Night Fishing

**FuxOnTheFirstDate** · 03-22-2007, 09:33 AM

Have any of you guys ever fished at night from a boat? If so, what kind of lighting did you use to see where you were going? I'm planning on trying it for the first time in April and I was thinking that a couple spotlights would work. It will be 2-3 of us so someone can drive and the other passengers can run the spotlights. What do you think? Are there any headlight kits available that you know of?

**Spaz** · 03-22-2007, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by FuxOnTheFirstDate

Have any of you guys ever fished at night from a boat? If so, what kind of lighting did you use to see where you were going? I'm planning on trying it for the first time in April and I was thinking that a couple spotlights would work. It will be 2-3 of us so someone can drive and the other passengers can run the spotlights. What do you think? Are there any headlight kits available that you know of?

extension chord and a bug zapper... it also worked as chum from the dead bugs dropping in the water...

and no... i didn't get electricuted and yes it was a really dumb idea...

**eddierox** · 03-22-2007, 09:44 AM

Bring your girlfriend along and when you're in the right fishing spot, get her excited.
When she smells like the perfect bait, dangle her over the side.

All you have to do is hold the net out when the fish start jumping.

Pefectly legal.

**1fastcamarosss11** · 03-22-2007, 09:55 AM

only went out on full moons and semi clear no light needed.

**whitelightnin99** · 03-22-2007, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by 1fastcamarosss11

only went out on full moons and semi clear no light needed.

same here, on a full moon you will be surprised at how much you can see if its a big lake. id still take a few flashlights and a shitload of batteries

**Spaz** · 03-22-2007, 10:18 AM

tie some glow sticks to you line...

**1fastcamarosss11** · 03-22-2007, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by The Real Spaz

tie some glow sticks to you line...

if you go lake perch fishing cheap treak take a large mayo container and fill it with minno's and put the glow stick in it and lower it to the bottom with line with holes in the top. you get a bunch of fish with black and blue on there nose but you will catch alot.

**00ws6m6** · 03-22-2007, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by eddierox

Bring your girlfriend along and when you're in the right fishing spot, get her excited.
When she smells like the perfect bait, dangle her over the side.

All you have to do is hold the net out when the fish start jumping.

Pefectly legal.

that sucks if when your girl gets excited she smells like the perfect bait. sorry for you dude.

**70hemicuda** · 03-22-2007, 01:45 PM

i used my maglite. choose an obnoxious topwater such as a hula popper jitterbug, torpedo, ect. just go slow. to tell u the truth, i only caught two bass the night i went out, and then in the 30 minutes of sunrise i caught 4. have fun and good luck.

**FuxOnTheFirstDate** · 03-22-2007, 01:48 PM

Thanks guys, I'll make sure we take plenty of batteries. And to the poster about the girlfriend, I know what you mean. My ex stunk like the grease pits out behind Hooters on a hot summer day. Not fun.

**Black_Z28** · 03-22-2007, 02:10 PM

You really don't need any light while night fishing as long as you know the lake. You really shouldn't be night fishing on a lake you normally don't fish on. Just because you see the water doesn't mean there can't be something under the water. I go night fishing in the spring pretty often.

**FuxOnTheFirstDate** · 03-22-2007, 02:14 PM

I know the lake pretty well but its level changes from season to season so you never know what kind of big ass rock will be sticking up out of the water. I do know it well enough to be very careful along the shoreline though. We probably won't go very far away from the launch ramps just in case we run into problems.

**Nastyfoot** · 03-22-2007, 03:17 PM

Check this out too Local Wal-Mart should sell them

http://www.rieadco.com/nightbobby.html

**eddierox** · 03-22-2007, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Nastyfoot

Check this out too Local Wal-Mart should sell them

http://www.rieadco.com/nightbobby.html

Do you use these to get her excited?

**hutch1999** · 03-22-2007, 03:30 PM

I catfished off a cabin crusier last summer, I caught some fish, got drunk, and passed out...great times. Just use a lot off flashlights or these the're really handy on a boat

**70hemicuda** · 03-22-2007, 05:08 PM

what r u fishing for?

**0rion** · 03-23-2007, 11:55 PM

I typically only fish at night for flatheads. I fish on the Ohio River with no problems. At night it's a no wake zone so you basically just cruise along at a hair above idle. No need for a major light. We take a spotlight that plugs into the cig lighter and turn it on every now and then to watch for logs. Your boat has lights on it I presume? If not they're required by law.

**Nastyfoot** · 03-24-2007, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by 0rion

I typically only fish at night for flatheads. I fish on the Ohio River with no problems. At night it's a no wake zone so you basically just cruise along at a hair above idle. No need for a major light. We take a spotlight that plugs into the cig lighter and turn it on every now and then to watch for logs. Your boat has lights on it I presume? If not they're required by law.

Is fish from the Ohio river edible?