Night fishing plastic bait colors

I like to use purple,dark red and orange swimies for night fishing. What do you guys use?

I think we should try this out on friday at the lab about 6pm who down for some night fishing

I'm in!

ok lets post this up see how many tubers we can get

Im Out

dark colors. blacks, orange, reds, browns.

Dark colors are the way to go you also want to cast a profile in the water make some water move to catch there attention. Good luck out there on Friday guys.

yes darks seem to work good at night

When you tube in the dark shut off your lights. Pick out a bait and see if you can make out the color. Now, can a fish see it any better? Now add in refraction from the water, water clarity etc.


Focus on action. .02

well i cant see in the day time so that dont help me i just do what you taught me and it seems to work for me bro and are you going to make it

I just got a brand new LED (yes I finally gave in) head lamp! But I don't know about Friday. If I go I will see you all on the water at some point.

If you fish the lighted dock area be careful as there is a power line about the size of an extension cord down there by the light. I pulled it up one time and it looks rather dodgy. You don't want to get zapped!

Wow ya guys be careful

ok i go to the dark side lol

ed5000x wrote:ok i go to the dark side lol

No by all means fish it just keep it in mind if you snag up. It's coiled so its an easy snag.

Good heads up Tom!

can we use it to power up our head lights or trolling mtr?

Colors? Black and white ( with a bit of glow?), Silver or red. More in important than the color is how big the lure and how much water it displaces. Wiggles, waggles, shudders , and especially bumps. I always fish with a lure that moves slowly, displaces a lot of water and produces a lot of low frequency vibration. My all time favorite is a 1/2 once double willow spinner bait. With a 4" or 5"black and silver swimmin fish trailer, slow rolled so the blades are barely turning. I used to kill em in the Oxnard and Ventura marinas. Or a 10" power worm, BLACK. The trick was we did not fish our normal tight structure but looked for the major bottom breaks. At night the fish move out of the shallow tight structure and school tightly seeking the open water ambush points. They feed on the current movement and are much less wary and will strike with commitment! Favorite spots?, breakwater ends and flush points. A flush point is any where the incoming or out going tide are squeezed (incoming) or drawn over a drop off (outgoing) accelerating the flow. You have to be careful at night because these opportune spots are usually on or near the main channels. Don't get run over by a boat!! As always STRUCTURE,STRUCTURE,STRUCTURE!!

bodfish

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bodfish wrote:Colors? Black and white ( with a bit of glow?), Silver or red. More in important than the color is how big the lure and how much water it displaces. Wiggles, waggles, shudders , and especially bumps. I always fish with a lure that moves slowly, displaces a lot of water and produces a lot of low frequency vibration. My all time favorite is a 1/2 once double willow spinner bait. With a 4" or 5"black and silver swimmin fish trailer, slow rolled so the blades are barely turning. I used to kill em in the Oxnard and Ventura marinas. Or a 10" power worm, BLACK. The trick was we did not fish our normal tight structure but looked for the major bottom breaks. At night the fish move out of the shallow tight structure and school tightly seeking the open water ambush points. They feed on the current movement and are much less wary and will strike with commitment! Favorite spots?, breakwater ends and flush points. A flush point is any where the incoming or out going tide are squeezed (incoming) or drawn over a drop off (outgoing) accelerating the flow. You have to be careful at night because these opportune spots are usually on or near the main channels. Don't get run over by a boat!! As always STRUCTURE,STRUCTURE,STRUCTURE!!

bodfish

THANKS FOR THE INFO I WILL PUT THIS STUFF TO GOOD USE sorry for the caps it was locked lol
Ed

ed you can also try the berkly glow in the dark 4inch mullets on a 2/0 offset worm hook. they work great on a texas rig the one i should you. hit it with your flash light for about a min then let it rip. that works great in long beach where you me and al went.

BASSGEEK wrote:ed you can also try the berkly glow in the dark 4inch mullets on a 2/0 offset worm hook. they work great on a texas rig the one i should you. hit it with your flash light for about a min then let it rip. that works great in long beach where you me and al went.

cool i will try it
also we are going where you tom graig and i went to at the lab