Start A Feeding Frenzy On Up The
Food Chain!
In night fishing 95% of success is determined before your line
is wet. It is recommended to start an evening feeding frenzy along
the food chain with your big game fish as the final predator.
I know what you are thinking. It’s just not that easy. Well
it is easier than you think! While the Evening Secret is the most
effective tool to bring swarms of feeding fish, here are a couple
of other tips that have also proven very effective.
Proper chumming! The darker the skies get, the more fish rely on
their senses of smell and movement. The fish must sense either wounded
prey moving, or the smell of food. A good method for this is to
set out a good chum line. Drop your strip bait into the chum, or
fish live bait just out side the slick, or at the bottom.
Most species of fish, in either freshwater or saltwater, are predominantly
night feeders. If you are able to get a fish feeding frenzy going
with either the chum line, even those fish that don’t normally
feed at night will jump into the swarm of feeding. One of the best
things about fishing when the skies get darker are that fish are
much more cooperative at night. The larger of almost every fish
species is more willing to bite because they are less wary and have
a harder time seeing line or leader.
Typically, when the evening food chain has been started, the larger
fish will be deeper. If you aren’t getting hits, bring your
bait up a little and catch the smaller skinny ones for awhile. Remember
to keep checking deep, the big ones will eventually come. All that
food is too hard to resist!
When fishing at night, the use of berley is essential! Use a deep
water berley system, such as The Secret Weapon, to get a heap of
berley down to the bottom before it gets dark. This is a very effective
method that many fishermen either aren’t aware of or don’t
use.
