Night fishing can be a very rewarding way to spend a weekend evening out on the water away from any crowds or fishing pressure. Many record walleye, crappie, bass and catfish have been caught while night fishing. Amazingly not many fisherman take advantage of the opportunity to go night fishing and probably for good reason They don't know how! Fishing at night can be very rewarding but there are some night fishing tips and guidelines you must adhere to fish for your favorite species such as catfish. My article today is about some important night fishing equipment that you need to have on every night fishing trip, to be successful and SAFE!
#1 Underwater fishing lights.
I always put this item at the top of my night fishing equipment list and for good reason. The best florescent submersible's use 25-40watts of power , and they emit 1000 to 3000 lumens per tube. Submerged lighting sources will attract all kinds of little micro organisms called plankton. Plankton the primary food source of most bait fish. When bait fish start swarming around your underwater fishing light they attract great numbers of game fish that are looking at an easy meal!You just drop your lines a the outer edges of the light source and you are in business! And what is great I have caught crappie while I was fishing for catfish at night, I have caught catfish while I was targeting walleye's at night, and believe it or not I have caught many bass while fishing at night!And it is my opinion I could of caught very few of these fish without a good underwater fishing light source.
#2 Surface night fishing lights.
It is very important that you have a good light source that projects light across the surface of the water. There are two very important reasons for this.As I stated above you need to be safe out on the water. Surface lighting will identify you to other night fisherman and recreational boaters. There are not many out at night but enough to cause watercraft accidents. MOST of these accidents are form improper surface lighting. The second reason is very important too. The light source will pro-ject across the surface and attract insects, yes I said attract insects! Insects attract bait fish and bait fish attract mare game fish! Just make sure you hang these lights outside of your boat so you keep most of the insects away from you. If you use a Coleman type lantern for night fishing make sure you shield the side facing into the boat so the light reflect back out and across the water. This limit the amount of insects that will attack you in the boat.
#3 Pre-Planning is important! Try to get out on the water at least an hour before night fall and identify the areas you plan to fish for the night. Identify land marks in these areas that can be seen at night. You may end up moving to multiple night fishing locations but having these area mapped out prior to nightfall is very important. If you have a GPS system they are a excellent tool for any night fishing pre-planning just lock in the coordinates for each location and you are set for the night.
I hope the information I have provided about night fishing for catfish will help you on your next fishing trip! God bless and a good day to you.
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