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[jnatale3]

I was wondering how many people bass fish early am or later in the evening when it is dark? I know it would be cooler temps outside with the water temperatures still warm. Are bass real active when it is dark? And do they have a harder time seein the lures, or is their vision really good? Thanks!

- Joe

[whitwolf]

Starting around the middle of May(give or take a week or two either way) we exclusively night fish.

In the middle of the Summer It's more comfortable and the bass are more active. You'll also not have to deal with the pleasure boat traffic.

The one piece of advice that you really need to heed Is you need to know the lake backwards and forwards before you attempt to night fish. The lack of light tends to disorient folks.

[buzzfrog]

i agree, we catfsh from a boat(when my uncles wanna go) and sometimes i sneek either a topwater rod or a spinning setup for light spinnerbaits and worms.. i think it is funny that even though its dark, black.purple and red, catch best for me

[jnatale3]

Yep! Those color worms are usually winners. :-)

[crankbait2009]

If JNATALE3 doesn't mind, I am going to ask a question about this very topic.

When fishing at night, Obviously you want to see what you are doing as well as whats around youm but how can this be done without spooking the fish with an "uncommon" light source for at night?

I have seen the black lights you can buy to help, but do they really hope that much????

I have never fished at night due to the lack of sight you have.......

[jnatale3]

I'm glad you asked because I was wondering that too. I wonder if I could use my big flashlight ? Or just moonlight ? Good question crank bait.

[buzzfrog]

not sure about bass, but when i catfish i have 2 black lights and it lights my line up like crazy, no problem with cats and an occasinal striper

[deep]

I love to fish in the early morning. Get up when it's still dark, drive a couple of hours, and start fishing right before sunrise. The best part is you can have the lake to yourself; most of the time anyway.

I will often stay after dark if I'm on a good bite, but I don't enjoy fishing in the night.

[Bluebasser86]

Get a headlamp for tying knots, unhook fish, ect. Other than that try to use the moonlight,streetlight as much as possible. Your eyes will adjust to the dark if you don't use lights too much. The blacklights are alright but I'm fishing baits I can feel at night anyways so I don't really need to see much. As long as I can see the shoreline and know the lake pretty well. It's amazing how turned around you can get on a lake you think you know when it gets dark out.

[SirSnookalot]

Most days I'm fishing 2-3 hours before sunrise, small flashlight hanging from my neck for knot tying and unhooking. Other than that I do not like a lot of light, like from a lantern, I see pretty well in the dark.

[tomustang]

Get a headlamp for tying knots, unhook fish, ect. Other than that try to use the moonlight,streetlight as much as possible. Your eyes will adjust to the dark if you don't use lights too much. The blacklights are alright but I'm fishing baits I can feel at night anyways so I don't really need to see much. As long as I can see the shoreline and know the lake pretty well. It's amazing how turned around you can get on a lake you think you know when it gets dark out.

I agree with a headlamp, LED ones like energizer can be fou d a Wally world for less than $15

[SirSnookalot]

Hard to beat this for a few bucks, more light than a headlamp. I've had other brands that don't last long, this one has been with me for 3+ years, still perfect. I got mine at Walmart for less than 5.00, not sure if they still carry it.
http://www.batteries...rrityk035g.html

[Catt]

I've wrote several articles that are around here some where but s
ince I'm typing this on a Kindle I can not copy or paste them here. But if y'all will do a search you will find them.

I use a small light for tying lures & feel black lights are a distraction. Color is meaningless at night & bass will hit any color.
I fish the same lures & locations I fish during the day.

[jnatale3]

Cool. I was wondering what they could and could not see when it is dark.

[Catt]

A bass can find a black worm sitting still on the bottom in 20' of water on a new moon night which tells me they can see extremely well.
The only other light I use is a Brinkmann Max Million III Q-Beam (3 million candlepower) for running at night.