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| Anybody think its to early to go night stalking yet?? Im thinking my first outing of the year this year will be late in the day/early night. Do you think the night bite is more affected by fishing pressure or by water temps. Any insight??? |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | I dont do to much night fishing but if you go out around 4 or 5pm and start seeing fish around sunset, just go for it and go night fishing. Doesnt hurt to try. |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | Never to early, especially on pressured water or during a moon phase! |
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| A Rod - 5/11/2009 3:29 PM
Anybody think its to early to go night stalking yet??
Absolutely not.
Do you think the night bite is more affected by fishing pressure or by water temps. Any insight???
Of those two choices I'll say temps, but my first answer to "what affects a night bite" would be to jump right to the way that anglers approach it and what their mentality is. Night fishing isn't for everyone. Some are freaked out by it. Some love it. My personal approach (because it starts there) is to be in the mindset of looking for water temp changes. Not necessarily a certain water temp standing alone, but finding where they start rising or start falling and use these areas as structure in a more abstract sense. Being observant about prevailing winds and having an understanding of what barrier weeds and other physical structure exist and how this impacts lake currents helps eliminate alot of water before the boat is off the trailer. Then the eyes are glued to the temp gauge.
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| ya i think night fishing can be affective all year round <*((((((((>< |
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Location: Houlton, WI | it can be goo d all year, but ive herd it is more effective in the warmer water temps
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| Don't believe everything you hear. |
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Location: nationwide | If muskie season is open the fish will hit at night.
Corey Meyer |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | We've caught them incidentally in the winter on walleye tip-ups at night. They will bite at night year round. When is it an advantage to fish them at night over daytime? Honestly our night fishing gets better as the summer progresses. The pre-dawn bite (3am-7am) is considered night fishing by some people, and is always a go-to during the entire summer. Definitely the nicest time of the day to be on the water, very quite with almost zero boat traffic, and a time when you can really experience what the Northwoods of Wisconsin used to be like.
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Location: New Brighton, MN | What lures or presentations would you not use at night? what are your favorites? I would guess the more visable and aggressive tactics would be best at night time since there is little visability?? (loud topwater, large blades, large jerkbaits???)
do you prefer trolling at night, or casting??
does your structure selection change at night?
wow. lots of questions..!  |
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Location: Madison WI | I use baits that give off a big profile or attack a fish's lateral lines. I normally throw big bucktails, crankbaits and topwaters and I always have at least one rod out with live bait. I fish the same spots at night that I would fish during the day. |
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Edited by birdmanmt 5/19/2009 3:32 PM
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | It would make sense that as the season progresses, the nite bite would be better. If there is heavy boat traffic, the fish tend to lay a little lower. A muskie is always trying to be comfortable. I think it's more comfortable hunkered down while the boats are zipping over its head. When things quiet down, and the boat traffic dies, they start to move up in the water column. |
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