| People hear about night fishing for bass, but they aren't | | | | as crankbaits. The number of fish that end up |
| sure if it will be productive in their particular lake, river, | | | | attacking a surface lure at night pales in comparison to |
| or pond. Chances are it will be more than "productive"; | | | | what you can catch below the surface with a crank |
| it will more likely than not be the best fishing of your life, | | | | bait. To illustrate this point, think about how much |
| if you follow some simple laws of night fishing. | | | | surface activity you hear at night above the water. |
| First law- Don't use live bait. You will have the worst | | | | Probably not much right? That is because all of those |
| night of your life (unless you have located fish first that | | | | fish are feeding below the surface. You may be |
| will feed on bait). At night, you want to use crankbaits | | | | reading this and saying to yourself, but wait a second, I |
| with rattles. Not huge crankbaits, but about 3-5 inches | | | | go topwater night fishing , and catch 3 or 4 big bass |
| with a medium sized bill. You want to be able to hit the | | | | every time I go out, this guy has no idea what he is |
| bottom or be right above the bottom with these | | | | talking about. |
| crankbaits. You need to make noise below the | | | | Well, I guarantee that if you switched to crankbaits, in |
| surface and a rattling crankbait is the best way to do | | | | that same area, you would catch 3 times as many |
| it. The fish will come to it, and they will come with a | | | | fish, if you use a proper lure. Fish just don't like to come |
| reckless attitude. | | | | to the surface at night, and if they do, they will miss the |
| Second law of night fishing- Do not use a top water | | | | bait all night long. |
| lure. Top water baits will not catch you as many fish | | | | |