SUMMER 2015
O F T H E NI GHT
throughout SoCal are owned by water agencies which regulate public access to daytime hours.
With these regulated fishing hours, anglers typically are only able to fish at night during night tournaments or during special night fishing access events that occur each year between the months
NIGHTIME LURES
Nighttime fishing is a good opportunity for anglers to employ different techniques that most often do not trick heavily pressured bass during the day. It is a time that you can put away your finesse tactics and spinning rods that work during the day and catch
of May through September. Lakes such as Diamond
summertime toads with big worms, reaction baits and
Valley Lake (which is now closed to public launching,
heavy line.
but is still open to the pubic), Lake Perris, El Capitan and a host of other lakes throughout the area offer special night fishing access events for the public beginning when time changes and the days get
longer.
Angler’s Marine pro Tony Lain prefers to swap out his finesse techniques in favor of bubba rigs. “I spool my Daiwa reels up with 15 or 20 pound Toray fluorocarbon line or 70 pound braided line,” he explained.
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