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Some good info already given. The water temps around here will get too warm for are northern strain of bass during the later hours of the hot summer days. When that happens, then fishing in the early morning hours, say from an or 2 before sunrise, to a few hours after sunrise when the water is the coolest its going to be is usually more productive.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>I hear a lot about bass fishing at night...Here's my q....why is it that I catch bass
steadily....right up till the last rays of sun disappear from the horizon...and then suddenly
Nota,Zip,Zilch....?????<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The secret is...
they move... They really do. They do, their food (bait) does, frogs hop in,,, all sorts of things change right then. But why do they "quit biting?" they don't,,, they are gone. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif
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I found that a noisy fly gurgler gurglepop ect helps alot. A friend ties a double bead head w/ loose beads.its supposed to cause a click when twitched. He won't give me one but they apear to be like a big worm.They do catch fish.. Noise and movement,the vibration from the noise (topwater) movement causes the strike!!!
Dennis
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I have years of experience night fishing for Small Mouth Bass but none for the Large Mouth. My experience has been in NY finger lakes and a few rivers.
...In the Lakes...
In my opinion, the moon is the main factor. If you want to fish the surface, its better to fish when there is no moon at all. Smallies prefer dark nights and Rock Bass are active in the opposite maner, feeding heavily at the surface during a full moon.
Cloud cover (thick enough to obscure the moon) will afford good fishing even when there IS a full moon above.
Patchy dense clouds drifting by will cause intermittent feeding of the Rock Bass and this can be very obvious because of their loud slurping when the moon is visible. There is an abrupt halt to Rocky feeding when the moon hides behind a cloud. Smallies sometimes begin to feed during these dark periods but they're apt to be small.
...In the Rivers...
The situation is similar to the lakes but when the moon is out and bright its time to go down to near the bottom for them. Rockies, if they're present will act the same as they do in the lakes and may be quite a nuisance.
....The flies....
In some of the above, black or near black is mentioned as a good color and Its the same here. IMHO, bass are apt to hit anything that moves and don't become so conditioned as to refuse a poorly matched lure. Flies that cause a commotion on the surface will do well and dead drifted drys will work too. Streamers are sometimes the best producers of all, but clasic wets may be the ticket at times.
The old time river guys would fish three flies on fairly heavy and stiff leaders. (the stiff leaders were used to avoid tangles) If you can get your hands on leader material that unwinds straight use it. The last I have seen were available at salt water shops. If You get a hopeless tangle, remove the whole leader with flies and put it away. Have another handy (flies already attached) and tie it on. Here's where Castwell's knot shines!
Ol' Bill
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I live in the Southern Tier region on NY and I enjoy fishing at night for largemouths in ponds and lakes.
I like large flies that push a lot of water. I also find that I need to fish them a lot slower. Pop, wait a full minute, then twich two or three times and wait half a minute, etc, etc.
I do catch less fish at night but the ones I do seem to be larger.
Ed
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