Night biters

Nightfisher · 08-09-2005, 04:27 AM

Went night fishin sunday night, forgot camera, the guy that went with me caught a salmon and steelhead also, released 3 native steelies also
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hooked up at 2:30 finally netted at 3:45 47 inches 52#
also caught 10# steelhead released a native and lost another.

Fshklr · 08-09-2005, 04:43 AM

Nice!!! love the pic of the pig!!congrats on a stellar night. How's the wind at night???

after a quick reference to the regs..I see freshwater areas are open 24hrs for salmon unless listed otherwise in special regs!!

Nightfisher · 08-09-2005, 06:15 AM

It's been windy until about 9:30 then it calms down to a light breeze, it gets cold though, when my wife goes with me she wears a sleeping bag, I wear an insulated jump suit. There were several other boats in the area, The one closest to me also caught a nice salmon, we guessed it to be about 35 lbs.

porter · 08-09-2005, 07:29 AM

Is the Wazzat what you are using at night? Do you fish them the same way you would a spin n glow?

Nightfisher · 08-09-2005, 11:08 AM

yes they fish the same, except from the bank I've found a three foot leader works best, from boat I use a three foot leader and two foot dropper.
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Nightfisher · 08-10-2005, 07:01 PM

heading out with wife tonight, more pics in the morning.

Pirate · 08-10-2005, 08:20 PM

Cool...... :lurk:

Nightfisher · 08-11-2005, 06:08 AM

Wifey done good, we live on the other side of Tim Allen "home improvement dude"
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Why is it I always grab the rod that doesn't have the fish on it when she goes with me?
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here's a better pic of the fish anyway, 25 lb chinook, one nice steel, & some guppy's, the big ones got away.

tysdad · 08-11-2005, 06:20 AM

Thanks for sharing

SalmonJeff · 08-11-2005, 08:18 AM

so when will you have an open seat!!

I have never fished up here at night I have gotten salmon in the dark but on the bank. trolling would be fun! any chance of a show and tell? we can go in my boat

tommyboy6933 · 08-11-2005, 11:25 AM

nice fish

porter · 08-11-2005, 03:32 PM

I think I would like to give night fishing a try. I'm assuming you are using a Wazzat. Where do you purchase them, Or are you using something else (if it's not a secret and you don't mind sharing). Thank you,

KingFisher85 · 08-11-2005, 04:41 PM

Good job on the night fishing! I've been taking the boat out myself every other night and pulling limits of steelhead. Only one small king for me. Good job and dang nice lookin king!

fishfrenzy · 08-11-2005, 05:25 PM

Would love to try this. Were are you doing this at night? Looks like a load of fun.

Nightfisher · 08-11-2005, 05:53 PM

The slicks you see just offshore of sand beaches, four hours into tide, run boat up middle of slick until you find 12 ft of water, position boat above 12 ft so lures are fishing on the hump, takes time to find these spots but well worth the effort. 99% of fishing success depends on where you fish.

SteelheadBum2 · 08-11-2005, 05:58 PM

I could not agree more!

Cliff · 08-11-2005, 08:49 PM

wow nice fish!! Night fishing... sounds like fun! Only night fishin i ever did was for bass and catfish tho.

Nightfisher · 08-12-2005, 07:33 AM

Just in case anyone wanted to know exactly how I rig these lures.

First time I ever measured any of my rigs, leader is 36 in, single hook is a 1/0 gami, treble is a VMC#4 light wire for fast penitration, ALL POINTS SHARPENED. all those fish were caught on the same set of batteries along with about 5 others that were caught in the daylight, I like a really dim lure at night, at least 24 hours of use before night fishing, but the dark green, blue, or purple lure work at night with new batteries. The dropper length measured at 27" I just make them knee high and have never measured one until now. I use 1, 2, or 3 oz. roundball leads, depending on depth and current.

I tie figure 8 loops on end of leader and dropper, inthe dark it's way easier to pick everything from net when unhooked from rod. I use 20# line and chamelian max leader 20# also. The drag is set at about 10 lb enough for a good hookset, but not high enough to bend hooks or break line, or rip hooks from fish, I land a lot of fish that are barely hooked, If I would have put thunb on spool even once the hook would have torn out. size 7 swivels and three way, I rob snaps from single swivels and put them on three way, The corkey prevents swivel from being reeled into top eye in dark, broke eyes and lost fish, and lures until I started using this. the dropper goes on the empty snap.
Hopes this helps someone.

Cliff · 08-12-2005, 07:53 AM

does that thing light up at night?

Nightfisher · 08-12-2005, 08:06 AM

Cliff · 08-12-2005, 10:54 AM

ohh awesome~!!

