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Rockin' SV

Posted 7/5/2005 7:10 AM (#152629)
Subject: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 425

Location: Elkhart, IN

Does anybody use glide baits at night or are they too erratic for the low light conditions?

MACK

Posted 7/5/2005 9:17 AM (#152636 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 1086

I'm sure they'd work. However, your percentage of hookup/catches will be significantly lower than a bait that you can have a steady, straight retrieve with, ie, bucktails, etc.

The glide bait will do too much moving side to side for the muskie to follow. There will be more misses than catches.

But..like anything else...try it out and see how it treats ya...

hrjohnny

Posted 7/5/2005 9:23 AM (#152637 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Try going to a glider 10" and up... the long sweep on the glide makes it easier for the fish to hit. Works great for me under low light..

Keith Eldrup

Posted 7/5/2005 3:39 PM (#152695 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 120

On LOW a few years back i had a crazy fish chasing a Jerko 3 times during the day.It wanted it sooo bad but it just wouldnt eat. we were on our way in at night when i decided to see if it would eat at night My bud Mike said "no way will that fish find and eat that thing after dark". Well first cast about 3 twitches and fish on, a nice 38. I just smiled at mike the whole way back(Luck is Great!)
I dont think i ever used a jerk bait at night b4 or after that. There are just way better lures to use at night. Mabey clear nights lots of starlight etc.. would be good
the best for us has been double bladed llungen-tales and shumwayflashers.
Good luck
Keith

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GOTONE

Posted 7/5/2005 3:54 PM (#152703 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 476

Location: WI

must have been pretty dark Keith!!

archerynut36

Posted 7/5/2005 4:28 PM (#152707 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 1887

Location: syracuse indiana

hey mark just use don's gliders at night they have a tungston weight inside that gives off a loud sound for them to hone in on.. remember at night sound and comotion and vibration is the key to the darkness.....bill

Edited by archerynut36 7/5/2005 4:30 PM

Rockin' SV

Posted 7/5/2005 7:39 PM (#152735 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 425

Location: Elkhart, IN

Thanks for the insight guys. The only thing I've had any luck with so far is a crankbait. Though that I got a hit on a crankbait for no more time than I've spent night fishing I'll take that as a positive. Anybody using cranks at night?

Holy smokes was it dark Keith LOL

Fisherben

Posted 7/6/2005 1:08 AM (#152757 - in reply to #152735)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

The bigger the crankbait the better in the dark, 10" jake or grandmas work well. Don't forget to at least make an L turn at the boat, they still follow in the dark.

jeffo

Posted 7/6/2005 8:21 AM (#152764 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

Posts: 34

Location: St Cloud, MN

Since the subject is night fishing, how do you guys avoid reeling your leader up to you rod tip? i tried night fishing last weekend and every it seemed that i raming the leader into the rod tip so i just switched to topwater prop baits.

matt

Posted 7/6/2005 9:36 AM (#152774 - in reply to #152629)
Subject: RE: Glide baits at night?

I put a small swatch of glow tape on the blade(bucktails, spinnerbaits) or head of the lure(crankbaits). No need to glow it up. It's just enough to see that bait and do a nice figure 8 w/out ramming the swivel in your top guide. You can also attach a glow beed to your line with a bobberstop to hold it in a fixed position.

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