Thread: Anyone got some pointers for night time Crappie light'n???? I'd be much Obliged

What light do you have? What lakes are you planning on fishing?

Really, there's not much to the light thing in and of itself. Pick a spot, drop anchor, drop light.
Or, drop light and slow troll til you hit on a school and then drop anchor. This worked well for us on Bartlett a few weeks back.
You can always do Pleasant and try for some stripers too. That's a lot of fun.

Anyway, location has a lot to do with it as well as night conditions. It's not usually a great time to gather plankton and shad when competing with a bright (full) moon. If it is overcast then that can help but please be careful in the monsoon season. Storms whip up quick out here.

And if you have no shad or other bait fish around your light within an hour or so, don't be afraid of picking up anchor and moving. As mentioned above, very slow trolling with your lights out worked for me at Roosevelt a couple weeks ago.

LLL

Originally Posted by cousinlll

And if you have no shad or other bait fish around your light within an hour or so, don't be afraid of picking up anchor and moving. As mentioned above, very slow trolling with your lights out worked for me at Roosevelt a couple weeks ago

Quick video: Roosevelt Shad - YouTube We were actually dipping our landing net and catching a few shad using them for bait.

LLL

Love the signature!! Chicago is gonna make some noise this year as long as they stay healthy.

Originally Posted by THEMANBEARD

Got a new crappie light and I'm itching to use it, just dont know to much on how its worked.

Below on my signature is a good start................
"Night fishing tips 101"

Check this out. It should give you some good info to start with. Night Fishing Crappie

Cousin, what brand of light were you using? How long was it out before you started to have all the activity?

Originally Posted by swollencrappie

Cousin, what brand of light were you using? How long was it out before you started to have all the activity?

The light in the video was my homemade 4' fluorescent tube light. I'll usually combine it with my Nucli Eye Aurora. If there is no Shad activity within an hour or so I'll move.

LLL