Night fishing for bass

[TNHeadhunter]

My girlfriends grandson is wanting to try night fishing tonight on the Chick.  I've night fished with someone on Watts Bar a few times but really don't know much about it.  All I remember using was mainly slow-rolling dark colored spinner baits and using large dark plastic baits.  Can anyone give me soime advice?  Also isn't it a little early for it?  Thanks all!</p>

 

[HangnMoss]

Night fishing is most popular during the dog days of summer for many reasons. Its a great way to escape the boat traffic and upleasant days. The bass also tend to move deeper in search of cooler water and expend less energy during the heat of the day, but night fishing isn't just for summer.

Night fishing starts picking up as the water temps climb through the mid 60s. Night fishing can be pretty productive adjacent to bream and shellcracker bedding areas this time of year. Bass use the dark as cover to ambush unsuspecting bedding prey. On bright, moonlit nights you'll find them lurking in shadowed areas, or along the shady edges of breaklines.

Dark spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and wide-wobbling crankbaits are some of my favorites this time of year. Poppers, jitterbugs, and plastics are great when the bite is slow. Typically you'll find that running the bait from deep to shallow will draw more strikes. Bass that are targetting bedding prey learn quickly that its more efficient to corral their prey in shallow pockets, rather than chase them out into open water.

 

[Bassin' Machine]

I've had fairly good success fishin' at night on the ol' chick with dark colored spinnerbaits and dark colored lizards. FA grubs work pretty well, too. I use to love to fish at night, and I really didn't care to fish that much during the day, but over the years and as I have become a better angler (at least, I like to think so), I have started fishing a lot more during the day. Anyhow, the chick is a pretty good night fishin' lake, especially in the dog days of summer.

 

[Jmax]

HangnMoss needs to write an article on it. That is the best summery of it I have seen in a while.emoThumbsup Add an eight inch black worm and do what he said.emoCool Jmax

 

[fishinvol]

I like to use big dark colored spinnerbaits w/ big colorado blades on them. Purple,red,blue,black are all great colors. Same with worms. Color wise that is. My all thime favorite worm at night is a purple firetail. Very hard to find now a days, so I just use dipping dye to make the firetail part.

 

[dunk]

there not a bad time to fish @night for bass the chic has been giving up good stringers for yrs. you find most people to start fishing when the weather is warmer @nite personally i started in mid feb. cold yes but still managed a few good fish. normal stringers @ nite this time of yr. include up to 25# (that is on a really good nite) as for the baits the above posts are right. dark big bladed spinnerbaits really big (12-16inch worms)and if your looking for quantity a trusty hair jig. you will find that you may not have more bites @ night but the quality will be considerably better.(of course you can blank 2) throw a little report in here too, donated to steves dogfight last night caught several fish in time frame but all short xcept for the gar that ate a poes 300 cb. after dark however and the moon got just over the tree-line proceeded to catch a limit of keepers real quick biggest 3# or so could not stay all night but think the bite would only improve as the moon got higher hope this helps good luck and check your drag

THE BIG MAMAS COME OUT TO PLAY IN THE DARK(SO DO THE GOSH DARN SKEETERS)

 

[Dropshot]

The best luck I have had at night has been with dark colored spinnerbaits and scented soft plastics such as power baits, etc.

 

[Triton4Bass]

If you find some grass, try a rat or frog. Fairly shallow w/ cover, try a black buzzbait. SB's and large plastics like everyone else is saying ... Good luck!