Thread: Day or night fishing

What is the best time to fish this month. Day or night thanks

Early Morning for me ! Been there so many times when people fish all night without catching anything and leave at daylight.

If your a night owl..... then night.... but come 8-9pm the bed is calling my name for a early rise trying to witness the sunrise and good daytime catching

Daytime. I frequently get to the pier at night/way before sunrise (don’t know why I do lol) and the fishing is slooow and 90% of your catches will be hordes of ladyfish and bluefish messing your crap up. Spanish don’t seem to ever bite at night either..not sure why.

I fish around the clock when I am down... My trips are limited so I make the most out of it. I nod off an hour or two if I need rest, when I am fishing, it's non stop..

Going by previous experience(albeit limited ) I prefer afternoons from 4p til about 230am, then from about 530-10am...
some of my favorite feeshes can be caught at night, reds, specks, flounder...

I like chasing the inshore species at night, mainly in the summer when I’m at home and not at school. One tip I can give you is live bait (sometimes shrimp, sometimes scaled sardines) will get you some nice trout as well as redfish. I like to clip the tail on scaled sardines so that they flutter through the schools of bait. Most of the time you can see the trout swimming around and they may hit a bait as soon at it hits the water, or may watch it swim around for an hour before they hit it. Additionally, don’t try to throw your bait directly at a fish, more so watch them and how they are swimming. Most of the time, the fish will follow a track over and over through the water (swim in the same general direction and area) and try to throw your bait over the fish and let it sink towards them. Lastly, a q-beam light shined on a trout will kill the bite with incredible precision, so avoid the temptation.