Night fishing

[Cod301gmh]

You will probably think I'm mad after my last post. However, once I have got my engine sorted I'm thinking of a night session on the boat.

Is there any tips? Is it worthwhile or should i stick to the daytime?

[Fisherdan]

night time produces bigger fish than day. use fairly big baits for a bigger smell.

[Omahayank]

Let us know how u do.......Good Luck

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Mikes the man for you ( lady Helen ) as during the cod season him and dan are out most nights till 12 - 1 am from penarth

This time of year till feb -- think cod big baits -- 10 worms pennel rig tipped top and bottom with squid

Looks stupid but its all about sent and changing the lot every 15mins

LOL -- just thought Im out it two weeks and all I will do is chat for hours and not change my bait

[Charter Skipper]

We fish quite a bit in the dark during the winter,as lots of anglers like it.It can make a differance to the fishing,depending on what you are fishing for.Rays definatly feed better at night .The colour of the water makes a differance,clear water can fish much better at night.

I don`t think it makes too much differance in The Bristol Channel,during the winter,as the water is so coloured anyway.Having said that we have had alot of decent double figure Cod on the evening trips....

[Woodsman]

This may not make a lot of sense as it applies to fresh water in Canada but night fishing can be excellent.
If fishing from a boat try verticle jigging with a glow in the dark spoon just off bottom. Tipping the hooks with some sort of bait(worms, prawns, baitfish ect.) also helps.
Also charging up the glow in the dark spoon is best done with a camera flash.

Good Luck: Rick

[baitmaster]

yes it make a lot of sense as over here we target alot of species after dark.
i too use a similar tactic when targeting carp with glow in the dark corn

tightlines
kevin

[keana]

Although i`ve not done any boating in the dark yet, it definately makes a difference off the beach. Even though the channel is quite murkey anyway, the Cod do come out to play better in the dark....Big baits though.

[Kaptin Kod]

Hello mate, we fish as often as we can during the night as it always produces better fishing especially for the Cod.

Make sure you don't travel to fast as it can be difficult to see the rubbish floating towards you so make sure you have a "lookout".

make sure your lights are all working and carry spare bulbs and fuses.

Personally during night I always keep my eye out for boats coming into Cardiff Docks just in case they don't spot us, this has happened in daylight to us with the dredger,

WEAR LIFEJACKETS at least while your travelling.

if you fancy going out with a buddy boat give us a shout as like I said were out most weekends weather permitting.

The other thing that I like to do is check the tides to make sure there is going to be enough water at low tide to get back in should the weather get bad, although this is only on some of the bigger tides.

Oh and don't forget to pack your AUX

[Kaptin Kod]

We are out on an alnighter friday so hopefully the Cod will be on the feed. looking for my lunker, we have a little comp between us to see who gets the biggest Cod for the season.