My fishing partner and I ventured onto one of our small prairie lakes late yesterday evening. We fished from about 7:30 pm until about 1:00 am. The moon rose about 10:00 pm and the fishing for lmb was fabulous. We had good success using deer hair frogs and mice during before dark and then used a variety of deer hair contraptions after dark. I had the best luck using black poppers (made from flip flops) and my friend found success using frogs and mice. I tied up some black gurgle pops the fish wanted bigger flies than the size 2s I had so I switched to large poppers and deer hair mice, in black. Fishing was good until the wind came up and then the fish shut off.

Biggest fish of the evening was a little over four pounds but we caught numerous fish in the 2-3 lb range. I used to night fish for bass quite often years ago but hadn't done it in a long time. I am planning a few more trips this summer to take advantage of this opportunity.

Rick