dawn if i can get up. night time is when all the crazies come out.

I agree with Fish Chris. I catch the most and biggest in the 10AM to 2PM period

It depends on the seasonal periods, not going to get on the water early during the cold water periods and prefer fishing at night during the mid summer. Most of the public water in SoCal opens 1/2 hour after sunrise, so dawn is spent waiting for the lake to open. The same lakes close 1/2 hour before sundown, so the boat is on the trailer at dusk.

Anglers targeting big bass on beds love to fish at noon with the sun over and no shadows for better sight fishing. I haven't found any preferred time slot where big bass are more active, it depends on what the baitfish are or crawdads are doing on the lakes I fish. Crawdads being low light critters, my best jig bites have been during those time periods or light rain periods that tend being out them out. Baitfish like shad hide in cover during low light periods and are more active mid day with the sun raising up the phytoplankton that activates baitfish, the bass follow.

Jigs, low light, swimbaits bright light, everything else anytime.

Just get out on the water and let the bass decide which time they prefer to play.

Tom

I prefer mid day into night.

dawn.... i have been getting alot of bites before 7am. no traffic on the way to the lake  and also it seems a bit cooler in the am.... nothing wrong with dusk i just like getting out extra early

Well starting in mid June, I get up early fish until 1pm or so, then go hang out with the wife, get some lunch, play cards or whatever and I go out again around 6pm until dark. I like both times but I suppose I have to give a slight nod to dawn because of the beauty. I will say that up north where I fish, I don't worry about fishing early until around the middle of June. Early in the summer, I fish from about 10am until my arm falls off.

I like them both, but usually I fish dusk because it's after work.  Though many people fish before work,  I just don't enjoy fishing when I know I have a time limit because I have to be somewhere. I need to get over that, because I usually wake up at 5 am and I could get in an easy two hours, shower and be in work by 9.

Before dawn unless Winter

Dusk! Tho I do believe dawn is more peaceful. But for me my favorite time to fish is an early fall evening when the weather is nice and crisp

I like to fish at dawn and be home by 11:00 am and spend time with the wife and kids that aren't with me. It keeps everyone happy and keeps me on the water. That works for me just fine.

Dawn by far is the best