[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by zacs

i respectfully disagree with most of your points.

A) Bass do not fear sunlight. I have personally seen/caught bass in shallow water in the day, especially early & late in the season. I would say that they do not like warm water, which drives them deep in the days of summer (i think).

Bass do not like sunlight, as much as you would like staring at the sun. That being said, they will endure the discomfort in the pursuit of food. That is why you can catch good sized bass during the day in spring and fall, but not much during the summer. During the summer days the practice for big bass is "go deep", where they will wait until dark. Oh, and yes the water temps do play a part, but usually not until we hit the "dog days of summer".


B) Bass do not fear fixed artificial lights at night. I have personally seen/caught bass under the lights of the newport bridge, jamestown bridge, great island bridge, and several other fixed lights.

I agree, but if you flash a bright light on them, they will take off.
It may simply be a matter of them not wanting to lose their night vision as much as we do.


c) Sometimes bass fear moving lights (flashlight, car light) but sometimes not. I have been on a dock shining flashlight around the dock to find bass cruising, and then drifting worms to them and shining my light on the worm and watching them suck down the worms. a very cool sight, although cost prohibitive with the cost of worms now.

They will definitely attack a prey that is lit up, since they are primarily an ambush hunter. You light up the "prey/bait" and you've made it easy fior them to spot the bait. I would be surprised if they stayed in the light after hitting the target.

Anyway, i don't think it is a big deal, except for ruining your night vision.

JMHO.

You made valid points, and I just wanted to clarify what I meant in my original comments.