What are the best colors for night time smallmouth fishing? Heading up to north Alabama this weekend to visit my wife's family. Her uncle fishes semi-pro FLW and Stren and I'm sure he'll want to go smallmouth fishing on wilson or pickwick. We always use hair jigs but I have never caught any on them in the 3 times I've been. I was thinking of trying tubes or grubs but not sure of the color. Straight black or pumpkin or white or what.

I haven't had a whole lotta luck night fishing for smallies.  I have caught some on the midnight special which is a black spinnerbait.

Try black jitterbugs,frog torpedos,etc.Up here they seem to love the dark top-waters.Be prepared for some vicious strikes 8-)

Deff Black Jitterbug. Just came off a night tourney and i tore em up on a black 5inch curly tail worm.  Try your aggresive techinques and if the smallmouth are not responding try slowing down and throwing a black worm

Black just about anything. Color never seems to be that big of a factor at night.

1/2 oz BOOYAH Moontalker Spinnerbait

Black buzz bait

Color isn't as important as contrast for night fishing.  Dark colors usually work the best.

Best of luck to you.

I like black senkos with a dark blue tip. Or black with blue flake. T-rigged bouncing the bottom or wacky. Also pumpkin w/ black flake tubes or black w/ blue flake tubes. These are my 2 go to smallie baits.

Never been night smallie fishin', but been wee *** mornin fishin'.

Blass buzzbait- success with wally worlds $1 dollar special. And GYCB 4" double tail grub. Weedless, and finally recent strikes on a shakey head 1/8.

Shouldn't the pro know though? (Like that rhyme?)

Black buzz bait

I couldn't agree more. If you have access to a fly-fishing shop, take your black buzzbaits in there and ask them to tie in a few strands (assuming you don't have a fly vice of your own) of tinsel. On evenings when you get a full moon or even just clear skies, the tinsel will add a bit of flash to skirt. This brings extra attention to the silihouette that the black colour will give you.

Hope this helps.

CWeb

Never been night smallie fishin', but been wee *** mornin fishin'.

Blass buzzbait- success with wally worlds $1 dollar special. And GYCB 4" double tail grub. Weedless, and finally recent strikes on a shakey head 1/8.

Shouldn't the pro know though? (Like that rhyme?)

Pro or No-Pro, no one wants to ask their Father-in-law for help!

I have caught many good smallies on Wilson off points using my own bear hair jigs and a black or brown pig. Most of my smallmouth fishing is done at night on Wilson, and my number one lure is a black/brown jig. Bear hair seems to have a lot better action under water than buck tail or coon tail, and I seem to get more bites. Smallies are also very active below the dam while generating. Letting the water push your boat back and bumping the rocks with a sassy shad is deadly.