Thread: Help with Nightfishing

I may can help you some but the whylie boys will chime in and help you. They do a lot of night fishing because most of them are to ugly to fish in the day. The light you got will work good just put it about 5 ft deep. The trees will be a good place to start and keep the closest bridges as a back up spot. The 378 bridge on sc little rive is suppose to be good. So far as putting out lines that will depend on the crappie and at what depth they are at. Stagger your lines until you start catching and then move all lines close. I would not fish for striper and hybrid while crappie fishing because of the tangles that will happen when you hook one. You could fish for crappie off of one end of the boat and hybrids off the other end. Hope this helps some

[QUOTE They do a lot of night fishing because most of them are to ugly to fish in the day [/QUOTE]

I'm no night fisherman, but I know good comedy when I read it. lol

Thanks. My biggest concern was whether I had a light that would work or not so I appreciate your vote of confidence on that Sinkermaker. My second biggest concern is if late May/early June would typically be a good time for a night bite. The 378 bridge in Little River was recently replaced with a new bridge, I can't remeber if the old bridge was still there last time I was there or not. But I could see how that would be a really good spot as you suggest.

The fellows on whylie fish at night all summer long. So far as when you will just have to go and see. They have torn the old bridge roadway down but the pilings were still there 2 weeks ago. I will be over there Friday or Saturday and will let you know. There are a couple bridges on the SC little river that should be good. Good luck and come on Whyle boys give the man some help

I like driving across the new bridge over Little River but I've got some memories of that old bridge and hate to see it go. Back in 1980 or so my Dad and I made our first trip to try to catch shad for stripers under that bridge. We had a terrible little florescent light and a 4 foot cast net we couldn't open. I'm not even sure Dad practiced with it before we went. We did this in early January with temps in the 20's. We were soaking wet from throwing that net most of the night and it was the coldest I've ever been. We caught 8 tiny threadfin shad for our efforts. We went on out Little River to a hump we had been catching hybrids jigging and caught 10 slab hybrids in 10 minutes on those baits. The first 7 were eaten immediately as soon as we could get them down. When we were down to the last one, I got a fish on it but it stayed on the hook so I dropped it back down and jigged it and caught two more before it got knocked off. Almost no one was fishing with live shad or herring back then and they worked like magic to us. Needless to say we went home and worked on our net throwing skills.

The light you have will be great. Around the trees is ok. We don't have that much cover like that over here. We hunt for the drop offs or ledges in 25 to 35 fow. mostly. Not right on a brush pile but close to it. Use light line and as little weight you can keep the minnow down with. I use 1/4 or less on 4 or 6 lb. line. Look for bait schools in the area you will be fishing. They will be close to the bait. I run 4 rods per person on my boat. Each person has his own drop light. Can use green or white. Have seen blue on occasion. We start with putting bait down to bottom and then three to four cranks up. Keep coming up till you find the sweet spot they want to be. Be a line watcher. The bite can be very light some nights. We will be starting some night stalks very soon. Welcome to come over and get in on the fun. Some of us are a bit crazy but we keep a muzzle on those. Good luck and post lots of pictures.

That sounds great on meeting up with you guys sometime. Especially if you do it on a Friday or Saturday night. I rarely get to fish anything but weekends. I am taking my boat down to the Keys tarpon fishing in early May. When I get back from that trip I will see what your group has planned for night trips.

Originally Posted by ofishlbizzness

The light you have will be great. Around the trees is ok. We don't have that much cover like that over here. We hunt for the drop offs or ledges in 25 to 35 fow. mostly. Not right on a brush pile but close to it. Use light line and as little weight you can keep the minnow down with. I use 1/4 or less on 4 or 6 lb. line. Look for bait schools in the area you will be fishing. They will be close to the bait. I run 4 rods per person on my boat. Each person has his own drop light. Can use green or white. Have seen blue on occasion. We start with putting bait down to bottom and then three to four cranks up. Keep coming up till you find the sweet spot they want to be. Be a line watcher. The bite can be very light some nights. We will be starting some night stalks very soon. Welcome to come over and get in on the fun. Some of us are a bit crazy but we keep a muzzle on those. Good luck and post lots of pictures.

I’m going to assume that comment about being ugly is talking about oldfish however it could’ve been uncle Remus any number of guys CK? The DAWGGGG??


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