I was changing lures, changing worms, trying to figure out why I wasn’t getting a strike, until he finally tore up the worm he was using. We were working the same structure so it wasn’t a matter of him being on the front of the boat and getting to the aggressive fish first. I’d sold him the gear he was using and I was using exactly the same thing, and he was getting strikes left and right and I hadn’t had one. I was fishing in the same boat with a friend, same equipment, same worm, same everything.
“All of their senses are in play at night,” he said, “and I’ve had it proven to me that scent matters at night. Those colors seem to hold up best.”Īlong with sight, Coleman has found scent to be a critical factor for success. “On a dark, black night with no moon, black is it: black, black and purple, black and red, black and blue, (and) black and hot pink. There is absolutely a time for a straight up white bait or chartreuse, and when lights are shining is that time. That silver reflects the light better than the black or gold blades, and it is going to flash better under water. “I’ve gone to a big white spinnerbait with a silver blade, especially if I’m throwing it around boat docks or around anything with a light. “I used to throw a big black spinnerbait with a big black blade,” Coleman said of his own night fishing adventures.
#Going fishing in the dark full
Especially on a full moon night, a solid white bait can work even better than a solid black bait for silhouetting and being visible to the fish. The opposite holds true in areas where some light (either from a boat dock or a bright moon) can come into play. Solid, dark lures are easier to silhouette, so in situations where no flash is available, black lures prevail. “Most of the guys I know are beating the banks and boat docks and gravel bars, fishing fairly shallow around anything with a light on it,” he said.ĭeep water structures, especially any holding treetops or other vegetation, are outstanding night spots as well.Īt night, bass hunt by spotting their prey’s silhouettes. “The bass feed up shallower at night.”Ĭoleman is a lifelong fisherman and his business keeps him tapped into the brain trust of north Mississippi’s best and most avid bass enthusiasts. “You can fish the same places at night you’d fish during the day, and pull in a little shallower even,” says Clay Coleman, of Clay’s Bait and Tackle, in Tupelo. Chasing largemouth bass at night is a chance to play a brand new game on the same familiar field.Ĭhanging techniques to a nocturnal base primarily involves lure pattern and color choices, line and light equipment choices, and a calm, steady dedication to safety.
Summer crowds on Mississippi’s open waters are often a turnoff to anglers and, it turns out, to big bass as well.įor those looking to find new opportunities, the question can be more of when than where. The cool of the evening can be a hot time for bass fishing
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