| Fishing Gem #1 - When Is Best? | | | | light, which in daylight would mean they are banging |
| If you are in a boat and plan to anchor and bottom | | | | themselves against the sides of your bait tank. Your |
| fish, get out there before the sun goes down and | | | | bait will live much longer if you eliminate daytime light, |
| set up . | | | | so they will stay in one place to avoid |
| Over many years, it has been noticed that a good | | | | self-destruction. |
| bite usually starts 2 hours before sunrise. Use an | | | | Fishing Gem #6 - Listen Up! |
| alarm clock to make sure you don't miss it! | | | | When you fish after dark, always be alert for signs |
| You want to be set up and ready to wet-bait a half | | | | of feeding fish. At night your normally hear feeding |
| hour before the sun sets. Anchoring and cooking | | | | fish before you see their swirls or splashes. When |
| needs to be done prior to the sunset. Cooking while | | | | you hear a fish break the surface, chuck your lure to |
| evening fishing can be hazardous and spills may occur! | | | | the spot as soon as possible. Remember that fish |
| One of the reasons to be all set up at least 30 | | | | often have trouble locating a lure at night, so make |
| minutes before dark is that there is usually a minor | | | | repeated casts to spots you think hold fish. |
| bite ½ hour before or after either sunrise or | | | | Fishing Gem #7 - Deep Water Essential |
| sunset. Typically they feed shallower during this minor | | | | Under deep-water conditions, you should to use a |
| bite - about 30 feet down in many cases. | | | | bait-caster in combination with a long graphite rod |
| Remember, on most bodies of water, the remaining | | | | that has a lot of backbone. This setup will enable you |
| minutes at twilight can be absolutely magical for | | | | to move a lot of line and will ensure a solid hook set |
| fishermen. | | | | in the deeper water. In addition, you should also utilize |
| Fishing Gem #2 - Go Towards The Light! | | | | your black light to carefully watch the bow in your |
| For good fast action (in either saltwater or | | | | line to detect subtle strikes as the bait drops. These |
| freshwater), try to fish around piers with lights on | | | | tactics will produce when fish are holding to a |
| the end of them. Most successful night fishing | | | | deep-water pattern and most other areas are not |
| excursions occur around lights on buoys or piers. | | | | producing. |
| Don't have any light around? In that case, use the | | | | Fishing Gem #8 - It Ain't All Peaches And Cream On |
| Evening Secret and watch the show begin - swarms | | | | A Boat! |
| of hungry fish in 45 minutes, surrounding your | | | | The possible downsides of night fishing are that you |
| location. Just go to to see how. | | | | need to limit your group socializing and partying; it |
| Fishing Gem #3 - Can't Forget The Stream Fishermen! | | | | just won't work if you want to catch fish. It's also |
| Brown trout are so active after dark that it | | | | not recommended for young children, and not for |
| sometimes is possible to fish in just one pool and, in a | | | | more than 2 to a boat, unless the boat is large. If |
| good stream, take one trout after another. Use very | | | | you had to ride out a storm, it would be a bit scarier |
| large dry flies, oversized streamers, wet flies, and | | | | than in the day. If the fishing is good (which it usually |
| nymphs. The larger flies are easier for night-feeding | | | | is at night), be willing to alter your sleep patterns. |
| trout to locate. You should fish them very slowly. | | | | Fishing Gem #9 - Lake Fishing Keys To Success |
| With wet and streamer flies you can leave them | | | | Main lake points offer excellent opportunities to catch |
| suspended in the current near the surface and | | | | fish at night. If the action slows down, come back |
| frequently take trout, although this system would not | | | | later and you can catch additional fish from the exact |
| normally work during the day. Big dry flies can be | | | | same point. |
| drawn slowly along the surface of the water in a | | | | Colors ranging from red/black, blue/black, green/black |
| jerking motion to help attract trout. Some fishermen | | | | to chartreuse/orange seem to work well on all lakes |
| use small popping bugs when fishing for trout at | | | | throughout the summer. It is wise to carry a wide |
| night. | | | | assortment of colors, weights, and blade sizes to |
| Fishing Gem #4 - Things To Know About Hooking Up | | | | meet the demands of the fish. |
| With Stripers | | | | Main lake points and secondary points are key areas |
| Most successful Striper fishing excursions occur | | | | that attract fish at night throughout the summer |
| around lights on buoys or docks in deep water (up to | | | | months. Basically, the fish are inactive during the day |
| 100 feet!). | | | | due to the hot temperatures and will suspend in deep |
| There are also reports that Stripers will not go near | | | | water off of the points. However they will move |
| an area where dead Stripers have been dumped for | | | | onto the points at night to ambush schools of |
| days. Some believe dead or wounded Striper let off | | | | baitfish. These locations are fairly easy to locate and |
| an odor that keeps others away. | | | | can be fished very quickly allowing you to cover a lot |
| In most lakes, you will be more successful using jig | | | | of water in a short period of time. |
| heads than hooks and sinkers and Shad are a much | | | | Fishing Gem #10 - Live-Bait Catching! |
| more effective bait than anchovies. | | | | Obviously have some bait jigs ready when you need |
| Fishing Gem #5 - Keep That Bait Alive And Kickin'! | | | | to replenish your stock of live bait on board. For rapid |
| One secret to keeping your bait alive while waiting | | | | bait catching, the Evening Secret is one of the best |
| for the sun to set is to paint the inside of your bait | | | | solutions, especially at night. |
| tank black. Bait fish will typically swim towards the | | | | |