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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: ctom on 03/29/24 10:10 UTC
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Any of ya'll fish in the dark> My fishing buddy and I are a couple of anglers who get to the fishing spots while its still black dark out and fish that last hour of dark with real good success. Our largest crappies come during this dark period.
Fishing in the dark demands some concentration because you can't see anything. Feel becomes your good friend. During this dark period the fish don't seem to have any inhibitions about smacking the baits so keeping slack line out of the equation is a must and the really large crappies seem to like specific depths in the dark, so a float becomes a necessity. Generally, we cast and slowly retrieve, trying to move the float as slow as wind and current allows while keeping a fairly slack-free line. The hits are solid enough that they are easily felt.
I've tried fishing from light into the dark and honestly have way better luck fishing from dark to light. I think that the nighttime allows for the water to settle down: hours without anglers and boaters, the wind generally settles at night and heat from the day before that got into the depths is rising in the water column then and the fish move up with it. So does their food sources. Getting to where we're going to fish in the dark helps eliminate other anglers. All of these plusses and the larger fish make this my favorite time frame to fish.
I don't change a thing as far as baits are concerned. The 4 or 5 usual colors I use are used in the dark. I've tried black with some success but the Junebug and Purple baits do just as good. Black has shown to be a great color if the water is dirty or stained heavily when we fish in the dark.... the reverse contrast really comes into play. My purple head color does not change though.
So how about you? Do you fish in the dark? If you do, what are your thoughts as top why you have success?
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I do fish in the dark, but only with live bait for catfish. Not the same as what you are doing....lol.
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A lot of folks around here fish at night, especially for catfish, but I'm not generally one of them. I have thought about it, but with gators, cottonmouths, copperheads and big snapping turtles being a very real possibility to encounter in the dark here, I think I'll stick to daylight fishing.
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I do kinda. I love a full moon black frog or buzzbait.
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I do sometimes in the summer. I have a black light and use Blue Florissant line so it shows up well. The bass will move up at night and feed so we get some pretty good action. I like the full moon the best because you can see a little better. A buddy of mine from Arizona
always fished at night because of the heat in the summer.
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Normally i start striper fishing late march or early april at night & then transition to bass until october then back to days. Crappie fishing here they'll leave the brushpiles at night in a matter of minutes to chase shad in open water. I've caught them like that & am really going to concentrate on it more this summer.