Are Mornings that much better?

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

Some people just judge fish by the color of their skin....

Once you go black ... You never throw back!

[BaseballFisherman]

Originally Posted by MathGeek

Once you go black ... You never throw back!

Lol

[BassYakR]

I kill every single Gafftop and hardhead i catch

[simplepeddler]

Damn fine eating and yes..............Math targets them..............

I am too old to do anything I don't really want to do............colonoscopy's and such that is mandated aside..........LOL.........

I stopped fishing tournaments because of the early mornings...........

I save that for the ducks

[legallimits]

I find that fishing in the morning is best for trout fishing, if you plan to follow the birds. By 9am, most of the birds seem to be done. That said, when I'm generally fishing reefs or trout holes, sometimes I catch early, other times late. Sometimes it's the tide, other times I don't have a clue what it is.

[Sightwindow]

Where I fish, early mornings are important. But I like to fish topwaters, don't care for live bait and like fishing the early low light calm when the bait is up on the surface whether it's mullet, pogies or shrimp. For trout, I'm usually done by 10 am when it gets hot.

If you're keying on birds like in fall, if you don't get out before sunrise, you're SOL. I have a hard time accepting that I could be missed out on prime fishing time, even if it's only 20 minutes or so. That 20 minutes could be an extremely hot bite. Getting there first gives you first dibs on a drift or a specific spot.

In recent years I've come to really love late afternoons for the light winds and light crowds. And topwater fishing that's just as good as in the morning. Only problem is running in the near-dark. If anything happens like hitting a log or piling or miscalculating a route back, it could be bad times.

[keakar]

the main difference I notice is the mesquitoes are worse at dusk then they are at dawn, beyond that, in general, its all based on the tide times not really the time of day you fish.

I do agree however that if you want top water action, for whatever reason there is just something different about top water fishing and for that specific style, I find that first light in the morning is always better then any other time.

[legallimits]

If it's a slow day, I'll keep those puppy drums all day long. It's only the big boys that are nasty. Course, if I'm finding trout or reds, all the black drum get thrown back.

[marty f]

Back in the day, late 90s -when everyone was serving "blakened red fish" alot of it was black drum........... I know first hand