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| Hey boys! Has anyone had luck fishing into the night after sun down this time of the year? I managed a 47.5 after dark boat side mid Sept, but with the water temps coming down and the nights getting chilly; I’m cerious if it’s worth the adventure out!?? |
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| i do pretty well all the way through fall before sunrise and after dark. in the dark is my preferred time to fish anytime i can |
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| I picked up a tiger at 5:30 AM yesterday morning on a topwater, so I'd say keep going. |
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| It's worth the try though. Someone told me it's good to go in full moon. |
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| After 2 months of night fishing, I can't imagine ever going back.... |
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| Why though? |
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Location: SE, WI. | Musky feed after dark 365!!!!
Pick your times, conditions and spots strategically to put the odds in your favor and to build confidence!!!
This time of the year is my favorite, cause most of the musky guys have put their boats away and in their recliners after dark!
This 46"er ate a blade Monday night on a custom built spinnerbait:)
JD
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Location: Contrarian Island | agreed, muskies can and do feed at any point of any day...I've caught them on bucktails in Nov after dark |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | No doubt. Night time fall fishing out here is always responsible for some mega-goliaths.
Im headed out here in just a bit to fish tonight. |
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| Just a reminder, even though it may be only 7:30 PM, in the fall that means its dark. Please use your lights. Last fall I almost t-boned a guy sitting in the channel, fishing without his lights on. I was not going fast but he must have forgotten he didn't have the stern light up or wasn't paying attention to what was going on. I came around the bend and there he was broadside in the river, casting. Bad enough when I am sitting outside by the fire pit in the fall and hear a boat working the shoreline in the dark with no lights, but in a twisting river? |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Just as a confidencw booster to the OP, went out last night popped a 42 first cast on the second spot, and had a 48+ go round about 12 or 13 times in the 8 boatside. Yes literally 12 or 13 times around!! |
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| Just a question because I have never night fished and am a little curious how you could see a fish go around on the figure 8? ....i have a hard time seeing in the water early morning and late evening. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Brad, make sure you have a headlamp with a red or green light on it. You can easily see follows with those on. I use the red.
JD
Edited by jdsplasher 10/14/2017 9:59 AM
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| I see... I would have thought that would spook a fish coming in.... But apparently not! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Thuawk - 10/14/2017 9:57 AM
Just a question because I have never night fished and am a little curious how you could see a fish go around on the figure 8? ....i have a hard time seeing in the water early morning and late evening.
Are you fishinf in crystal clear water like i am? With any amount of moon at all i can see one coming from 10ft away from the boat....
Red or green light works too, but if you go complete stealth mode in the dark, you would be amazed how well your eyes adjust and you gain "night vision.".... flip a head lamp on for a minute and you lose it. Then it takes a few mins to get your night vision back.
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| Ya ive never tried night fishing... But sure seems like alot of people enjoy it! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Thuawk - 10/14/2017 1:29 PM
Ya ive never tried night fishing... But sure seems like alot of people enjoy it!
1) its extremely productive, if you move a nice fish, come back on her at night
2) far less boats. (Unless your in a notorious night fishing region like myself, where its a ghost town during the day in August, and a zoo at night...) |
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| Ya where I fish I don't think there is much night activity at all. I'm going to give it a shot. I fish a ultra clear lake in my region too.... Think I should try the night bite... Might be real good |
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