Night Fishing Secrets

One of the most exhilarating fishing trips I can remember was the first time my Dad took me night fishing on Lake Martin. I imagine I was about 10 or 12 years old. I had been on several fishing trips out in the boat by then and had logged hundreds of hours chasing bream, bass and crappie from our dock. But I had never been fishing at night. For all I knew, the fish fed during the day and slept at night … hahaha. 

It was pretty cool because we didn’t even leave the house until it was after my regular bedtime. It was summer and school was out, so staying up late wasn’t a big deal. We left the house and launched at Kowaliga. Normally, we would’ve just put in at Bay Pines close to the house, but there weren’t many pier lights around there back then, as I discovered later. It was a nice break from the sweltering summer heat and the hustle and bustle of daytime lake traffic.