Night fishing

[Howard 13]

How much do you reckon fishing at night with a beam on the water will spook the fish?

 

I'm planning on doing a bit of bream fishing on the river (which is about 12-14ft deep) next week.

I usually fish the feeder and keep the artificial light to a minimum, but next week I'm going to try fishing the pole obviously with a light beam on my float.

 

I'm hoping the depth of the swim will be on my side and they won't be spooked.

 

Any views?

 

HB.

[chris mc]

Personally i wouldn't use a pole on a river anyway but thats just my oppion.

 

Why don't you just get some small star lights/isotopes and put them your float?You can get Isotopes of e-bay HERE

 

[ 30. June 2005, 07:12 PM: Message edited by: chris mc ]

[Howard 13]

Hi Chris,

 

chris mc:

Personally i wouldn't use a pole on a river anyway but thats just my oppion.

It's probably not a river like you're thinking of, it's deep and very slow moving.

 

I find it hard to focus on starlights (I tried the other night.) After a while I can't tell if they're moving or not, which is why I normally go for a feeder with the isotopes on the quiver but it can get a bit boring.

 

I know the pole would be the best method but was just unsure of the light spooking the fish.

 

HB.

[chris mc]

Howard 13:

Hi Chris,

 

 

Howard 13:

Personally i wouldn't use a pole on a river anyway but thats just my oppion.

It's probably not a river like you're thinking of, it's deep and very slow moving.

 

I find it hard to focus on starlights (I tried the other night.) After a while I can't tell if they're moving or not, which is why I normally go for a feeder with the isotopes on the quiver but it can get a bit boring.

 

I know the pole would be the best method but was just unsure of the light spooking the fish.

 

HB.

Well good luck and let us know if the light does spoke the fish ,as i've allways thought that it would.

[Elton]

If you're fishing near the bottom, I doubt the light will reach that far.

[Howard 13]

Cheers, I'll be giving it a go anyway, I can always switch to the feeder if nothings doing. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

HB.

[Norfolkdan]

Good luck Howard. Don't forget to get some isotopes if you wanna switch to feeder

[dogman]

go for it boy, i think a torch beam will be ok, dont flash it about to much thou.know what you mean about starlights,have you tried one of them floats with the batteries in, they are not as bright as starlights

[RossMc]

point th torch beam at a shallow angle to the waters surface and the light will not penetrate very deep down.

[John S]

Howard 13:

I find it hard to focus on starlights (I tried the other night.) After a while I can't tell if they're moving or not, which is why I normally go for a feeder with the isotopes on the quiver but it can get a bit boring.

I've had the same problem when waggler fishing at night, the isotope just seems to be moving all the time. I solved this by taping a second isotope to the tip of my rod, then raising the tip so the two isotopes were seen to be close together. Having the second isotope there seems to cancel what is in effect an optical illusion.

 

To get back to your original question, I would not shine any light onto your float for fear of spooking the fish. However, RossMc's post makes sense if you have to use a torch.

 

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