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Does anyone fish for shellcrackers at night??? It is way too hot here in the south right now to fish during the day!!! Just wondering if there are any night owls out there?? Thanks!!

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Comment by Nick Holt on August 6, 2010 at 9:21am
I'll stick to the early morning bite and off the water by noon. Nick
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on August 2, 2010 at 7:03pm
Coyotes like to sing at night but if they get too close just thump them on the nose, they'll get the message,but big fat cottonmouths like to come to the light and who's holding it, they have a bad attitude
Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on August 2, 2010 at 6:49pm
I've never seen a snake come to the light in TX. They don't run from the light either. I was more afraid of the coyotes when I was fishing at night. They were making a lot of noise.
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on August 2, 2010 at 6:46pm
Down in your part of the world don't snakes come to the lights yall run in the dark like they do in ours,you spend more time beating snakes than you do fishing, also out skeeters are the size of turkeys
Comment by bluegillboogieman on August 2, 2010 at 6:00pm
Like Sharon, I'd rather sweat than swat skeeters. I've been avoiding going fishing because it is so hot in South Alabama. Today, I finished work early and just decided to go anyway. I hit the water at 2PM and 100 degrees. I caught about 15 bluegill and 2 shellcrackers before 4PM. Umbrella fishing does make a difference. It wasn't too bad out there.

Now I have heard of a fellow on the Florida Bama line who has his boat rigged for night fishing and catches lots of gills at night. I don't know about shellcrackers though.
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on August 2, 2010 at 3:48pm
Why do you think they call them Sunfish?
Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on August 2, 2010 at 12:43pm
I tried fishing at night only once. The mosquitos, and fear of coyotes drove me in. Didn't catch any fish for that 30 minutes either.

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