06-23-2014, 04:33 AM
Long as you are close to the basin the ambient light from Vegas is adequate for fishing without a big light. I use a headlight for tying or re-tying. At any other time a lantern will decrease your night vision. I'd be very conservative and only go to places I had been to in daylight recently and arrive there in decent light then wait for darkness. First time out I would not go alone.
Bassresource has some articles on night fishing: They will lay out the general basics.
http://www.bassresource.com/
Striper club guys fish at night during the summer. Maybe one of them will chime in.
At night I might have 2 rods on deck where I might have 6 rods in daylight.
I relay heavily on the GPS and Sonar and don't run fast if I'm not in familiar open water on a GPS track. Even then, more than once I have encountered another vessel running or usually drifting without running lights on.
I have black lights I can mount on the gunwales of my Skeeter. They somewhat illuminate the rock wall edges etc. A top of the line black light ( like as Bluewater LED) is expensive. Amazon has some more reasonably priced black lights.
Running all the light accessories can run your starting battery down...just a heads up.
I'll use surface lures, crankbaits, jigs, darter head grubs, senkos, and drop shots for bass in about that order. More important IMO is having a fluorescent line which glows in black light. The striper guys here may let you know what baits they prefer.
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Bassresource has some articles on night fishing: They will lay out the general basics.
http://www.bassresource.com/
Striper club guys fish at night during the summer. Maybe one of them will chime in.
At night I might have 2 rods on deck where I might have 6 rods in daylight.
I relay heavily on the GPS and Sonar and don't run fast if I'm not in familiar open water on a GPS track. Even then, more than once I have encountered another vessel running or usually drifting without running lights on.
I have black lights I can mount on the gunwales of my Skeeter. They somewhat illuminate the rock wall edges etc. A top of the line black light ( like as Bluewater LED) is expensive. Amazon has some more reasonably priced black lights.
Running all the light accessories can run your starting battery down...just a heads up.
I'll use surface lures, crankbaits, jigs, darter head grubs, senkos, and drop shots for bass in about that order. More important IMO is having a fluorescent line which glows in black light. The striper guys here may let you know what baits they prefer.
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