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Night Fishing Memories
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:13 pm
Anybody do night fishing? If so, what lake(s)?
When I was much younger, my dad and I would do our best to navigate the boat lanes and avoid stumps with a headlight on Toledo Bend. Used to catch a ton of bass at night on boat docks and we preferred it to get out of the summer sun. The darkness adds an extra layer of nature and the outdoors as you have to be tuned into your line to feel with very limited visibility.
I’ve got toddlers now so I don’t have time to fish anymore but it was some of the best memories as a father and son duo. Looking back, kinda crazy to be running lakes at night but that’s what fish addiction does to you.
When I was much younger, my dad and I would do our best to navigate the boat lanes and avoid stumps with a headlight on Toledo Bend. Used to catch a ton of bass at night on boat docks and we preferred it to get out of the summer sun. The darkness adds an extra layer of nature and the outdoors as you have to be tuned into your line to feel with very limited visibility.
I’ve got toddlers now so I don’t have time to fish anymore but it was some of the best memories as a father and son duo. Looking back, kinda crazy to be running lakes at night but that’s what fish addiction does to you.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:24 pm to CalcuttaTigah
Used to do a lot of night fishing on Guntersville when I was younger. We would have a couple of black lights rigged up on the boat and watch the lines glow. I remember when I was in high school I think it was Winner that had bass boat with built in black lights on the side called a Nighthawk. Used to think that was the greatest thing ever.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:46 pm to CalcuttaTigah
Night fishing in Grand Isle off docks was peak fishing.
Start the day baiting crab traps and running them at a camp. Afternoon boil. Pop would grab live bait @ 5pm. Go to sleep @ 8pm if you could. Wake up @ 11pm catch a limit of trout and redfish to soak on ice. If you ran out of bait just through a hook in the water…Next morning breakfast and adults clean fish. Bait crab traps and repeat. Nothing was better. It’s worth all the mosquitoes in the world.
Unfortunately, many hurricanes have destroyed many of the camps or have made Camanida Pass too shallow by the piers to have the same results.
Start the day baiting crab traps and running them at a camp. Afternoon boil. Pop would grab live bait @ 5pm. Go to sleep @ 8pm if you could. Wake up @ 11pm catch a limit of trout and redfish to soak on ice. If you ran out of bait just through a hook in the water…Next morning breakfast and adults clean fish. Bait crab traps and repeat. Nothing was better. It’s worth all the mosquitoes in the world.
Unfortunately, many hurricanes have destroyed many of the camps or have made Camanida Pass too shallow by the piers to have the same results.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:53 pm to CalcuttaTigah
Grew up night fishing on Toledo Bend. My PawPaw and MawMaw would take me out. Catch white perch. Spray down with OFF for the skeeters. And yes, get out of that hot Louisiana sun.
One night we were fishing and heard this weird noise. We saw an old tree spontaneously combust not to far from us. Looked like a Roman candle going off and sounded like a jet engine. It burned like that for about 20 minutes. I have never seen that happen again.
One night we were fishing and heard this weird noise. We saw an old tree spontaneously combust not to far from us. Looked like a Roman candle going off and sounded like a jet engine. It burned like that for about 20 minutes. I have never seen that happen again.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:58 pm to Doby
What street were yall on? I'm guessing on cheniere.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:11 pm to CalcuttaTigah
I did a lot of night fishing over the years but haven’t since I moved from NC.
Growing up in Texas we fished a lot of piers along the gulf coast and had a lot of fun fishing salt water. When I lived in NC we did a lot of night catfishing and caught a big blues and flatheads
Growing up in Texas we fished a lot of piers along the gulf coast and had a lot of fun fishing salt water. When I lived in NC we did a lot of night catfishing and caught a big blues and flatheads
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:30 pm to Rize
Some of my best memories were with my dad, night fishing on the Bend in the seventies, which was an incredible time to be out there…Just hung a light and fill the boat with crappie
Posted on 5/4/24 at 11:45 pm to CalcuttaTigah
We had a lot of gas flares at tank batteries in Terrebonne Parish back in the ‘70’s. The speckled trout fishing around them was phenomenal.
We also fished the “monkey bar “ at Wine Island for tarpon at night using whole fresh mullet. And Four Bayou Pass near Grand Isle for bull reds.
Drift fished for swordfish in the shipping lanes in the GOM.
Those were exciting nights. One of those big ships could be on you in a minute if you weren’t watching.
Yellowfins at the Lump.
I also did a lot of trawling and butterfly netting at night for shrimp.
But my favorite was sticking the big flounders during Thanksgiving week. Largest was 7 1/2 pounds. We stuck hundreds of them.
We also fished the “monkey bar “ at Wine Island for tarpon at night using whole fresh mullet. And Four Bayou Pass near Grand Isle for bull reds.
Drift fished for swordfish in the shipping lanes in the GOM.
Those were exciting nights. One of those big ships could be on you in a minute if you weren’t watching.
Yellowfins at the Lump.
I also did a lot of trawling and butterfly netting at night for shrimp.
