In the eastern states we have an abundunce of shad and man you talk about fun during the summer time. As soon as the lake gets dark and the heavy boat traffic goes away the shad start to come to the top. This just causes a mad house of top water hits. Most of the time its stripers coming to the banks and running the shad up them. Sometimes a large mouth will hit and you can tell the difference in the sound. We usually catch the bass a little deeper on a texas rig or a thunderstick. But the stripers love the redfin slow rolled on top. I also agree with these guys on lights. The reason for lights being so good around here is that the shad congrugate near them. Alot of times the lighted docks or the lights off a parking lot will hold bait fish and were there is bait fish there is Prey.

Has anyone done any research on the UV LED fishing black lights. There has been some discussion on ESPN fishing outdoors about fish detractant. Has anyone fished with a UV Black light? I have a little portable one when I fish for catfish and i'm fishing the bottom where the UV doesn't hit the line at that depth, but I have been hesitant to use it when I am on the boat fishing for bass in 5-10 feet of water 20 feet from the boat.

Cool thread, I'm getting really psyched about a night outing.  Probably been close to a year since my last.

Getting the itch!

Where's those articles!  ;D

i love to fish at night.  fish may feed more during the day but they can be easier to catch at night.  covers up an anglers mistakes ang God knows i make plenty.  i must admit when i walk down to the ponds near my house it can be spooky though.  ive had many a frog make me look like a fool and glad that no one could see me jump like a little school girl.  also the point about hook sets is a good one, it is hard enough to dodge a missile like buzzbait during the day, and much harder at night so you better plan ahead.  it is easy to get amped up and set the hook when you hear the explosion and not when you feel the weight.  when my 4 year old son comes with me i make him wear safety goggles, and if i was smarter i would do the same.

best baits for me have been buzzbaits, bulky jigs with bulky trailers, and spinnerbaits (single colorado in most cases).  night is also the only time i have any luck with a chatterbait.  one last technique is swimming a ten inch worm.  it was passed on to me by former member ouichitabass...and anyways i rig it with a small splitshot and fish it along the surface.  i can also slow down and work it like a texas rig.  oh yeah c rigged 10 inch worms can be great too.  oh yeah, like LBH said pretty much everything that can works at day can work at night.