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IN F THEHEATO
ishing at nighttime, during the summer can
offer some of the best fishing of the year.
Summertime is by far the most popular time
of the year for bass fishing at night. One of the reasons is that bass are regularly in shallow water at night during the hot summer months. Secondly, the temperatures at night are much cooler than they are during the day. Targeting bass at night also pro-
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must for night fishing, but it certainly helps with seeing things around the lake. Bass tend to feed more during a bright moon than they do when there is no or little moon light. The moonlight also assists with moving around the lake at night.
vides a great escape from the daytime crowds that frequent our heavily pressured lakes.
Most of the nighttime lake access events are
scheduled around a full moon, which is not
necessarily a
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Place like Clear Lake, the California Delta or Lake Shasta offer anglers a launch at night year-round; however most lakes
targeting summertime bass
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