But my favorite was sticking the big flounders during Thanksgiving week. Largest was 7 1/2 pounds. We stuck hundreds of them.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:29 am to CalcuttaTigah
My uncle worked for LA Power & Light / Entergy off Paris Rd by the Green Bridge. They had a private lighted bulkhead on the hot water canal (RIP) that was ideal for night fishing in the winter months. Some of the older gentlemen would fish for gar and they caught some monsters. We mainly caught specs and reds as the bite always was on. Definitely miss those days.
For those familiar, has it been 10 years since Entergy stopped discharging hot water into the canal ?
For those familiar, has it been 10 years since Entergy stopped discharging hot water into the canal ?
This post was edited on 5/5/24 at 5:35 am
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:49 am to CalcuttaTigah
Did it quite frequently in Venice, not as much recently. Leave the camp on Pass A Loutre about 30 min before dark. Head to the main pass rigs so that you arrive just at dark. Fish would turn on about an hour later once the lights had attracted the baitfish.
Would catch specs, white trout and reds. Last few summers it has just been white trout so we haven't been going out as much. Went out last summer and it was still just whites. Could have caught hundreds. Kept enough to eat fresh.
Would catch specs, white trout and reds. Last few summers it has just been white trout so we haven't been going out as much. Went out last summer and it was still just whites. Could have caught hundreds. Kept enough to eat fresh.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 7:13 am to CalcuttaTigah
That's all we did in the summer in North Louisiana, D'arbonne, Claiborne .
Black 10 or 12 inch Texas Rigged Worm around the lighted boat docks.
Big Black Spinner Bait with one #5 Hildabrandt copper blade on the dark banks.
I loved it
Black 10 or 12 inch Texas Rigged Worm around the lighted boat docks.
Big Black Spinner Bait with one #5 Hildabrandt copper blade on the dark banks.
I loved it
Posted on 5/5/24 at 7:56 am to CalcuttaTigah
Loved running yo yo’s and trot lines in Cenla , there were red eyes everywhere you looked.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:08 am to CalcuttaTigah
We used to fish the rigs near Black Bay at night with those submersible green lights. Climbed up on the platform and slept on sleeping bags under the stars after we caught our fill. I was around 10-12sh and loved every second of it.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:13 am to CalcuttaTigah
Back in High School, we would often buy beer, go to my buddies girlfriends pier on the lake and fish all night.
Fishing was listening to music, drinking beer and passively fishing. Throwing lines out, setting them aside and watching for action.
Fishing was listening to music, drinking beer and passively fishing. Throwing lines out, setting them aside and watching for action.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:20 am to CalcuttaTigah
Some of my best memories growing up . Night fishing on Claiborne. I lived about 25 miles from the lake and fished it 3-4 nights a week in the summer. Many a hawg was caught on “The Hump” fishing a Mister Twister ..
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:41 am to CalcuttaTigah
Night fishing under a lantern for sac-a-lait on Lake Sam Rayburn makes for many good memories. We had one particular spot at the mouth of a large cove that consistently produced. We’d clean the fish the next morning and fry them late that afternoon. Rinse and repeat. Those were good days.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:49 am to CalcuttaTigah
would work all day, meet up buddy after work, he kept his boat ready to go at his shop North of BR.
we would drive to Lake Concordia, launch at Lakeview and fish all night through the morning bite then drive back...
on the coast we would launch at the public launch at the Fourchon...tie up under the bridge (the one that used to go to the beach) hang a lantern just over the water and wear the trout out with flea flies...
we would drive to Lake Concordia, launch at Lakeview and fish all night through the morning bite then drive back...
on the coast we would launch at the public launch at the Fourchon...tie up under the bridge (the one that used to go to the beach) hang a lantern just over the water and wear the trout out with flea flies...
Posted on 5/5/24 at 10:07 am to CalcuttaTigah
This goes back many decades for me. My uncle would take his 4 boys and me out to the pontoon bridge on Paris Rd. when we were kids to fish.
We'd bring long poles with Coleman lanterns attached and hang them over the water and punch holes in cans of dog food and drop them in the water to try to attract live shrimp that we could catch for bait.
Back then, the use of treble hooks was popular for hooking the shrimp and fishing them under a cork to catch trout or whatever else took the bait.
This was long before the MRGO and the Green Bridge were even thought of.
We'd bring long poles with Coleman lanterns attached and hang them over the water and punch holes in cans of dog food and drop them in the water to try to attract live shrimp that we could catch for bait.
Back then, the use of treble hooks was popular for hooking the shrimp and fishing them under a cork to catch trout or whatever else took the bait.
This was long before the MRGO and the Green Bridge were even thought of.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 11:06 am to gumbo2176
Coleman lantern under I-75 bridge over Lake Allatoona for crappie.
I can still smell the mayflies cooking on the hot lid.
I can still smell the mayflies cooking on the hot lid.
This post was edited on 5/5/24 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:36 pm to CalcuttaTigah
Caught nineteen pounds on Lake Tyler to win my club tournament that month. And I caught a bunch of fish on Lake Athens one summer night. I love to night fish but have trouble staying up that late. I live on Lake Tyler in East Texas. I may try the May full moon.
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