This time of year night fishing is the most bearable. yea ya have to fight the swarming bugs, but there are feeding fish and hardly anybody out. I've had good luck throwing dark Super Spooks and Top Dogs for redfish and Speckled trout. The smaller Saltwater lures work right along with Jitterbugs in freshwater.

I'm also a huge fan of the black buzz bait. I catch more fish on it but there is still something about listening to the gurgle of a Jitterbug on a quiet night...

This IS my bass fishing for the most part. Black Jitterbug and all. It's very exciting and produces the big ones better than any other time and technique for me. Try using one of those huge musky Jitterbugs or a big popper intended for stripers. The original large black 'Bug is the best, though.

The only bad part about this? The plague that comes when you flip on the headlamp.

that's it. golf courses here i come!

I fished monday night from a kayak on a lake. not much happened all night. started paddling back as it got dark and trolled a shallow running blaze orange crankbait behind me. Took me an extra 45 minutes to get back because the fish wouldn't stop biting. Only came in because I could see my daughter outside trying to spot me from the bank. haven't done that in a while. I'll be doing it again soon.

As kids we would camp at farm ponds and fish for bass and catfish at night. Lots of memories ... one having to poach the fish in beer since we forgot the oil. Oil is better.

My favorite bass lake around here is at a state park that shuts down at 10PM, just as the topwater bass fishing heats up. Park ranger has patiently waited for me a few times while I reeled in that last largemouth.

Only occasionally will I travel into the darkness to chase bass. I remember having much more success at it when I was a kid then in recent years. Maybe the fish are getting wiser or I am getting dumber.

I still have a tackle box of black topwater baits just for night fishing. It includes several black Jitterbugs and black buzz-baits. My last trip though was with deer hair frogs and mice. Lots of fun.

Jitterbugs and Hula poppers are my favorite for night time fishing in ponds. Sometimes if I can cast just off the reeds around the pond, the big ones will slam them as soon as they hit the water. I have a frog colored hula and jitterbug. Both work well and are fun. I usually fish til i can't see my rod tip ...unless they are really biting good lol

i know of a pond that's just like the one stated and am pretty excited to go try this new tactic out in the near future. I also have a pond that is still relatively to myself and hope that it stays that way.

I would like to try this at a small, highly pressured lake I know of where there are some real hogs. One thing I have always wondered is why black?

Black lures silhouette best at night, be it moonlight, artificial or starlight. A ligtly colored lure will blend into the nights sky from the fishes view, the black lures give the fish a more natural looking target. Look at the sky at night, it's rarely black.

i night fish with a black jitterbug ALL THE time! It is the best - start as it is getting dark and plan to stay late and bring your heart pills!