Bass keyed in on bunker.

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

Tlpap, not to hijack but a question for you. When fishing at night, how do you know the bass are on bunker? Are you seeing them hit the surface or the bait jumping?
I never witnessed that at night.

I agree

never seen bunker move at night

they (bunker) are not a nocturnal fish as they are Very active in the daylight hours

[NIB]

So whaddya think happens they sink o the bottom at night.


I have seen small pods of bunker big bunker "gettin it" at night.
By several large bass...The bass can beven more violent as they try to injure a bait to make a easy meal out it.Bass on bunker all day take the night of on em, to hard to catch.Plus they usually got there fill.Perhaps thats why they will take the eel..

[fishpoopoo]

Toby, have you tried using some larger paddle-tail rubber lures like a 9 inch storm wildeye?

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

I agree

never seen bunker move at night

they (bunker) are not a nocturnal fish as they are Very active in the daylight hours

We've had them schooled up for the last month or so in a few areas that I fish . Sometimes so thick that you can't cast over them or get a bucktail below them. They move up and down in the current in huge masses. Occasionaly individuals splash on the surface or large groups fin on the surface. They are definately moving at night, but may be harder to see.

I have had best luck at night on sluggos with these conditions. Chunks seem to work, but I generally don't fish them. Interesting thing is that sometimes the school thins out. Still large amounts a bunker realtive to other times, but thinner. Bass have taken plugs readily at these times.

note: one night a coupla of us were plugging and a kayak w/ 2 guys were liveling within casting distance of us. The kayakers didn't get a fish and I alone had 6 keepers on wood and red fins. Other pluggers also took fish. Who knows...

[eelman]

Simple...if you can stoop low enough...toss a live eel....Only fool would watch a guy next to him banging larger fish and not use whats working

[shadow]

I'v seen large bunker schools at night plenty of times when i was living in CT. the water there was calm no surf so they were easy to spot darker clouds of water moving alittle different then the rest of the water.if there were bass on them sometimes there would be some splashing not always.I had a night once when they would take both eels and plugs but would spit them before you could stick them.no matter how I tred to set up on them I would come up emty.