Night time spinnerbait fishing

I've done it a few times and caught a few fish but someone give me a crash course on it

It works on Logan Martin.. I usually throw a gold blade with black/chartreuse skirt

Guntersville over grass, medium size round blade(has a name, I cant remember it) ,black with red streaks, flavored crawfish trailer any dark color

Colorado Blade. My favorite. Copper Blade, Black Skirt.

I throw a #5-7 Colorado blade depending on how deep I’m fishing it. Deep I like a short arm #5 and shallow I like a long arm #7. Uncle josh #11 is the best trailer but sadly they quit making them. I usually use all nickel or gold blades. Sometimes on full moon nights the fish will hit the blade and not eat the bait so I always have a black sharpie to color the blade if that starts happening. I like it on 15-17 fluoro or 30# braid. I have caught a lot of big fish on a spinnerbait at Guntersville over the years.

Black blade and skirt. Black scented trailer too. I've caught boat loads of Bass night fishing. When catfish are spawning they will hit it too at night. I prefer riprap areas most, but will fish humps or channel breaks. I love dark nights best and like to fish around lights over the water. Around lights i like a white crankbait or a blue plastic worm. If a full moon lights are not a factor. Marinas can be awesome. Sometimes its a slow steady retrieve and others its a retrieve drop retrieve drop. Those nights they usually hit on the drop. I have caught bass over 7 pounds on a blk jig at night too.

When you get that bait tuned right, you should be able to feel every "bump" of the rotation of the blade. I always did it slow rolling off rocks or stumps. And a catfish will absolutely destroy the wire on one. Really aggravating when they do right after you get it tuned just right.

This, or in purple-black skirt. Nothing fancy.

Hang on to your britches, too, because when they hit it'll often be violent.

Yeah or a 10# drum

Brass Colorado blade 5 or 7 3/8 oz. stumps and rocks. Or a 3/4-1oz with a 7 or I think 10 for fishing ledges. I don't make the 1 oz. baits I buy the ledge busters I'm not sure what blade is on them. I either throw black and blue or black with some flash.

I like a 1/2 oz with a #5 or #7 Colorado blade. Nickel blade on most nights, black on full moon nights. I prefer black and purple with a few strands of pink in the skirt. I use a dark colored Zoom Fat Albert as a trailer. I usually fish it on 15lb mono. A catfish or a drum will dang near snatch the rod out of your hand and totally destroy the wire. (I prefer 0.40 wire on Guntersville). Anywhere else I downsize to a 3/8 oz with a #5 blade and 0.35 wire. As previously mentioned, hang on to your britches if they are on it.

I started rethinking this subject, shad dont change colors when the sun goes down. The last night we fished I out caught my son in law, him with a black sb & me with a white. I think it has more to do with the blade than the color.

Bass do see better at night than a human does. I think the blade is a big factor as well. That’s why on a brighter night you will get more “blade strikes”, therefore I go to a black or black chrome blade. Never tried white at night. May just do that next time I go after them at night.

May have to trade out a saltwater trip for a good bass fishing trip since I now live on the coast and have an offshore boat. I’m thinking I’ll sell her as soon as I pay it off, buy a new Ranger, and go back to the freshwater for the green backs. Heck, anybody can catch fish in the bay or offshore. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Bass fishing on the other hand requires skills and tactics. I miss that.