Big Bass By Starlight
Secret Night-Fishing Hot Spots
 Editor’s
Note: Too often when we think about catching a big bass,
we think about fishing faraway places and hiring expensive
guides. However, I have seen many wall-sized bass come
right out from under other anglers’ noses. Try
fishing for big bass in local, familiar places.
One of the best places to catch a trophy bass at night
is a pond near or in a housing development. These ponds
are where all the neighborhood kids sail boats, retired
folks sit around in law n
chairs and would-be anglers test their skills. The bass
in these subdevelopment ponds are trained. They know
when people are active and in most cases rarely get
caught. But at night when the activity on the lake is
over, these big bass often will feed.
Another productive night-fishing hot spot for bass
are lakes at golf courses or amusement parks. All day
long these bass are bombarded with golf balls and noisy
people. Then at night when the activity leaves the lake,
the hawgs come out to feed. There’ve been many
a big bass taken from a golf course at night that no
one  has
realized is there for the catching. From experience
I have found that wherever most people say there are
no bass there may be a hawg waiting to be caught. Old
quarries that many folks are convinced hold nothing
but small bream in them and no bass may yield  lunkers.
There may be only one or two bass in an area like this,
but because of the abundance of baitfish, the lack of
competition for the baitfish and the lack of fishing
pressure, the region can. So, if you’re looking
to catch a bass to hang on the wall, you may want to
angle after dark. You may be surprised to find that
big bass do bite by starlight, and often nighttime fishing
does yield big bass because very-few anglers will be
fishing then.
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