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Brian L · 09-02-2009, 05:57 AM

Talked about this while standing on the rocks in Newport with DZ last week. We both agreed it's got more to do with light intensity than it does the moon cycle. Seems that as long as there's low light or a cloud cover, you're going to catch better than when it's not. I'm sure most here would agree.

Never had many problems catching in the boat during bright nights, and I wonder why that is. Depth of water better conceals the line perhaps? I dunno. I rarely fish water deeper than 25 ft. in the boat and have caught the overwhelming majority of my big boat fish during the day time. I would think if they're line wary during night time, they'd be the same during the day with even better visibility. I'll size my line down and tie direct to a conventional to compensate and it usually works out.

Watching fish on the flats in Ninigret will quickly showed me how skittish bass are in shallow water. The fish you need to be perfect to catch in 5ft of water indiscriminately smash a bait in 20 ft at the same time of day.

09-02-2009, 05:57 AM	#25
Brian L Registered User iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Franklin Ma Posts: 402	Talked about this while standing on the rocks in Newport with DZ last week. We both agreed it's got more to do with light intensity than it does the moon cycle. Seems that as long as there's low light or a cloud cover, you're going to catch better than when it's not. I'm sure most here would agree. Never had many problems catching in the boat during bright nights, and I wonder why that is. Depth of water better conceals the line perhaps? I dunno. I rarely fish water deeper than 25 ft. in the boat and have caught the overwhelming majority of my big boat fish during the day time. I would think if they're line wary during night time, they'd be the same during the day with even better visibility. I'll size my line down and tie direct to a conventional to compensate and it usually works out. Watching fish on the flats in Ninigret will quickly showed me how skittish bass are in shallow water. The fish you need to be perfect to catch in 5ft of water indiscriminately smash a bait in 20 ft at the same time of day. Last edited by Brian L; 09-02-2009 at 06:05 AM..