Night Fishing

[jeffhend24]

Joe

Did you ever try it? I'm curious to find out how you did. Think i'm going to try it for sure.

[Alaskan Joe]

Hi Jeff:

I did go out several times this summer. I was hoping that the fish would be more active at night, but it really didn't work out for me (July -> present).

The best luck that I had was right around nightfall. I had a few frustrating nights over huge schools, marked between the sandbar and meyer's, with little or no action. I mostly trolled harnesses and/or stickbaits, and I fished out of the SBH from meyer's to the roundhouse.

Fishing at night allowed me to get out more often in the summer, and I did catch some good fish, but I really don't feel that I have found the right way to do this yet....

Joe

[SemperFi]

Just curious, were you running jets and dipsys the same way you would during the day or did you adjust your entire setup? Did you work the contours around meyers, I know it tends to hold walleyes all summer.

[Alaskan Joe]

At night, I mostly have been running worm harnesses with bottom bouncers, and I have been using the reel clicker to detect strikes. Occasionally, when in shallow water, I will run in-line boards with glow-sticks on tattle flags. I do not run jets much (at night), and I do not use dipsies. Most of my fishing was 20-40 ft down in water that was no deeper than 55 ft.

[jeffhend24]

Interesting thread, thanks Joe