WHY FISH AT NIGHT FOR DRUM

[phish4fun]

with all these reports of drum and striper during the day why wait till dark?

[Great White]

I think fishing for them at nite just adds to the experience. Plus they are not as ugly in the dark, :D

[Partnership]

Phish- I think you just answered your own question. LOL

But I agree with Great White- night time just adds to the whole experience.

[BIGGESTJACK]

I HAVE NEVER FIGURED IT OUT.IF THEY DIDN'T BITE AT NIGHT THEY WOULD SAY WAIT TILL TOMORROW NIGHT.IF THEY DIDN'T BITE DURING THE DAY IT WAS I TOLD YOU TO GO AT NIGHT.

[It,s Gittin Deep]

the reason we fish at night for the drum is we are fishing shallow water and the fish are not as spooky.in the day time if you have boats buzzing around the flats the fish will not come up to feed.but the 82 and 85 pound drum fish posted were both caught in daylight along with a few others.but if boats run across the flats go do something else you will not catch them.louis

[Rock N Roll]

The day seem's to work reel good to me.We fished the pm trip with the Stalker with captain Skip and he put us on fish today.Six of us caught 32 drum to 75#,and around 20 striper's to 44".It was the incuming tide we left the dock at 2:30pm and reterned at 7:30,it was a great trip,every body caught fish and had a good time.I like the bay at night my self it is great to be out on the bay at night,but the fish bite in the day also. ;) ;)

[ShoeB]

Why night?

Tradition.

I have great memories of many sucessful night drum runs, stopping at bug light on the way back and crushing some tiderunners, then firing up the alcohol stove and enjoying some cheesesteaks or hot dogs on the slow cruise home.

[ChristyBM]

ShoeB yup dem be da days...mid 70's on a pennyenn (typo) prolly , used to keep the boat in north wildwoood near the old wooden bridge...now condo's !~!~!

[ChristyBM]

And to answer the original question about why fish at night for drum, any night im fishing for drum is one less night I have to sleep with my girlfriend :D :D :D , and thats always a good thing. !

[PhilCVG]

what you should be paying attention to is "what tide are they biting on". Forget about night or day.

[Minor Threat]

yea... you said it... what tide are drum AND stripers biting in?

[It,s Gittin Deep]

rocknroll you can do that in delaware bay in that deeper water you come to great bay you would be skunked.the fish are spookier in the shallow water here in the daytime if you make a wrong approach and go across the flat and spook them off go home you are not going to catch them that day.i have spent years with these fish and learned where they feed and will not ever cross that stretch of water when i am going to try to catch them.there are days when i can see the fish feeding in the mud and sometimes see the fish maybe a tail or it would roll.on calm ciear days you can hunt these fish move ahead of them and catch them.i have never done that in deep water.i have caught drum on all tides but favor the lower half.louis

[ChristyBM]

I have had them on either tide, this week the last 2 hours of incomming was just awesome, but a friend wasout today and got them on the last 3 hrs of out going. 23 ft is were i have been fishin.

[Rock N Roll]

[Its Gittin deep], hello,we were on the boat Stalker with Captain Skip,it was the incoming tide we were in 15'of water,the morning trip did just as good in the same location ,they fished the outgoing tide,both tides did as good,.The fish are on the feed and every body was catching,we had a lot of times when we had 3 to 4 fish on at the same time.I have never caught fish like that,it was a day you to hope for,but rareley happens.The weather is good today and we are going to try it again,will report after trip

[CaptG]

There certainly comes a time during the Drum season when night time becomes the right time! Once the water temps up, they'll save their feeding time on the flats for the night time hrs. Generally, the Drum come into the Bay in April with their feed bags on and will bite day or night before the spawn with the cooler water temps. Once they spawn, they'll spread out to feed until they leave the bay late June/early July. It's from Mid-late May thru June where the bay see's warmer water temps and more boat traffic that night time becomes the right time, particulary when you have an incoming tide coinciding with dusk. This is when you'll catch the real boomers too! Yeah ShoeB the night's of cathing the tide runner weakies mixed in w/ the Drum are long gone...however the weaks have been replaced by striped bass, atleast for the early Drum season.

[ 04-27-2006, 11:25 AM: Message edited by: CaptG ]

[Jim Mac]

Drum are a unique fish and at night, unique up on em'. :confused: :confused:

[Darrin G. DGREENEMACHINE]

a lot less boats in the popular spots at night, no matter what time of the season...

[It,s Gittin Deep]

rocknroll delaware bay has a lot more drum than great bay so you have a lot better chance catching them there.glad to hear you had a great day catching them,i really do not care to keep them but they are fun to catch in the shallows.louis

[Capt Lew]

Originally posted by Darrin G. DGREENEMACHINE:
a lot less boats in the popular spots at night, no matter what time of the season... I don't know about that SBeach look's like a city at night.

[Capt Lew]

Back 30 to 40 years ago when most D Bay fisherman worked in the day, the only time they had to fish for drum were in the eveing and night time hours. So it came to past that when ever they talked about their catch, they talked of eve and night fishing. As the years pasted people started to thing that the bite was only at low light or night times, as we know now this is not the case. "When the tide is right, they will bite, no matter if it's day or night" ;)

This is 2 in the afternoon.

http://momentoffame.com/photopost/data/500/957drum2.jpg

[bass hound]

Yeah, baby!
Capt. Lew got it right. Back in the day when men worked all day, rowed out and used hand lines. :D Day and night, Capt Lew is right. :D
No really, Lew is absolutely right. Long time ago my old man got caught without radar when SB fogged over...stayed on the hook until daylight, returning loaded, um, with drumfish, I mean. A blunder like that (unreported) along with a success story (reported) inadvertently adds to the night-fishing mystique.

Originally posted by Capt Lew:
Back 30 to 40 years ago when most D Bay fisherman worked in the day, the only time they had to fish for drum were in the eveing and night time hours. So it came to past that when ever they talked about their catch, they talked of eve and night fishing. As the years pasted people started to thing that the bite was only at low light or night times, as we know now this is not the case. "When the tide is right, they will bite, no matter if it's day or night" ;)

This is 2 in the afternoon.

http://momentoffame.com/photopost/data/500/957drum2.jpg

[ShoeB]

There's just something to be said for being anchored up on a moonlit night, listening to the schools of drum as they swarm around your boat, and the pandemonium that ensues shortly thereafter as every rod doubles over.

[BigSexy]

You're getting to the time know where that is the only time you will catch them. These schools that come in know are the daytime fish, the big ones ypu will find are only going to bite at night

[Captain's John & Diana]

All BS. Great bite this morning on big fish and trust me a lot were caught. It's all about tide guys.
Capt John

[Re-Bait]

Because it's there!

[Captain's John & Diana]

Bite was late afternoon today and it was good and started about 3:00 pm from my reports on incoming. Heard very slow on am outgoing today but possibly some it well.