| Fishing in the wee hours of the night is peaceful | | | | very few of these fish without a good |
| and calming sometimes. But when the bite is on | | | | underwater fishing light source. |
| watch out! Excitement is everywhere! One of the | | | | #2 Surface night fishing lights. |
| reasons I love night fishing is because there is | | | | Surface lighting is very important not only for |
| very little fishing pressure. Very few fisherman | | | | fishing but for your safety. I want to identify two |
| take advantage of the fantastic opportunities you | | | | primary areas that surface lighting will help you. |
| have when you go night fishing for any species | | | | The number one reason is for your safety. At a |
| such as crappie, walleye, catfish or bass probably | | | | very minimum you need to at least have your |
| because they just don't know how. You will be | | | | night running lights on when you are night fishing. |
| amazed at the variety of different fish you will | | | | You need to identify yourself to other night |
| catch at night even if you are targeting a specific | | | | fisherman and recreational boaters. There have |
| species of fish such as walleye. Today I want to | | | | been a a lot of watercraft accidents because did |
| give you some simple night fishing tips that will | | | | not do this very simple step of identification. The |
| help you to become a better night fisherman. | | | | second reason is very important too. The light |
| #1 Underwater fishing lights. | | | | source will pro-ject across the surface and attract |
| I always put this item at the top of my night | | | | insects, yes I said attract insects! Insects attract |
| fishing equipment list and for good reason. The | | | | bait fish and bait fish attract mare game fish! Just |
| best florescent submersible's use 25-40watts of | | | | make sure you hang these lights outside of your |
| power , and they emit 1000 to 3000 lumens per | | | | boat so you keep most of the insects away |
| tube.It is amazing how much plankton these lights | | | | from you. If you use a Coleman type lantern for |
| will attract. These little organisms are the primary | | | | night fishing make sure you shield the side facing |
| food source of most of the small bait fish that | | | | into the boat so the light reflect back out and |
| game such as bass love to attack. Bait fish are | | | | across the water. This limit the amount of insects |
| the main ingredient that is needed to have a | | | | that will attack you in the boat. |
| successful night fishing trip. These lights absolutely | | | | #3 Pre-Planning is important! Before you decide to |
| are useful in attracting game fish such as walleye | | | | go night fishing it is very important to do some |
| to your night fishing location. When you have a | | | | preplanning. Make a check list of all the items that |
| swarm or ball of bait fish surrounding your | | | | will be essential after nightfall. Also get out and |
| underwater fishing light anything can happen. All | | | | scout the areas you want to night fish for the |
| you need to do is cast your rigs out close to the | | | | evening. If you have a GPS to mark them that |
| edge of your light source and you are ready for | | | | would be great. If you do not have a GPS identify |
| an exciting night. I love going night fishing because | | | | land marks that you will be able to identify after |
| of the variety of game fish you can catch at | | | | night fall. |
| night. You can catch walleye,catfish,crappie and | | | | I hope the information I have provided about |
| bass ! It doesn't matter they are all their for an | | | | underwater fishing lights will help you on your next |
| easy meal.And it is my opinion I could of caught | | | | fishing trip! God bless and a good day to you. |