Thumper · 08-13-2005, 04:12 AM

Nightfisher --- Most helpful! This is what Ifish is all about.

jigmaster · 08-14-2005, 08:33 PM

Great pics and info

...That big King WOW

snit · 08-15-2005, 07:20 AM

Cool post!!!

AV8ER · 08-15-2005, 09:46 AM

I've never been night fishing before and from the pics it looks like a blast... Where abouts would you try this being a 1st timer. Also witht he spin "n" glows would you use eggs? any info your willing to share would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

Nightfisher · 08-15-2005, 11:33 AM

They work great with bait, Earlier this year I was using them with shrimp, now there's a lot of squaw fish and pea mouth so I've been just using lure with scent, If you can find it the "Smelly jelly sticky liquid salmon feast" has been working good, this spring I was using the lure as an attractor for spring chinook, had several definate takedowns with no hookup? when I reeled up my herring was untouched?, wised up to that one quick and put a hook behind lure ahead of herring, about half the springers I caught were on this hook.

HammondSeaRanger · 08-15-2005, 01:35 PM

You run a herring behind your Wazzat? Plug cut?

Bp

Nightfisher · 08-15-2005, 06:36 PM

I was using whole green label herring, wazzat was about three feet ahead of herring, instead of flasher.

stlhdr1 · 08-15-2005, 06:53 PM

Night fishing is a ton of fun, without a doubt...

Keith

goodie · 08-16-2005, 08:45 PM

I was curious as to where one might find wazzats too, cant find em anywhere on the internet.

Time Off · 08-17-2005, 06:22 AM

Bob's in Longview sells them.

Nightfisher · 08-20-2005, 10:22 AM

Went night fishin last night, nothing for two rods, zip zero nadda. my cousin anchored next to me, he caught a 5 or 6 lb steel that had been through a net. I knew it wouldn't be too good because of the small tide, but I thought we would have caught a fish or two, Oh well I guess that's why it's called fishin.

Pasco_steelhdr · 08-20-2005, 12:06 PM

Nightfisher,

How can a guy in eastern Washington buy a few to try? Would like to order some.

finnedwonder · 08-20-2005, 12:33 PM

Bravo on those great fish, and great tech tips to boot

are these fish slayings

on the columbia??? Do you think you might PLEEEESE describe how you choose your locations a little more in detail, what are the "slicks" you speak of, that is if you dont mind

Thanks
~FIN

Pickles · 08-20-2005, 02:08 PM

I just got back from bouy 10. The only highlight of the week was when I decided to use a wazzat and 2 6mm beeds directly above my cutplug herring. I caught a nice little 12lb URB on Monday. The rest of the boat was skunked! Still have yet to try them at night.

CryWolf · 08-20-2005, 04:04 PM

I saw them at a sporting goods store in Longview the other day. It is the only major sporting goods store in Longview. They were $10.00 apiece.

CryWolf

Starfish · 08-20-2005, 05:48 PM

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Nightfisher,

How can a guy in eastern Washington buy a few to try? Would like to order some.

I got a couple at Grumpy's in Yakima last year. Haven't tried them yet but they look great.

Nightfisher · 08-21-2005, 05:05 AM

About mid tide there are lines on the surface of the water,caused by the slower current next to shore working against the faster deeper water, this causes a strip of smooth water that is usually easly spotted. I run my boat right up these "slicks" until I find a hump or shallow water, sometimes I find these right next to shore and will plunk from shore there. The fish move along these "slicks" either inside, right in or just outside these "slicks". Most times I find these spots and there is no one there. There are lots of good spots that never get fished. :smile:

Nightfisher · 08-23-2005, 05:10 AM

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RBfisher · 08-23-2005, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Nightfisher,

How can a guy in eastern Washington buy a few to try? Would like to order some.

Bob's in Longview will ship directly to you.

Rick

fergy61 · 08-23-2005, 03:07 PM

Too bad they were on sale at bobs "LAST" week.
They were $7.00
I purchased a couple. Haven't tried them yet.
Bobs calls them blinkies

Nightfisher · 08-24-2005, 05:44 AM

Went out last night for more video, and I remembered my camera. The bite was slow. David caught this.

A friend of mine was anchored next to me and caught this.

And I caught this.

Nightfisher · 09-01-2005, 05:51 AM

Just thought I'd bump this one forward so the guys trying to sleep at night on the river would see it. I'll be out at night next week for more video footage, favorite tides, only filmed two trips so far, got 13 finned stars on tape, released all but 2. Coulda kept limits. out of canning jars,I do not freeze fish, put up 43 cases of fish this year, don't want any more.