When I was young I remember my dad taking me crappie fishing at night... I remember how fun it was and would like to do it again. What's the best time of year, ill be fishing Ouachita so it's a deep clear lake. Would now be a good time of year?
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When I was young I remember my dad taking me crappie fishing at night... I remember how fun it was and would like to do it again. What's the best time of year, ill be fishing Ouachita so it's a deep clear lake. Would now be a good time of year?
I've never night fished for crappie, but with the females coming off the beds hungry, now may be a great time to do it with lights. I think normally people do it after it warms a little more.
I read an article recently, somewhere, that was talking about how much of a positive impact LED lights have had on night fishing. The new lights are very battery efficient and apparently come in a better array of colors.
tony I been told the same about LED take no watts. I like to have a good set
I'm not a night fisherman, but I was reading a thread on the Tennessee boards where a guy consistantly fishes at night. He's catching crappie now. His reason for fishing at night is due to job, kids playing ball, etc.
I'm sure it is all about location. If you are where the fish are, you should catch some.
I spend a lot of time on the lake at night, running trotlines and stuff... I love being out there at night, it's quiet and typically no wind. You get to see a lot more wildlife too, last weekend I came across an armadillo swimming across the channel.... Shortly after I was watching a beaver and noticed something fluttering around on the water as I got closer I realized it was a bat.. Guess he made a crash landing.
That bat shoulda been using Lowrance for his sonar!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ztkirkpatric
Hah, he crawled up on a rock and found a little hole... I didn't know what kind of creature he was at first.... They look pretty odd while swimming...
You mean, like, after 8:30 p.m.???
really?
Bwwahhhaaaaaaa. Good one!
Yea buckrub.... We crappie fished from An hour or so after dark well into the night and did pretty good.
A long time ago, when I was younger.... We would go to Lake Conway and DeGray and hang a lantern off a tree and fish around it. It brought bugs in and bait fish.
If I remember right, at DeGray with fished like 17 ft deep in about 25 fow under a slip cork. Find a cove with standing timber and just out in the middle of it, hang a lantern. Back off and give it a bit. Fish two poles each. One closer to light, the other on the outer edge.
I ain't a-scare't of the dark but I ain't no big fan of fishing at night either... Just saying.
Also know of folks who fish the docks over there at night and do well.
I can't fish in my sleep. I just can't.
I fish in my sleep all the time.. And I've been known to sleep while I'm fishin too
When I was a kid, dad used to drop a floating light in the water and we would fish all out around it. I remember catching lots of crappie. I've tried a couple of times in the last few years without much luck
Fishing under a light is a blast. Gotta get a led light academy has some really nice ones. Used to have a pontoon and it was perfect for that. May always seemed to be best, darker the moon the better.
Blevins, ill go look at academy... Are they affordable or ridiculous? I've found a couple led lights but they want like 300 bucks for them... I can't justify that for a light.
I've read post before where folks have made their own LED nite fishing lights.
The one at Academy is less than $40 if I remember right. Its got the black light on top too for your line and floater. I wanna try one.
Wish I could figure out a way to power a metal halide or two without using half a dozen deep cycle batteries... The more intense the light the further it will go in the water obviously.
You should go with a neon light. It probably takes a few thousand volts or so to light the neon gas. If you were lucky it could "malfunction" at just the right time and send some "stray" voltage through the water.
It's a lot of fun and very relaxing. I started night fishing at Greers a few years ago, slacked off the last 2 years but I'm going to get back to it this year. I use some of the green LED lights and just the ol floating head light. They both worked great. Just fished around the lights with minners. No skeeters over there and no blazing sun. Had a light setup in the boat to work by. Real nice and easy. Probably start doing that sometime in June. The subject of night fishing for crappie doesn't come up on here very often.
I fish a lot at night on lake Norfork. We use a submergible starfire light. I catch shad minnow in a gill net. we catch everything, crappie, walleye, white bass, cat, u never know what next. It's lot of fun
I've got a couple 400 watt metal halide ballast lying around.... I'm gonna build a light like no other... Gimme a week or two to figure this out!
We used to do it during the hotter time of the year and i've tried the tube lights that are submersible and the floating lights and bugs weren't too bad. The old saying the bugs go to bed the later it gets is true too. I was out there bass fishing and running lines a couple nights ago and bugs were bad at 1st but later went away. I only had my cordless black light on though. As some have mentioned less people, less wind, and a lot cooler at night out there. I've come to notice though in the Summer they will bite whenever like the deer stir at high noon sometimes when you wonder why they won't stir at daylight or dark like normal those crappie may set in biting in the heat of the day. We got on the lake once back a few years ago at around 5pm in about 102 temps and really done well only to have the bite slack off as dark came. It picked back up around 10:30 though before a storm hit around midnight. I miss going out at night myself.
I love being out on the water at night after the bugs go to bed like constructskeeter said. Peaceful.
edit: thought I'd add that it is peaceful if there are no overhanging limbs.
If I had to pick one hour to fish, it would be the hour right before sunrise, cause just as the light is disappearing in the water, seems like everything goes crazy. Never have understood this.