[Jared]

I have yet to night fish this year. I am hoping to do it sometime soon. I use to love going night fishing when I lived up north. I have only done it a couple times by boat since being down here. I sid when I got my new boat that I would load it up right and do a lot of night fishing. So far that hasnt happened. Hopefully by the fall that will change. Anyone wanna come to SC and go with me? Yall are welcome :thumbup01:

 

[oldschool]

Did the winners throw you a bone for the lure and advise?

What comes around goes around, we trade info & stuff.
Tom

 

[oldschool]

I have yet to night fish this year. I am hoping to do it sometime soon. I use to love going night fishing when I lived up north. I have only done it a couple times by boat since being down here. I sid when I got my new boat that I would load it up right and do a lot of night fishing. So far that hasnt happened. Hopefully by the fall that will change. Anyone wanna come to SC and go with me? Yall are welcome :thumbup01:

What part of summer nights are you missing, the heat of the day? Fall evenings following summer nights. Maybe next year you will be ready for the summer night fishing.
Tom

 

[Jared]

I get plenty of heat of the day lol Saturday I thought Id melt out there in the 110+ heat. lol

Yes next year I hope to be all set to fish the night. I need stuff like lights (not running nihts but seeing lights) and a radio in case of emergency and a few other things Id like to have before I venture to fish in the dark.

I really am looking forward to fall fishing around here though.

 

[oldschool]

It's summer period again and summer nights are here.
Reposting this thread because of information every night basser should reread.
Tom

 

[Guest]

I hope I can get out and do some night fishing this year. Folks say they do great in the Everglades at night. So I might try that here soon and see for myself.

This thread is chocked full of great info.

 

[joe]

The only real night fishing I have done is walking the banks at a local golf course. I have never fished out of a boat. I have my first night tourney in Aug. and it's a mandantory buddy deal. Two in a boat or the boat doesn't leave. I love fishing at night, some of my best times have been summer nights. Being that I am on a golf course I can't use a light so everything is done by cell phone light. I have learned a great deal about my soft plastics. I have actually learned alot about all my rods and reels by doing this. It forces you to focus on the talk at hand because you will never see your line move. It's all feel. I have a few friends that when we go the throw chuck and wind type lures while I generally t-rig. I have rarely went out and not been very successful. My first 9+ came from this place.
Thanks for the boating tips for night time. I think with everything that I have read I have a much better idea what I need going in. I already had a list but it got a lot longer as I read the posts.

 

[oldschool]

It's mid summer night fishing time and I am bumping up this up as a reminder.
READ IT!!! You may not find this night bass fishing tips anywhere else again.
Jim is no longer posting and his experiences shared here will never be available again.
I am not getting any younger and time on the is limited due to health issues.
Tom

 

[merc1997]

i was just reading through some of the comments, and i noticed so many comments about how the bass move up at night. they just do not seem to do that here on table rock or any ozark area lake. could it be that the lake you are referring to have vegetation?? right now here on table rock, we are catching bass 25 to 30 feet deep at night. the daytime bite is about the same depth. now, that is not to say that someone catch a few up on the bank. you could do that during the day also. my point is that the majority of the bass are deep and do not move up. they might move in to the bottom near where they have been suspended during the day, bu they do not move up to a shallow depth.

perhaps the bass here in the ozark lakes do differently because of our lake types. but, i fished at night on lake falcon year before last in sept. we caught bass in the same areas that we did during the day, and at the same depth. only difference was the number of big bass.

just wish for some further clarification of bass moving up at night. from my experiences of night fishing here in the ozarks, the only time that the fish get up on the bank shallow at night is in the spring.

bo

 

[oldschool]

i was just reading through some of the comments, and i noticed so many comments about how the bass move up at night. they just do not seem to do that here on table rock or any ozark area lake. could it be that the lake you are referring to have vegetation?? right now here on table rock, we are catching bass 25 to 30 feet deep at night. the daytime bite is about the same depth. now, that is not to say that someone catch a few up on the bank. you could do that during the day also. my point is that the majority of the bass are deep and do not move up. they might move in to the bottom near where they have been suspended during the day, bu they do not move up to a shallow depth.

perhaps the bass here in the ozark lakes do differently because of our lake types. but, i fished at night on lake falcon year before last in sept. we caught bass in the same areas that we did during the day, and at the same depth. only difference was the number of big bass.

just wish for some further clarification of bass moving up at night. from my experiences of night fishing here in the ozarks, the only time that the fish get up on the bank shallow at night is in the spring.

bo

You are right, the bass actually move onto or in toward shallower structure after being suspended off the struture or shoreline in deeper water during the day time. The most depth change a bass will normally make during a 24 hour period is about 20'.
Tom

 

[merc1997]

i was just reading through some of the comments, and i noticed so many comments about how the bass move up at night. they just do not seem to do that here on table rock or any ozark area lake. could it be that the lake you are referring to have vegetation?? right now here on table rock, we are catching bass 25 to 30 feet deep at night. the daytime bite is about the same depth. now, that is not to say that someone catch a few up on the bank. you could do that during the day also. my point is that the majority of the bass are deep and do not move up. they might move in to the bottom near where they have been suspended during the day, bu they do not move up to a shallow depth.

perhaps the bass here in the ozark lakes do differently because of our lake types. but, i fished at night on lake falcon year before last in sept. we caught bass in the same areas that we did during the day, and at the same depth. only difference was the number of big bass.

just wish for some further clarification of bass moving up at night. from my experiences of night fishing here in the ozarks, the only time that the fish get up on the bank shallow at night is in the spring.

bo

You are right, the bass actually move onto or in toward shallower structure after being suspended off the struture or shoreline in deeper water during the day time. The most depth change a bass will normally make during a 24 hour period is about 20'.
Tom

well, at least here is this area, in july and august, you pretty much catch them at night at the same depth they are holding at during the day.

bo

 

[oldschool]

:sncflagwave:
Agree in my area the outside deep structure bass tend to migrat horizontal toward main lake deep cover like wood/brush and then may change depth somewhat depending on what the food source is doing, these bass are hunting for food. Some of the outside deep bass are still on deep structure, but not as active.
Tom

 

[bassin101mg]

The bass do the same here on lake Greenwood S.C. If you want to win a tournament at night you have to fish the 18 to 25ft dept. The smaller bass to pull in to the banks at night and they are very few big bass caught around shollow banks. We fish the same way we do during the day. But the bass are more active at night in the summer.

 

[Capt. Alan]

Great advice. I use to go bass fishing as a young child and teenager with my brother and father. I have some great memories from catching bass. I need to take the time and go again. Thanks for the advice.

Capt. Alan
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