All nighters

[Back Beach]

Usually try for the midnight to 4am shift if possible. Its the least disruptive to my life.Will usually wait for the tides/spots to become favorable to me during that time window. Obviously it doesn't always work. Last night was a good example. Probably could have found fish someplace but choice#1 wasn't viable so I just went back to sleep.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Rarely do all nighters anymore.

Prefer 9p-12a.

Fish around the tide/weather as best I can

[ivanputski]

Depends what im doing the next day, but my trips are usually extended if the fish are cooperating. I usually fish as often as I can, and will never stay home due to the tide being wrong... my theory is, I have a better chance at a fish if Im standing on a rock than if im sitting on the couch...

[JohnR]

Will try to be in by 1AM. I can't function on less than 5 hours and seeing I bill customers by the hour I can't pull an all-nighter and honestly give my client the best work for their money. Having said that, I got home Monday morning, at 1 am, son was sick and up enough that I only got 2.5 hours of sleep and I was able to put in a good day. Maybe, just maybe I can add an hour or two onto my drop dead time

'Course, blitzes will automatically take priority over sleep.

[Joe]

If you are fishing breachways or rivers where the last of the outgoing is prime - then it's more tide-dependent than time. But open beaches, points, cliffs, rocky shores, sand bars - are often very good on both the incoming and the outgoing so there is flexibility.
In the summer the fishing can be good in the deep night - that's got a lot to do with the short nights. There might only be five or six hours of true darkness - sunset lingers and gray dawn arrives very early.
But as the fall progresses and the nights shortend I always found that the first few hours after dark were better than the hours between midnite and four.
All-nighters will frig you up after a while. I developed this crazy dyslexia from staying out all night - I would do things at work backwards. You'll do better all-around to pick the best time at a spot and be there well-rested, and with a job, so you can still buy eels.