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Reply With QuoteGreen light at night is best fishing to be had. The most peaceful fishing you’ll ever experience in my opinion, best way to beat the heat of summer, easier way to get limits of fish. only time I go from end may to September.
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If you're talking about cast nets, it would depend on what size Shad you're looking to catch. I have a 3/8" mesh & a 1/4" mesh, and the 1/4" mesh net will catch much smaller Shad. Been a long time since I've used them, but if I remember correctly ... the 3/8" mesh net caught 3-4" Shad (& a lot of them were hung up in the mesh holes). The 1/4" mesh net caught smaller Shad. Now these nets are only the 6' diameter size, so you kinda had to be fairly accurate with your throw & the Shad had to be on the surface or just below it before you had much of a chance at catching many per throw.Originally Posted by Foxy Jig
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Green light at night is best fishing to be had. The most peaceful fishing you’ll ever experience in my opinion, best way to beat the heat of summer, easier way to get limits of fish. only time I go from end may to September.
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I enjoy night time crappie fishing. Cooler weather, but the bugs can be an issue.
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This post has got me interested again. Sounds like a way to beat the heat and the ski/tube terrorist.
I hear bugs aren’t drawn the same to led lights. Can anyone share some real world experience on that please?
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Personally, JW ... I haven't seen a light of any color that won't attract "bugs", including "UV blacklights". While most of them are nuisances at the least, the female Mosquito is the only one I know of that's of any potential medical concern ... seeing as how they can carry some pretty nasty diseases.
It would help if you could get the light source well out from the boat, or high above it. But, there's also the big screen depth finder units that also draw their attention.
I've night fished with gas lanterns, white lights, black lights, submersed lights (white & green), and they've all drawn bugs to one degree or another. Best setup I've seen was a 10-12ft pole with a lantern at the top & the pole stuck down into the rear seat receptacle. It lit up the whole boat and surrounding water, but kept most of the bugs well above the anglers in the boat. A 12v shop light run off a battery would work in the same fashion, and be less "dangerous".
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Green light underwater, red leds inside boat, red light head lamp, and rub rail nav lights. Bugs are at absolute minimum inside the boat. They will be around white stern light and green bow light but at water line. And of course dim graph screens down helps alot too
