I pulled another all- nighter on one of my favorite summer time lakes last night. 

It was warm, humid and flat calm all night.  The complete stillness of these nights only makes them that much more intense.  Conditions were perfect for tossing a jig & craw and that produced at least half the bass I landed.  A single bladed spinner bait was the other half of this two pronged approach.   The bite was slow to come on but once that quarter moon sunk behind the trees, both the brown & green bass found my baits quite appealing.  I like that.  Several fish coughed up whole and what looked like recently gobbled up crayfish, which gave me confidence to keep tossing the jig.

 

 Right at day break I started zipping a square bill crank around and managed a few more fatties.  Didn’t catch anything really over-sized but on a night like that – they’re all good ones.

 

On a separate note –  Though I’ve been out with it a couple of times previously, this was the first night trip with the new Pinnacle rod & reel set up.  I’ll be doing a review on it at the end of the month.  Still need a bit more time with it first but my initially impressions are quite good.  More to follow on that.

 

A-Jay

 

Night ops rule.

Yes, Night Vision Goggles are a must at night and that would awesome!

Nice outing!  Night fishing can be so darn fun!

 

Jeff

Nice outing!  Night fishing can be so darn fun!

 

Jeff

 

Thanks Jeff - and I totally agree -

 

However the Hot Faced, Ears Burning, Jelly-legged Total Body Toast I feel the next day, takes some getting used to . . .

 

 

A-Jay

You should try night fishing around my location, nothing like slipping in under the cover of darkness, dodging the Police Helicopters and park patrols while fishing after hours. Now that's Spec-Ops Bassing.  But sounds like you had a great night of fishing.

Wow that smallie has a gut on it! My last month of fishing has been almost nothing but night trips. It's almost as much about enjoying the quiet as it is about catching fish for me. Getting some good ones in the boat is just icing on the cake!

Sorry - I'm late to this party...

 

Sounds like a great time!    Now we know why you put up with the winters up there...beautiful fish and beautiful fisheries !

 

Those are some chunks!! 

Nice fish!

Congrats on a fun night. I just started freshwater fishing this spring. I'll have to try some night ops.