Night Fishing on Weiss?

Hey guys ill be down from kentucky next monday to fish weiss. Never fished at night there under the lights and was looking for a little info from you experts. I've fished using lights here in Kentucky but usually in the middle of summer. I don't really even know if you should try it at night in march on Weiss? However I will give it a try if some of you guys have ever been successful with it. If so where and what do you look for when trying to find a place to anchor the boat? Coves? Channels? Near the bank? Humps? What lights do you guys recommend? I know its a lot of questions but once again Ill take all the info your willing to give!! Thanks

You will find that once you are identified as a KY angler you won't get very much positive info on here. It's been made very clear to me that the locals don't want us there and were all supposed to be hillbillies that keep every fish they catch and break creel limits. This is often untrue... But no matter what you say, you are guilty.
However I use green fluorescent lights on deep banks near large open areas of water....more water more shad. The rooster bridge will have a lot of activity at night in march. Hope this was some help. Good luck and God bless.

Sounds like you have had some bad experiences on Weiss toddrod! I am a local and enjoy meeting you guys and glad you fish the lake! I have met some of the most obnoxious people in my life on Weiss crappie fishing! I have met just as many rude locals as out of towners! The problem with weiss is people don't know how to keep distance and always helps to atleast say Good Morning or Good Evening! I had a two guys pull right up to me at a bridge here while back "never spoke" and started pitching same hole and eventually over my line! It doesnt matter where you from you need to get off the water if thats your attitude about fishin! As for as breaking creel limits I believe this is changing on Weiss....folks like us on crappie.com have become more concerned and aware of our lakes and have started practicing catch and release when not going in the grease! I would also like to say when you post things like yours above you can expect about zero help from local or any area you put down like that!

Hey crappiecrazy firman, I am sending you a PM about a few spots on Weiss!

[QUOTE=MePreach;1437005]Sounds like you have had some bad experiences on Weiss toddrod! I am a local and enjoy meeting you guys and glad you fish the lake! I have met some of the most obnoxious people in my life on Weiss crappie fishing! I have met just as many rude locals as out of towners! The problem with weiss is people don't know how to keep distance and always helps to atleast say Good Morning or Good Evening! I had a two guys pull right up to me at a bridge here while back "never spoke" and started pitching same hole and eventually over my line! It doesnt matter where you from you need to get off the water if thats your attitude about fishin! As for as breaking creel limits I believe this is changing on Weiss....folks like us on crappie.com have become more concerned and aware of our lakes and have started practicing catch and release when not going in the grease! I would also like to say when you post things like yours above you can expect about zero help from local or any area you put down like that!

Hey crappiecrazy firman, I am sending you a PM about a few spots on Weiss![/QUOTE

Great Post Mepreach...Wiess lake is pimped out way to much for crappie.Try the lakes in Guntersville they run for miles and you can get away from the crowds if you wish.The crappie seem bigger to me ,you may catch more on wiess but they will be smaller..

I am from KY and have been coming to Bay Springs for several years now. I have a small trailor located there and I always cant wait to get there, to fish some but to have a great time with my friends (mostly locals that I have met over the last couple of years) and I can truly say I have been treated like a neighbor by almost anyone that I have met. I have always told my kids that it is hard for someone not to be friendly with you if you show with "honest" intent that you are friendly. We will never be friends with everyone that we meet but if everyone shows a positive attitude, we might be suprised. On another note::::::::::

Keep Jack Jones of Bay Spring in your prayers, he is undergoing cancer surgery today. He is a super guy....

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Hey guys ill be down from kentucky next monday to fish weiss. Never fished at night there under the lights and was looking for a little info from you experts. I've fished using lights here in Kentucky but usually in the middle of summer. I don't really even know if you should try it at night in march on Weiss? However I will give it a try if some of you guys have ever been successful with it. If so where and what do you look for when trying to find a place to anchor the boat? Coves? Channels? Near the bank? Humps? What lights do you guys recommend? I know its a lot of questions but once again Ill take all the info your willing to give!! Thanks

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Never fished Weiss at night but I have been saying for the past couple of years that would be the way to catch them right now. The fish seem to be feeding in the coves alot at night as there are lots of shad in there, especially up river. I would just set-up of the end of some of the points in the coves and see what happens. I bet you can load the boat but I could be wrong.

I recently joined crappie.com, made it clear I was from Kentucky, and received what seems to be good info on fishing weiss and gville from locals, I will say I have to disagree as well because the few times I have been down there fishing everyone seems nice. I have run into guides who make their living helping people catch fish, and when you talk to them they give you helpful info free. People at docks and other fisherman seem to be eager to point you in the right direction. I read a article a few days ago about how much economy these lakes bring in to these communities and how well that makes them embrace out of town anglers. From my expirerience people from Al are better to people from Ky than if it was the other way around.

Thanks for all the info! Its funny because I was just talking to a buddy the other day about how people from Alabama seem to be the nicest people ive ever met in my life. Last spring while I was there I was asked by 3 different people to come over to there house to eat!! I've been treated by nothing but hospitality ever time I've been down. Thanks

Sorry, to hear you had a bad experience in alabama. I have been down there a couple of times over the past 2 years and have had a great time. The locals seem to go out of their way to be helpful.

When I was planning to come down to Weiss last March I posted asking for some info about where to fish. The day I was coming down there was a Crappie Masters tournament that day. I received a PM from Callshy telling me to either call him or meet him at the weigh-in that afternoon. I arrived in time to meet him
at the weigh-in and he was very willing to point me in the right direction, I found out later the place he told me to go was the exact place he had caught his fish
that day. I have been to Alabama for the last 4 years and have always found the locals to be great folks.
By the way Callshy, I just installed 2 sets of your rod holders in my boat last week and I'm looking forward to trying them out soon. Thanks again for your help.