night lure bass fishing!

[chazyboi]

put an elastic band round lure to hold a small glow stick the light attracts the fish works for me both fresh and sea aso i have put it infront of lure on line

[chris.oldgit]

Originally Posted by chazyboi

put an elastic band round lure to hold a small glow stick the light attracts the fish works for me both fresh and sea aso i have put it infront of lure on line

what a good idea, inside a rubber muppet for deep marks at sea.
got me thinking now chas

[chazyboi]

i darken them down with a black marker if too bright ,,i always use glow beads on my sea rigs tip i got off and old sea fishing muka years ago just use my head lamp to make em glow i have traces i have made up with glow beads on for night spinning ,,,,chris yes it would light up the body no prob get the cheap glow sticks off fleabay 100 for a couple of quid you get 2 a packet ,,fish are inquisitive to lights at night look at squid jigs alot are luminouse

[Spinner64]

Originally Posted by the pyromaniac

As previously covered, Rapala J13 and topwater plugs like the Heddon Zara Spook are great. For night fishing, the darker the color, the better the silhouette against the moonlight. I had some science dude try to explain to me about ten years ago why that is but I don't remember the details...

I been thinking of giving the heddon crazy crawler a go at night Pyro, lot of surface movement with that.
What's your opinion? Have you used it before in the dark?

[the pyromaniac]

I like that one... I haven't personally caught much on it but I know some guys who have. It's a great evening and nighttime bait!

[Spinner64]

Worth a go on a calm clear night i reckon mate, sure the pollack will come and have a go at that too. Just waiting for the weather to settle a bit!

[the pyromaniac]

There's a lot of stuff that could easily have a go at it. Over here, the Crazy Crawler is mostly used for black bass (usually the largemouth species, which average a couple pounds but documented to 25) and muskellunge (a very large species of pike rumored to reach 100 pounds but only documented to 69).

[marinefly]

Hi, I regularly SWFF in the dark, mainly dusk into darkness and darkness to dawn. The bass don't have any difficulty "seeing" and hitting my fly, even small sand eel type patterns of only 1.5" and 2" long. I usually fish black patterns, as I'm a believer in the "silhouette" theory, allthough I think their lateral line plays a big part by picking up vibration caused by moving prey. With this in mind, I don't think a bass would have any difficulty detecting/seeing a plug.

I catch mullet in the dark on size 12 flies and when I lived in Derbyshire, I used to fish from dusk untill well into darkeness on the Derwent for trout and grayling. I used size 18/20 and sometimes smaller, nymphs and dries.

All I can say is a fish's eyesight must be incredible!

Cheers Dave

[jackopup]

I add luminous beads to my spinners when making them , very effective for all species in the dark , bass are no exception
i use spinners for them in the dark and have had great success
while fishing in pitch black conditions