Jun 30 2009
Night fishing tips: Important guide lines for successful fishing at night!
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Fishing in the wee hours of the night is peaceful and calming sometimes. But when the bite is on watch out! Excitement is everywhere! One of the reasons I love night fishing is because there is very little fishing pressure. Very few fisherman take advantage of the fantastic opportunities you have when you go night fishing for any species such as crappie, walleye, catfish or bass probably because they just don’t know how. You will be amazed at the variety of different fish you will catch at night even if you are targeting a specific species of fish such as crappie. Today I want to give you some simple night fishing tips that will help you to become a better night fisherman.
#1 Underwater fishing lights.
Don’t go cheap when you look at underwater light sources, you need a good florescent light that generates a minimum of 25-40watts of power, and that will emit 1000 to 3000 lumens per tube. Submerged lighting sources will attract all kinds of little micro organisms called plankton. Plankton the primary food source of most bait fish. Bait fish are the main ingredient that is needed to have a successful night fishing trip. These lights absolutely are useful in attracting game fish such as bass to your night fishing location. When you have a swarm or ball of bait fish surrounding your underwater fishing light anything can happen. All you need to do is cast your rigs out close to the edge of your light source and you are ready for an exciting night. I love going night fishing because of the variety of game fish you can catch at night. You can catch walleye,catfish,crappie and bass ! It doesn’t matter they are all their for an easy meal.And it is my opinion I could of caught very few of these fish without a good underwater fishing light source.
#2 Surface night fishing lights.
It is very important that you have a good light source that projects light across the surface of the water. There are two very important reasons for this.As I stated above you need to be safe out on the water. Surface lighting will identify you to other night fisherman and recreational boaters. There are not many out at night but enough to cause watercraft accidents. MOST of these accidents are form improper surface lighting. The second reason is to attract insects. Baitfish and game fish will feed off of them. Just make sure you shield your surface light such as a coleman lantern, so the side facing the boat is shielded to reflect back to the surface of the water. You want the bugs out on the water not all over you!
#3 Pre-Planning is important! Before you decide to go night fishing it is very important to do some preplanning. Make a check list of all the items that will be essential after nightfall. Also get out and scout the areas you want to night fish for the evening. If you have a GPS to mark them that would be great. If you do not have a GPS identify land marks that you will be able to identify after night fall.
Well folks that concludes my article on night fishing for crappie stay tuned for more articles on the subject of walleye fishing. May your next fishing trip be a success!
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