Night fishing for Bass

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Astrix

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Hi,

Bass must be one of the most exciting species to catch, everyone will agree taht once you have hooked into a nice bass you are hooked for life.

I fish for bass from the side and from my inflatable which at times is very frustrating in the wind!  Lately Iv'e done a lot of night bassin and the results are great:

Firstly the venue is very close so it's not much trouble visiting the dam.  Secondly the sun doesn't burn your skin, and the big arn't that shy to leave their hiding place.

I found that the average size caught is a lot better at night than in the day.  I use dark bulky baits and pull them slowly with a jerk here and there (Not the ones on the side HAHAHA). 

Does anyone have similar experiences and if you do post some pics and tell us your expereinces!
 
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ignatius

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Sometimes your catch rate will even be better during the night, but we also had times where you could not buy a bite. Usually we use topwaters like Jitterbugs, Crazy Crawlers and Dying Flutters. Always try plastics that you fish slowly, parallel to shore.

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Astrix

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Hallo, Ignatius

I agree I use brushhogs, Dead Ringer worms etc. along the shoreline it works really well, I will give the jitterbug a try havn't had too much success on it, thanks for the info.
 
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EBEE ALI

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was fishing at my usual waters with ultralight.caught a lot of bass in the 100gr to 300gr class during the day.was there untill 7 30 pm and at night the quality of the fish lifted.started to catch fish in the half kilo range and at rapid pace,it was literaly 1 cast 1 fish.i ran out of berky wrigglers so started using earthworms.

Night fishing is something else yoh!
 
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Astrix

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Must agree EBEE night bassin is a lot better than in the day, here is another victim:

 
 

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Parasite

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I totally agree with you guys. I've caught some of my biggest bass fishing at night, and have been smashed on numerous occasions at Inanda Dam in KZN using a weigtless Strike King Pear White T-ZOO on 10 lb Siglon Flourocarbon and a 5/0 heavy gauge hook, whilst fishing around reed beds from the shore-line.
 
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kaptein delarey

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I had a late afternoon bassing session this past Saturday between 17:00-19:00.

Caught myself 12 bass for the session, of which 10 were landed between 18:30-19:00.

At one stage 3 casts, got me 3 bass. Had a mixed bag of sizes, with 3 being around the 30cm mark.

Got the majority on a StrikePro Arc Minnow 75 & Rapala X-rap 6, fished almost parallel to the shoreline, with a few cast further in every now and then to draw the deeper fish close to shore.

The low light conditions (and light drizzle) definitely made for some exciting fishing.
 
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EBEE ALI

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ja i read in an article that bass will feed more confidently in low light than in brighter light because their eyes are lidless and the bright light hurts them.
 
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iggy

Sealiner
I have an interesting comment to add: Was fishing at night at Coronation dam Krugersdorp. Screaming reel at about 23.30, 8kg carp. We netted the fish but kept in the water as the 1 hook was caught in the netting. The end of my rod was inside the water and the firefly policeman was floating in the water still attached to the line. While we were busy removing the hooks I noticed my policemen were moving about, I shined my headlamp on it and behold " small bass were nibbling it"????

This got me thinking. What if I was to insert the firefly light into a soft bait or inside the spiral bom holder, will this not attract the fish more??

 
 
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Astrix

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Hallo Iggy

If can can insert it i'm sure it should work, a lot of people use glow beads as well that just glide on the line.  A lot of guys also use this in chokka bait on rock and surf fishing.
 
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nico carelse

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after dark fishing is great, the only bad thing is casting accurately on structure when you cant see squat.

I prefer going top water after dark the splash or gulp makes the heart go....
 
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Astrix

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Sho dis mooies daai, is dit van ons NW se bielies daai.  Ek het 'n paar top water ase maar nog min sukses gehad ek sal by jou moet kom leer.  Het Zara spook,puppy,jitterbug en strikepro popper.  Sal dit 'n slag probeer, beskikbaarheid is maar min by ons, nou en dan as nuwe voorraad inkom is daar iets op te raap by landmark of Ameens. 

Jy het sekerlik nie daai outjies hier in LTX gehak nie?
 
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EBEE ALI

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this past sunday i was fishing in the early evening.at around 7 : 00 i threw a hula popper close to the bank.after every pop my lure would be bumped by a fish but no takers.when i brought it in close i saw that SMALL bass were busy going after popper.
 
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