Night time Bass Fishing-A loud splash in the Night
The stars were starting to fade now. I could see a hint of daylight in the eastern sky. I looked down at my stringer just below the surface of the water. Attached to it, I could see the outline of three monster small mouth bass. What a night it had been. My brother Don had been over to the house the day before. “You have to try it” he said. “ I have been getting to the lake at about 1 or 2 in the morning. I’ve been catching some big bass. Fish the North shore. With Rattle spoons.” “ What “I said? “Use rattle spoons” he said. Ok surface I could understand-but rattle spoons? “I’ll give it a try”. I laid in bed that night. God it was hot! I couldn’t sleep and I keep thinking about what my brother had said earlier that day. Hell with it! I jumped out of bed, it was midnight. I was heading for the lake.The lake was perfectly calm except for the occasional ripple of some bait fish breaking the water. The stars were bright in the sky with no moon. The lake was dark, but even so you could see the outline of tree shadows on the water created by the lights from a near by town. This lake has a campground on it and is very hard to fish in the summer due to jet skis, water skies, and any other water sport you can think of.
I opened my tackle box. I had several rattle spoons to pick from. Its dark, does color matter? I didn’t think so. But I thought the size would. So I choose a 3/8 oz silver. I thought the size would be large enough to create a significant amount of activity under the water which I needed to get the bass to strike. And strike they did!
It took a number of casts before my first hit. The fish hit hard and I returned the favor by solidly setting the hook. The fight was on! The reel’s drag whining in the darkness. I could tell by the feel of the line he was headed for the surface. Simultaneously he broke the water and the line went slack momentarily, he failed to shake the hook. The fish was to far out in the dark for me to see him jump, but I could here the loud splash in the night. Believe me this is about as exciting as it gets.
There are a number of lures that work well for small mouth bass at night. Rattle spoons, any type of a flutter spoon, and spinners. The size seems to depend on the striking mood the fish are in. Color has not made much of difference for me. Although it has been said, dark colors or black are the best for night time fishing.
For large mouth bass I do the best with surface lures on calm nights. Jitterbugs and hula poppers are my favorite. Depending on the lake- you can fish from shore or use a boat. These fish are moving into the shallows to feed. If you use a boat power it with an electric motor or quietly with the oars-you must keep the noise down. Work your way gradually along the shore line.
The best time of the year for this here in Upper Michigan is usually around the 4th of July to the end of August . What you want are the hot humid days and the warm nights. So for your area the timing may be a little different. Because of the heat these fish start feeding at night, once the daytime temperatures cool down they will quit.
So this summer do something different. Spent a few nights on the water. Try night time bass fishing-you‘ll love it!
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I love to get out onto the water to bass fish just before day break. To have a largemouth bass explode to the surface for a topwater bait is exciting and awesome. Very good post.
I love nighttime fishing, my Bait of choice would have to be a buzzbait for some topwater action.