All that bait....doesn't it compete with your bait (night fishing question)

[throwback]

I keep seeing these pics of hundreds of thousands of minnows forming these big "bait balls" around night fishing lights. How does your bait compete well with so many bait fish swimming around? Probably a dumb question, but it has been nagging at me.

[blueball]

lights atract bait,bait atracts fish.thats why u usually want to fish outside the bait or just under the bait,

[KWaller]

Your bait competes by being different, acting wounded/interesting, and being abnormal

[gabowman]

If the bait wasnt there to start with there wouldnt be any fish to catch. They'd be where the bait was. Good answers above.Thumbs Up

[gabowman]

But to answer your question...your bait is wounded on the hook and is much easier for the crappie to catch IMO.

[throwback]

Okay. Just wondering. Thanks.

[CrappiePappy]

Crappie are creatures of the shadows, and stealth hunters rather than slash & dash hunters. That's why they don't charge into the school of circling Shad/minnows, but slip up underneath the ones that stray from the baitball. That's why most people tend to fish just below or just outside of the schooling baitfish.

... cp

[throwback]

Crappie are creatures of the shadows, and stealth hunters rather than slash & dash hunters. That's why they don't charge into the school of circling Shad/minnows, but slip up underneath the ones that stray from the baitball. That's why most people tend to fish just below or just outside of the schooling baitfish.

... cp

The ninjas of the panfish world then. Very good! Thanks!