Hot Night Fishing: Night fishing is a traditional summer activity for thousands of anglers in many regions of the country.
But at night, the bulk of human traffic goes home, and sportfish go on the prowl.Look for bass, stripers, walleyes, crappies, bluegills, catfish and other species in typically good “feeding” areas you’d expect to locate them during a “hot bite” in the day.
Tru-Trip diving planers with Silver Streak spoons and other popular 4- to 6-inch spoons have been producing big catches.
A curly-tail worm looks like it’s moving faster than one with a normal or straight tail.
It rained the entire time with many T-storms and downpours. Riffles also often “funnel” river water through narrows, which makes them natural places for game fish to ambush prey.Any mid-stream current break in a riffle could be a key holding spot for fish to ambush prey.
Soft plastic jerk baits, spinners, spoons, small crankbaits, and streamer flies and nymphs can be counted on to catch most riffled-water species.While there are no “absolutes” in fishing, during summer when the water is warm and cold-blooded fish are more active, high-speed lures often catch fish that ignore lures that inch along bottom.This is just the opposite of what many anglers believe.
Tips for Hot Weather Fishing Success.
Fish at night can have a difficult time homing-in and hitting a lure, so make it easy for them.
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Sandusky Bay has been producing huge numbers of catfish with no signs of the bite slowing down anytime soon. You are going to want to start fishing about two miles off these islands.If the fishing isn’t the greatest at that point, then you are going to want to move until the bite increases.The weather conditions lately have been perfect for casting and drifting for walleye.
After a day of walleye fishing on Lake Erie with Mark 1 Charters, Darrell Smith enjoyed some pond fishing at Bay’s Edge Bait & Tackle recently, catching and released a dandy smallmouth bass.Many times over the years, fishing has slowed down a little when the summer temperatures rise. Further, in riffles and rapids minnows, crayfish and stream nymphs are tumbled around in the water column and disoriented, which makes such places excellent feeding sites. Seven days a week, boaters are out casting and trolling.
The bite there has been fast and furious with anglers limiting out in just a few short hours.The dumping grounds has not had as much boat traffic as other places so if you are wanting to troll, this spot is going to be your best bet.
Slow-swimming minnow-like lures, chugger plugs, buzz-baits, and big spinner-baits with large Colorado blades are good because they make a lot of commotion and put out a lot of fish-attracting vibrations.During the hottest, brightest parts of summer, many fish (and plenty of surprisingly big ones) can be found holding in riffled stream or river water. But often the most important part to good night success is selecting the right lake or river for your fishing.
But more subtle ways of increasing lure speed can be accomplished and may tempt more fish into striking. Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 9:42am Matt Markey 10mo.