Thread: Pier fishing at night

Hi wanted to ask about fishing the pier at night. The man I talked to at the bait store said it was slow at night. Don't the lights attract the bait fish, and predictors?

Good luck...about the only thing I've ever caught at night on the pier is catfish

When I was there last year we caught hardheads, look downs and some other fish. In the shallows people were catching the occasional speckled trout.

I've caught shark and numerous redfish at night on cut bait as well as speckled trout in the shallows. Unfortunately, you will catch both sail cat and hardheaded cats mixed in and sometimes skates and rays, but it keeps the action going...sure don't have to fight for a spot on the rail though!

As a newcomer last year the night fishing was nice because it was a lot less crowded but we were still catching a lot of fish. It was just too bad most weren't palatable.

Saw a couple guy's bailing croakers one night at the octi.

I have had a few good nights with croakers and white trout.