Any Success @ Night Yet?

[Jigboy]

Anyone having any success at night yet? I haven't been yet at night but my step son will be in town as of this weekend and he addicted to fishing. We usually head out to the lakes at night.

Last year went to Taylorsville a few times and caught a lot of fish. One thing I noticed there was once the minnows moved in we would catch some crappie. Later in the evening as the shad moved in, the crappie seemed to leave. Any suggestions?

[itallushrt]

Later in the evening as the shad moved in, the crappie seemed to leave. Any suggestions?

Start white bass and catfishin'. You could try for Hybrids, but I've yet to EVER see a hybrid come out of T-Ville. :p

[crappie52]

how do you fish t-ville at night? on drop offs or around the real deep standing timber? do you put out submerged lights?

[badbrad]

haven't tried the night bite yet myself. Gonna make one more daytime outing this weekend on Kentucky lake. Plan on tightlining early and then will experiment with trolling some crankbaits throughout the day.

Trolling cranks, and nightfishing are two things that I have little to no experience with at all. Guess you just gotta get out there and try and through trial and error hopefully figure something out.

I tried once last year at Barren River Lake....got pretty disgusted with it! Got to the lake after dark and couldn't find any store open to buy minnows. Poor planning on my part. It's hard to be confident and stay out there when your not exactly sure what your doing and not catching anything! Be nice to have someone knowledgable show you how.

I think my next game plan will be just to set up in an area where I know the crappie are near. I'm thinking over a deep creek channel. Throw out some lights and see what happens.

I'll post my results so maybe we can all learn what will work and what doesn't. Good fishing to everyone.

[Jigboy]

I personally have always set up over deep points with lanterns, but only because that is all I have. Haven't had the time or money to by the green lights yet. Like I said earlier, I usually catch fish for about two or three hours and then here come the shad. Once they come in, there goes the crappie. Hybrids are fun and I am sure I could catch some, but I want the fillets and I would rather eat driftwood then to eat a hybrid.

[badbrad]

I'd have to agree with you on eating the hybrid, I'm not sure why the Crappie would move out with the arrival of the shad unless the hybrid follwoing the shad scare them off. Does moving to another deep point put you back on the Crappie? just curious, because Barren is the closest lake for me that I'll probably be nightfishing on and it's full of hybrid.

[MUSH]

Good Morning Went To Barren Monday Morning Caught Twenty One Hybirds Three Cat Fish Fishing With Chickin Livers. About Six Foot Deep. I Didnt See Anyone Crappie Fishing .

[Jigboy]

Badbrad:

I am guessing if I moved it would have helped. Everytime I have had it happen, I had the young ones with me and just figured it was a sign to head home. Now that they are older, I will try to move a see if that helps. I agree, the hybrids are probably scaring off the crappie. About 15 years ago I got into the hybrids out there doing the same thing and caught fish on every drop of a minnow. They were all small but it was a blast. Haven't had that happen again.

[wannabe fisherman]

Be nice to have someone knowledgeable show you how.
this is so true. It's very frustrating to know you have the right tackle and don't know how to use it. I know this very well, but I'm not going to give up.

[badbrad]

How big were those hybrid running? I'm gonna try trolling some crankbaits on Barren pretty soon. Probably will try on the channel across from the state ramp. Caught some good crappie in that area during the winter when the water was down.