Thread: Night time for perch

Should have known u tube would have been the way to go lol

I like to set up in 12 to15 fFt. of water usually in the mouth of a cove, and suspend my light about 6ft. deep. If no bait fish and other fish have moved in in 20 minutes then I move to another location. I fish in the shadows just outside of the light ring. I use minnows for bait. I used a green light.

I appreciate the comments I am going to try it tonight. St. John has a lot of green monster lights around piers, but I have been doing it wrong. I have been jigging in the light not the shadows, only problem with live minnows is the yellow bass and stripers.

Well the fish are coming into the light after baitfish....that's why I use minnows

I understand that lake is full of them little yellow bass. At night I use a hair jig to because they tear rubber up so bad

Originally Posted by Andrews

Must have she is 90 yrs old and fishes every day in great health. She has some sort of fish in her cooler everyday, waiting on me to dress them when I get home from work. She don't throw nothing back, I tell her sometimes ms Williams this is to small why did u keep that? She says you eat peas don't you!!!

Reminds me of my sister in law's saying.."it's bigger than a butter bean!" They have to fish at my moms pond b/c she don't throw anything back either!
As for your question on night fishing. I would always drop the bait down to the bottom and come up a couple of cranks and just keep coming up a couple of cranks at a time until you find the depth they are holding in.

I really appreciate the ideas you guys have gave me, I am going to let this front pass and start back trying. I have been after them hard. I'm going to be in Monroe next week not sure when or how long but I'm diffently going to try them in bayou desire. I know some of them rich folks gotta have a light by there pier.

Here is a report. I have been catching perch at night, I started fishing in the shadows of my underwater green monster light. I catch most of the fish on shimmers, very few on jigs at night.