Night Fishing Favorite Bait

[Blues19]

I go to Kentucky Lake in early June every year and we always do quite a bit of night fishing.  Its been really good the past few years.  A few years ago I did really well on a big black and purple single Colorado Spinner bait, but it has not worked since.  We have done pretty well on full size brush hogs and Paca Craws too.  Any other ideas?  What do you all like to use a lot of?  Im a little worried about using a jitterbug which I have heard is good, but dont like the idea of using it at night, to dangerous with three in the boat (and I'm usually in the middle). Thanks

[Gatorbassman]

C-Rigged Ol' Monster Worm

[J. M. Richardson]

any dark colored bait ( I like a black/blue flake worm). buzzbaits - black or other topwaters can be productive for me at times

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Agree with the paca craw.Also like a rage craw,it moves a lot of water.As always experiment with the size of the sinker you are using.

I also like to employ a brass sinker and glass bead with these at times for extra sound.

A chatterbait is a standard night bait also.experiment with the retrive.Start by slow rolling the bottom along drop offs and over humps.

I really fell in love with this worm last year.It is fantastic at night.

http://www.gambler-lures.com/8paddletail.html

You can really feel it thump coming through the water and the fish will readily hit it on a swimming type retrive also.

For a good topwater I might suggest the new spro poppin bronzeye frog.You wouldn't really have to worry about throwing in a bad place or stickin it in your buddys skull when he decides to move as your swinging. At night use a hard downward pop or double pop and let it sit 10-30 seconds.

[NCbassproAK]

Pop-R, Buzzbait, Black spinnerbait with nickel colorado blades.

[fourbizz]

10" Power worm, brush hog, 15.5" Ribbontail, 1oz jig blk/blu with saphire blue paca chunk, buzzbait

[Calcutta]

My best luck at night lure has ben 1/2 oz. rattletrap. rip,pause,rip,pause,rip, pause. I guess the rip really makes it rattle then they always nail it on the pause.

[Blues19]

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My best luck at night lure has ben 1/2 oz. rattletrap. rip,pause,rip,pause,rip, pause. I guess the rip really makes it rattle then they always nail it on the pause.

What color of Rattletrap do you normally use? I know its normally a dark color for night, but would a chrome blue work?

[djmax22]

black/blue Chatterbait and 10" Power Worm Red Shad

[NCbassproAK]

What color of Rattletrap do you normally use? I know its normally a dark color for night, but would a chrome blue work?

I would go with, it would work on a full moon beacuse of the light off the moons reflection, but to be honest with you the reason that the rat-l-trap works so well is the vibration the bass sense from the lure, so it really doesn't matter on a dark night.

[FordNFishinLover]

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any dark colored bait ( I like a black/blue flake worm). buzzbaits - black or other topwaters can be productive for me at times

[fuzzynuttz]

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black/blue Chatterbait and 10" Power Worm Red Shad

Love chatter bait's ever since they came out I have been nailing fish white during the day dark at night Bass Pike everything loves them chatter baits.

[swilly78]

Ozark Smoke colored Boogie Bait.

[Jeff H]

Rapala's Original floater size 18 (7") in black/silver.  Maybe down to size 13 in smallie territory. Vary retrieve from straight to rip to jerk or whatever.  Might not work well with 3 in a boat to be flinging a bait with 3- #2 trebles on it, but they are night killers on the lakes I fish.

[Blues19]

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Rapala's Original floater size 18 (7") in black/silver. Maybe down to size 13 in smallie territory. Vary retrieve from straight to rip to jerk or whatever. Might not work well with 3 in a boat to be flinging a bait with 3- #2 trebles on it, but they are night killers on the lakes I fish.

Yeah I dont want to use a topwater even if they will work really well, its just to dangerous with 3 people in the boat.  Safety first!

[iceintheveins]

Jitterbugs, buzzbaits, black skirted colorado blade spinnerbait, and a far jig and pig with a rattle crawled through the shallows. Prop baits work good after dark too.

[Catt]

Texas Rigged Plastic  

[Tokyo Tony]

No doubt - black/blue chatterbait. 1/4 to 3/8 oz for water 10' or less, 1/2 oz for anything deeper (haven't found any heavier than 1/2 oz). Anything from slow-rolling the bottom to reeling very fast near the surface.

[NCbassproAK]

Check out this bass my buddy caught at night about 2 years ago just 1 of many monsters>>>>>>>

[LCpointerKILLA]

Senko.

[DINK WHISPERER]

The very few times i have been night fishing i had tremendous success with a 10" Berkley Power worm in black with a glass rattle in it.

[river-rat]

For most of my night fishng, I use a 5/8 spinnerbait w/black & Purple Skirt and add a purple #11 Pork Frog. As for plastics, I have come to depend on a T-rigged paddletail or gator tail type worm in black with a powder blue or pearl blue tail.

As for the Rattle Trap, the tequila sunrise is hands down the best color I have ever used at night. Can't explain why. It just works

[burleytog]

Jig, 3/4 oz. spinnerbait, 1/2 oz. Pure Poison

[midnighthrasher]

Black jointed jitterbug....nothing compares

[J Francho]

I prefer to fish a Sammy, Spook, or broken back Jitterbug, but a slow rolled Col. spinnerbait probably has accounted for the most fish.