Night Stalkers question

**Papacrappie** · 08-18-2012, 05:24 PM

I agree with Jimmy,You have to ajust to the moon.But with to much light you always can cut back if thats what it takes

**rango** · 08-21-2012, 09:54 AM

i have fished up to six people out of my boat at one time, and i always seen to it that each person had submersible light. my experience (and my opinion) has been that the amount of light in the boat or lights shining in the water dont affect the bite. i dont know if the full moon does anything but it seems the bite is slower than on the darker nights. its the plankton that migrates to the light and the minnows that come for the plankton that draws the crappie and other species that feed on minnows in.

**brettw** · 08-21-2012, 02:47 PM

never thought about the plankton. thanks, so you really don't think you can have too much light unless you go crazy with it?

**capt jim** · 08-21-2012, 08:57 PM

I fish with two submerge lights and one gas lantern on one side of the boat.what I wonder about is why the bait comes and goes.and guess what the bite comes and goes.I fish on one side because of the side console.

**Robdogg** · 08-21-2012, 09:10 PM

Im in agreement on the moon/artificial light theory. I usually use 1 or 2 submersible lights depending on the length of the boat and number of fishermen + my surface lighting, so I usually have a lot of light.

**rango** · 08-24-2012, 07:47 AM

i just reread my post above and i made a mistake. i find the bite slower on the full moon nights and not the dark nights. sorry

**rango** · 08-24-2012, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by brettw

never thought about the plankton. thanks, so you really don't think you can have too much light unless you go crazy with it?

no i dont. i usually put out 2-3 lanterns, depending on how many im fishing and a light for each person.

**rango** · 08-24-2012, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by capt jim

I fish with two submerge lights and one gas lantern on one side of the boat.what I wonder about is why the bait comes and goes.and guess what the bite comes and goes.I fish on one side because of the side console.

the bait usualy swarms the lights in warm weather. in a lot situations, (colder weatheer for one) just cause you dont see the bait dont mean it aint there. its just deeper. i never was one to focus on looking for baitfish before i set up. i usualy set up in places i figgered would be on the crappie highway at night. sometime when the bite gets good and stops i figger the school has moved on on their roaming, or a bigger predator has moved in and feeding, running the crappie on down the road. i dont roam the lake at night looking for another spot or baitfish on the depth finder. if the bite quits, it will probably pick up again, actually several times during the night its usualy good. too much work to move and reset. at night the lights act as your brushpiles the daytrippers look for and draws the fish to you instead of you going to them.

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