Night Stalking tomorrow night

[CrappiePappy]

Well my first night fishing experience was a bust. As soon as the lights went in the water the minnows showed up. We fished from 6:00 til about 2:30 in the morning and never even got a bite. We had two floating fish lights and one underwater green light. We fished the deeper water at all depths. I guess they just weren't hungry last night. On a positive note.....We have all the stuff we need for the next trip.
Buzz

I'd have been outta there by 8:00, and gone to another spot. I may even have considered turning OFF some of the lights, too. It may just be me, or where I've fished at night, but it seems that sometimes there can be too much light (and too many baitfish).
You got the right attitude, and eventually you will succeed at the nightstalking game

.... luck2ya ... cp

[Nightprowler]

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[Buzz]

Everything I read said that patience was the key to night fishing. I guess a little common sense helps too. If I had a better fish finder, I could probably find some underwater brushpiles to fish. What would be really cool if there was someone (expert) who traveled around teaching people about this hobby. It would be neat to have that person in my boat fishing my lake with me. Of course they would be compensated. I bet I have $2000-$3000 worth of jigs and stuff in my boat and constantly fish with minnows. If this person exists, I would like to meet them.

Buzz

[John Brower]

Buzz
That Guys Name Is Rango And He Wrote An Article
Thats In The Archives Of The Forum. Great Stuff,
Nightstalkings Just Like Walking, You've Got To
Fall Down A Couple Of Times Before You Walk, Soon You'll Be Running, Just Don't Quit.

Regards
John B.

[Beretta686]

Don't get discouraged. I love night fishing for crappie. LOL in fact there is a brand new 4 foot green pro fishing light in my office. It came in Saturday. Yes I may be crazy for spending that much on a fishing light, but I knw what night fishing can do.
Buzz the other night we were out and fished lights on a hump that ran up to 28 feet out of 50plus feet beside a creek channel. One evening we caught 30 there, 4 nights later only 5, then my friend goes back Friday evening and catched 49 with another friend. Same spot just different things happen on different days.

Speaking of too many lights. I too will go fish under a bridge, but so does everyone else on the lake. It is a known crappy spot. We arrived under the bridge at 7:30 and tied off along with a dozen other boats. The bite was Sloooow. By 10:30 we had maybe 6 fish in the boat. The other boats left one by one. Finally around 11:30 the bite turned on and we ended up with 49 crappie. All other boats had left and we finally left at 3am when we ran out of minnows.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, hang in there, because once you slam them in a spot, you won't forget it.

[Buzz]

The funny thing about this spot under the bridge is I always catch fish during the daytime. About half of them are too small to keep but I always catch something. The roughest part was dumping 200 live and kickin minnows overboard before we left.

So....Would yall suggest trying the same spot over another night or looking for another place to go? This bridge is just too convenient because it is only about 10 minutes from the house and I don't even have to start the engine on the boat as the bridge is 100 yards from the lanch. Keep the advise coming....I'm just a big sponge sucking it all up. I know you all can catch fish, I've seen the pictures.

Thanks Again,

Buzz

[Spiderman]

Usually if you will watch the depthfinder, it will tell you what depth the larger fish are at and just fish a lilttle above that depth. Try not to schedule a trip during a full moon unless it's a cloudy night. Regardless of water depth in deep water start fishing between 8 and 12 feet deep. The crappie will rise to the light and begin feeding on the shad. It really is allot of fun once you find the fish.

[CrappiePappy]

The roughest part was dumping 200 live and kickin minnows overboard before we left.
Buzz

Hope you aren't in KY waters ... and/or the Game Warden never sees you doing that ----- in KY, it's illegal to dump "baitfish" into the lakes, unless said baitfish were "taken from" those waters. Many unwanted species of fish are introduced to our waters, from this practice. You're "supposed" to dump them on dry land, if you don't take them home.
I'm not bashing on ya, or singling you out .... I've done it, myself, in the past. Just thought I'd bring it up, to everyone's attention, so we don't get into the habit of doing it. There's been many a time that I've found "other species" of fish, in with my minnows. Sticklebacks, Madtoms (baby catfish), and some other "unidentified" minnow species (other than Bluntnose or Fatheads) have been found in the minnows I've purchased locally.

...... cp

[FishnLine]

200 minnows! You went with high hopes didn't ya!

[Buzz]

Thanks for the info. I would have never known about throwing minnows in the water. I was just thinking it was a waste throwing them on the ground. And, yep I did have high hopes on catching lots of fish. I usually end up using half or more of the minnows on undersize fish.

Buzz