Sunfish after dark?

[fishermatt]

Have you ever caught sunfish after it was completely dark?

If so, what was the water clarity, and any other details you'd care to share? (depth, bait, time of year, moon phase, etc.)

[broken_line]

my buddie caught pig while trolling this summer at long lake on a crawler harness... about 38 fow...

[Quetico]

I've gotten a few this winter after 6pm. It was well after down. They have all been larger fish, 6"+. Different water clarities and depths.

[Traxxx]

We catch quite a few after dark. The water is very clear and we catch them in 12-15fow on the break, during the day. 17Fow is the deepest water around, so we move out a ways off the break when it gets dark. At night they would show up out in the deeper water around dark but not much before. Glow jigs definately help them see the bait.

[FishinChad]

Many lakes have an all night bite for sunnys, depends on the location in the lake and what they are feeding on. I have seen it happen in dirt water and clear water.

[OTBASSER]

Have caught quite a few fishing crappies after dark this year in 23 fow. The water is fairly clear and I always use glow jigs usually tipped with a small minnow for crappie fishing.

[Gissert]

I have had some great fun on still summer nights on my dock with a fly rod. With a good bug hatch, they will keep hitting well after dark.

[crothmeier]

I've caught alot in the summer after dark trolling for walleyes lindy rig & leech! a few pigs too.

[FishinChad]

Seems the night biters are bigger, I have gotten some real brutes after dark.

[HossFisher]

I have good luck catching them after dark with glow jigs and waxies on many lakes. I normally fish 14-18 feet. I normally fish smaller lakes that have very few predator fish. In lakes where panfish are the dominant species and are closer to the tops of the food trains they seem to be more reluctant to bite after dark. I don't know why... but that always seems to be the case.

[fisherdog19]

Had about a 6 week stint in my hard house were we caught gill after gill some nights until 1am, but mostly they shut off by 10pm or so. We were set up in 28 fow, got walleye's and crappies through out the night. There were some nights where each guy would get 20-30 gill until they shut down. The lake was ok as far as clarity is concerned.

[tacklebox7FF]

that's uaually when the bulls come out.. that or just before dark when you can bairly see..jig a waxie

[panfish11]

for me the largest bluegills came after dark when the sun just went down and i was using a techni-glo rattl'n flyer in the smallest size tipped with colored euros and the water clarity is murky in about 5-7 FOW

good luck!

[tacklebox7FF]

sometimes they like the glow and sometimes they don't