Short lining at night technique
Title sounds good, but I ain't tried it yet. Should work though.
I know from night fishing, you can gather a lot of bait fish with a green led submerged light. I usually set mine off the rear of the boat 1-2 foot deep.
These are the facts:
You can build a bait ball just about anywhere with a submerged light. You may not catch fish though.
If you leave the light on and tm troll away from initial setup, the bait fish will follow you. You can watch them follow you. IF you speed up, they speed up. IF you stop, they stop. They will follow you till you turn the light off.
My thoughts:
IF you decide to move to another location nearby, why not take the bait fish with you or why not just place you baits around the bait fish. You could slow troll with your own bait ball crowd.
Sounds reasonable or do I sound like Moose?