Night Fishing
- Mike M
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Night Fishing
Looks like tonight might be a great night for some night fishing. Full moon, clear skies. Anyone got some tips for chasing largies after dark? I'm thinking top water might be the best option (buzz baits, frogs) but what other techniques are there that are well suited for night time bassin?
Well the only other thing I can think of would be to chuck plastics (black or purple) using a rattling weight. While you don't get the vibrations of a crankbait you'd still get some sound from the rattle.
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- beachburger
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If you are night fishing in weeds and don't want do deal with crankbaits, rig up a soft minnow bait like a Flappin' Shad, Super Fluke or HardNose Minnow. Another option is to texas rig a big (8" - 10") plastic worm and work it through the weeds. Don't hesitate to work these plastics aggressively.
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Doug
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Doug
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Re: Night Fishing
Mike M wrote: I'm thinking top water might be the best option (buzz baits, frogs)
Look no further...
a good ole blk. jitterbug or popper on the surface,or I use a gulp alive 5 inch jerkbait texas rigged on a weighted 4/0 hook and walk it along the bottom and thru the weeds back into deeper water from shore. I've caught alot of nice LMB on the madawaska this year, with the chartreuse/pepper color at night and in the day. I don't know where you fish,but I use home made steel braid leaders on my topwaters at night,or you just end up feeding them to the muskies.
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I used to do quite a lot of night bass fishing, with a canoe, b4 I got a fishing boat...
What worked for me was to scout in the daytime - looking for shallow back bays with rocky shoreline points on one or both sides... and submerged weeds. Reason for the rocky shore was to avoid overhead treebranches...
Then when darkness came, canoe to the shore near each bay, but far enough to not spook the fish, quietly walk onto the rocks next to the bay and then toss surface lures into the shallows... I also occasionally used leopard frogs. Both nailed many LMB for me - lots of good memories.
I don't do much night fishing any more, except for crappie...
What worked for me was to scout in the daytime - looking for shallow back bays with rocky shoreline points on one or both sides... and submerged weeds. Reason for the rocky shore was to avoid overhead treebranches...
Then when darkness came, canoe to the shore near each bay, but far enough to not spook the fish, quietly walk onto the rocks next to the bay and then toss surface lures into the shallows... I also occasionally used leopard frogs. Both nailed many LMB for me - lots of good memories.
I don't do much night fishing any more, except for crappie...
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