Thread: Longlining at night.

Have never tried longlining at night, it wouldn't be impossible but would be hard to keep everything going like in the daytime. You are always looking ahead to see what you need to do but in the dark this wouldn't be possible. You can always be the first to try it
I have spider rigged at night after setting up for a regular nightstalk and had already pulled in the bait. Done this quite a few times but never caught as many crappie as setting still.

Brett, Grady ask that question a while back. I don't think anything came about of it. I have heard of a guy at Wateree that pulls a green light out behind his boat a good distance from the boat and runs his lines out with jigs and minnows to where the light is at. I don't think his speed would be very fast pulling the light and trying to get bait to come to it. It may be possible but not worth it if you wanting to fish and have fun. It would be more work than fishing. Like mentioned you need bait at the light to attract other fish and then slowly move to keep them there around the light or else you'd be fishing blind and hoping for a bite, just like day time for some of us!

I have tried this a few times without sucess.
Some on this site say they can do it sucessfully which is why I tried it. Even went as far as pulling cranks at night. Must all be in the details to get it to work . Perhaps someone will chime in with some of the critical details for success.

Originally Posted by brettw

Anyone ever try it.
Is it nuts to consider?
Too many docks to run into?

Thanks




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Brettw take your meds.

Originally Posted by CrappieKidd

Brettw take your meds.

Im out
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Goin back to Spider Riggin at night. Has anyone had a lot of success dong this?

I would recommend spider rigging/tightline at night. I have used the trolling motor at night a few times when the bite was slow or just to try something and it can be difficult to see exactly which direction the motor is going and having to keep an eye on the rods can be a job. Like mentioned before, you can't have much speed because there usually isn't much weight on the lines so in no time you could be tangled up so you would have to cut the motor off and on quite a bit. If I did trolling at night much I'd set up at the front of the boat so I could control everything better. You can catch fish like this at night, but I think you will do a lot better anchored.