Night Fishing Favorite Bait 2025

Blues19 reply :

I go to Kentucky Lake in early June every year and we always do quite a bit of night fishing. Its been really good the past few years. A few years ago I did really well on a big black and purple single Colorado Spinner bait, but it has not worked since. We have done pretty well on full size brush hogs and Paca Craws too. Any other ideas? What do you all like to use a lot of? Im a little worried about using a jitterbug which I have heard is good, but dont like the idea of using it at night, to dangerous with three in the boat (and I'm usually in the middle). Thanks

Gatorbassman reply :

C-Rigged Ol' Monster Worm

J. M. Richardson reply :

any dark colored bait ( I like a black/blue flake worm). buzzbaits - black or other topwaters can be productive for me at times

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

Agree with the paca craw.Also like a rage craw,it moves a lot of water.As always experiment with the size of the sinker you are using.

I also like to employ a brass sinker and glass bead with these at times for extra sound.

A chatterbait is a standard night bait also.experiment with the retrive.Start by slow rolling the bottom along drop offs and over humps.

I really fell in love with this worm last year.It is fantastic at night.

http://www.gambler-lures.com/8paddletail.html

You can really feel it thump coming through the water and the fish will readily hit it on a swimming type retrive also.

For a good topwater I might suggest the new spro poppin bronzeye frog.You wouldn't really have to worry about throwing in a bad place or stickin it in your buddys skull when he decides to move as your swinging. At night use a hard downward pop or double pop and let it sit 10-30 seconds.

NCbassproAK reply :

Pop-R, Buzzbait, Black spinnerbait with nickel colorado blades.

fourbizz reply :

10" Power worm, brush hog, 15.5" Ribbontail, 1oz jig blk/blu with saphire blue paca chunk, buzzbait

Calcutta reply :

My best luck at night lure has ben 1/2 oz. rattletrap. rip,pause,rip,pause,rip, pause. I guess the rip really makes it rattle then they always nail it on the pause.

Blues19 reply :

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My best luck at night lure has ben 1/2 oz. rattletrap. rip,pause,rip,pause,rip, pause. I guess the rip really makes it rattle then they always nail it on the pause.

What color of Rattletrap do you normally use? I know its normally a dark color for night, but would a chrome blue work?

djmax22 reply :

black/blue Chatterbait and 10" Power Worm Red Shad

NCbassproAK reply :

What color of Rattletrap do you normally use? I know its normally a dark color for night, but would a chrome blue work?

I would go with, it would work on a full moon beacuse of the light off the moons reflection, but to be honest with you the reason that the rat-l-trap works so well is the vibration the bass sense from the lure, so it really doesn't matter on a dark night.

FordNFishinLover reply :

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any dark colored bait ( I like a black/blue flake worm). buzzbaits - black or other topwaters can be productive for me at times

fuzzynuttz reply :

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black/blue Chatterbait and 10" Power Worm Red Shad

Love chatter bait's ever since they came out I have been nailing fish white during the day dark at night Bass Pike everything loves them chatter baits.

swilly78 reply :

Ozark Smoke colored Boogie Bait.

Jeff H reply :

Rapala's Original floater size 18 (7") in black/silver. Maybe down to size 13 in smallie territory. Vary retrieve from straight to rip to jerk or whatever. Might not work well with 3 in a boat to be flinging a bait with 3- #2 trebles on it, but they are night killers on the lakes I fish.

Blues19 reply :

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Rapala's Original floater size 18 (7") in black/silver. Maybe down to size 13 in smallie territory. Vary retrieve from straight to rip to jerk or whatever. Might not work well with 3 in a boat to be flinging a bait with 3- #2 trebles on it, but they are night killers on the lakes I fish.

Yeah I dont want to use a topwater even if they will work really well, its just to dangerous with 3 people in the boat. Safety first!

iceintheveins reply :

Jitterbugs, buzzbaits, black skirted colorado blade spinnerbait, and a far jig and pig with a rattle crawled through the shallows. Prop baits work good after dark too.

Catt reply :

Texas Rigged Plastic

Tokyo Tony reply :

No doubt - black/blue chatterbait. 1/4 to 3/8 oz for water 10' or less, 1/2 oz for anything deeper (haven't found any heavier than 1/2 oz). Anything from slow-rolling the bottom to reeling very fast near the surface.

NCbassproAK reply :

Check out this bass my buddy caught at night about 2 years ago just 1 of many monsters>>>>>>>

LCpointerKILLA reply :

Senko.

DINK WHISPERER reply :

The very few times i have been night fishing i had tremendous success with a 10" Berkley Power worm in black with a glass rattle in it.

riverat reply :

For most of my night fishng, I use a 5/8 spinnerbait w/black & Purple Skirt and add a purple #11 Pork Frog. As for plastics, I have come to depend on a T-rigged paddletail or gator tail type worm in black with a powder blue or pearl blue tail.

As for the Rattle Trap, the tequila sunrise is hands down the best color I have ever used at night. Can't explain why. It just works

burleytog reply :

Jig, 3/4 oz. spinnerbait, 1/2 oz. Pure Poison

midnighthrasher reply :

Black jointed jitterbug....nothing compares

J Francho reply :

I prefer to fish a Sammy, Spook, or broken back Jitterbug, but a slow rolled Col. spinnerbait probably has accounted for the most fish.

Vyron reply :

3/4oz spinnerbait , black skirt big colorado single blade

dday07 reply :

black buzzbaits,jitterbug 9'black plastic worms larger poppers

Blade-Runner reply :

1/2 Oz. Strike King Denny Brauer Rattlin' Pro Jig (Black) w/ Black Zoom Chunk Trailer.

Derek Chance reply :

BIIIIG Plastics. Mainly a 10" Powerworm, or Zoom Ol Monster. Don't need anything else. 8-)

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