunters fish night exclusively.  I've personally never fished nights on Fork but the people that I have talked to that do say the lake is a whole new animal at night.   

[K_Mac]

I think on highly pressured waters bass look for places that are the least disturbed but still have food available. Deeper into cover and into deeper water is my experience. They still feed, but are more cautious. In low light conditions they are by nature more aggressive. They see better than what they are eating, and on highly pressured, clear water lakes, night fishing gives access to more aggressive fish.

[Sfritr]

What I've learned from night fishing is that people do strange things along the shore of a lake at night.

Tom

Sick people!!! ;D ;D

[ring fry]

I love night fishing.  But another thing I've learned is that from the strike, to the fight, to getting the fishin the boat, they shrink 3 fold!   ;D

[SMfisher]

i love night fishing, i wade fish two or three times a week its a blast to have a smallmouth hit a jitterbug at night. what i've learned is there is less pressure and some of the bigger bass will bite at night.

[timothy_spain]

i love night fishing, i wade fish two or three times a week its a blast to have a smallmouth hit a jitterbug at night. what i've learned is there is less pressure and some of the bigger bass will bite at night.

yeah, i got a smallmouth on my jitterbug at night too. it was a blast and one that i'll remember, partly because i just started fishing.