{"id":2094,"date":"2022-08-12T18:46:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T18:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsniagara.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2022-08-12T19:04:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:04:39","slug":"can-you-go-ice-fishing-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsniagara.com\/can-you-go-ice-fishing-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Go Ice Fishing at Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, can you go ice fishing at night?<\/strong> It is a common question for those of us who love to fish. The answer is that you can absolutely go ice fishing at night, and you can do so successfully. <\/em><\/p>\n

While many species of fish are active at night, you will have to target those species and leave some others for daytime fishing.<\/p>\n

Two species that are active at night include Walleye and Crappie as both have excellent night vision.<\/p>\n

If you are hoping to target trout, bass, bluegill, or northern pike, you will struggle.<\/p>\n

These fish have poor night vision. If you plan to target bluegill, trout, pike, or bass at night, you will need to do so during a full moon with an ice fishing rod<\/a> and when there is plenty of light hitting the ice.<\/p>\n

If you think about the habits of fish that have good night vision, you begin to see a pattern.<\/p>\n

Most will leave the deeper water and head to the shallower areas where the weedy beds are to hunt for smaller fish, aquatic insects, and plant matter.<\/p>\n

That process begins about an hour before sunset, and it can continue throughout the night.<\/p>\n

However, for most night-feeding fish, there are two periods in the night where the feeding is most intense – Dawn and Dusk.<\/p>\n

If you decide to ice fish at night you need to set up your hut early to avoid all the noise of drilling holes, and moving your hut.<\/p>\n

That noise will startle fish away from where you want to fish.<\/p>\n

By setting up your site early and then leaving it alone for several hours, the fish will return, and you will have more success as you fish at night.<\/p>\n

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