08-25-2006, 04:07 AM
hey guys, i was wondering if any idea has gone into night tubing. would it be legal? if all it took was 2 lights would anybody do it? lets hear some thoughts on this
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08-25-2006, 04:07 AM
08-25-2006, 07:04 AM
AH!!! YOU MEAN NINJA TUBING? VERY POPULAR OUT HERE IN SO. CALIF, SPECIALLY IN THE BAYS/HARBORS LIKE NEWPORT OR LONG BEACH HARBORS. THERE ARE ALSO A GOOD NUMBER OF LAKES AND COUNTRY CLUB PONDS THAT ARE POPULAR NINJA SPOTS, ALTHOUGH MANY ARE FISH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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08-25-2006, 10:11 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I've been night tubing as long as I have been tubing...at least a couple of weeks now. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Utah Lake is great for walleyes and catfish, if you can keep the bugs away. Ditto for Willard Bay, plus add some wipers at night. Starvation kicks out some good walleyes at night and so does Deer Creek.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Largemouths often hit well at night, but smallmouths don't seem to be as nocturnal. Perch, even though they are related to the nightloving walleyes, do not seem to feed much after dark. I guess it is because they are prey as well as predators.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Crappies and white bass are both good nighttime targets. Trout too. Some of the biggest trout in a lake feed near the surface after dark. Good time for shallow running lures or bubble and fly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Utah does not have a regulation about tubes needing lights, but it is a good idea anyway. Boaters often blast around the lake after dark and lights make you more visible. Take an airhorn too, just in case. And, plan your fishing for protected areas and avoid main lake channels where boaters run wide open.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One thing I always advise is to never fish a lake for the first time at night. Learn the lake during daylight hours and know the area you will be fishing. Distances and perceptions are distorted in the dark, even in bright moonlight.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For changing lures and handling fish, you can carry a couple of flashlights and/or small headlamps. There are some nifty little LED lights available now that you can just clip on the bill of your hat and fold down and turn on when needed. Too much light on your tube brings in the bugs. It also wipes out the view by blinding you to everything outside the lighted area. The view of the stars, the moon and the surrounding mountains and landscape is a big part of the appeal of night fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Utah Lake is great for walleyes and catfish, if you can keep the bugs away. Ditto for Willard Bay, plus add some wipers at night. Starvation kicks out some good walleyes at night and so does Deer Creek.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Largemouths often hit well at night, but smallmouths don't seem to be as nocturnal. Perch, even though they are related to the nightloving walleyes, do not seem to feed much after dark. I guess it is because they are prey as well as predators.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Crappies and white bass are both good nighttime targets. Trout too. Some of the biggest trout in a lake feed near the surface after dark. Good time for shallow running lures or bubble and fly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Utah does not have a regulation about tubes needing lights, but it is a good idea anyway. Boaters often blast around the lake after dark and lights make you more visible. Take an airhorn too, just in case. And, plan your fishing for protected areas and avoid main lake channels where boaters run wide open.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One thing I always advise is to never fish a lake for the first time at night. Learn the lake during daylight hours and know the area you will be fishing. Distances and perceptions are distorted in the dark, even in bright moonlight.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For changing lures and handling fish, you can carry a couple of flashlights and/or small headlamps. There are some nifty little LED lights available now that you can just clip on the bill of your hat and fold down and turn on when needed. Too much light on your tube brings in the bugs. It also wipes out the view by blinding you to everything outside the lighted area. The view of the stars, the moon and the surrounding mountains and landscape is a big part of the appeal of night fishing.[/#0000ff]
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08-25-2006, 05:39 PM
A , ah ..friend of mine .. fished his tube after dark once. It was on cove on a local "closed to public/fishing/boating "reservior. It was nice because you didn't need to worry about boat traffic or being harassed about your inability to read the POSTED signs . Just had to keep from giving your slelf up with hooting and hollaring ( which carries a long way on a still, moonless night) as the topwater bass fishing was near spectacular ..or so i'm told[angelic]
I myself would never condone such actions.
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I myself would never condone such actions.
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08-25-2006, 07:25 PM
Henry's Lake is now open to night fishing and I will be there over the Labor Day weekend. I have all the bells and whistles for night fishing, but it is that disorientation that I don't care for. Have done it several times, but not my favorite thing to do.
I found putting a RED gel on the lights not only reduces spooking fish, but it helps on the bug scene also. Most Petzel head lamps have the different gels for them.
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I found putting a RED gel on the lights not only reduces spooking fish, but it helps on the bug scene also. Most Petzel head lamps have the different gels for them.
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08-26-2006, 03:24 AM
well thats good to know. i think i will go tubing at night now. all i need is a headlamp, haha. i think i will hit ut lake at night soon. i will go during the day first though. speaking of utah lake, anyone down to go out monday? location doesnt really matter too much. thanks for the input guys
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08-26-2006, 11:53 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I also have a "very close acquaintance" who has been known to sneak into small ponds that are not "user-friendly" when guarded during the daytime.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]While living in Santa Barbara, California, I was a lunch guest of a friend who was a member of a hoity-toity golf course. As we munched our meal, I watched a mama duck lead her half dozen ducklings along the edges of some cattails on one of the water hazards. KABLOOSH! One of the little duckies was gone and the rest skittered across the water and up onto the grass.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Under threat of great bodily harm, my friend agreed to smuggle me back in later that night. Before we were caught by the night guard, I had taken (and released) several toad bass on topwater chuggers. Didn't even have to glue any duck feathers on them. If my buddy had not been a well known member I would not have gotten in...and I probably wouldn't have gotten out alive. Those golfers take life far too seriously and don't have any compassion for us fisherfolk. Great memory though.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]While living in Santa Barbara, California, I was a lunch guest of a friend who was a member of a hoity-toity golf course. As we munched our meal, I watched a mama duck lead her half dozen ducklings along the edges of some cattails on one of the water hazards. KABLOOSH! One of the little duckies was gone and the rest skittered across the water and up onto the grass.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Under threat of great bodily harm, my friend agreed to smuggle me back in later that night. Before we were caught by the night guard, I had taken (and released) several toad bass on topwater chuggers. Didn't even have to glue any duck feathers on them. If my buddy had not been a well known member I would not have gotten in...and I probably wouldn't have gotten out alive. Those golfers take life far too seriously and don't have any compassion for us fisherfolk. Great memory though.[/#0000ff]
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08-26-2006, 03:51 PM
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]Sounds like a little of your former life of crime bleeding through, eh Tubedude?
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]Sounds like a little of your former life of crime bleeding through, eh Tubedude? z~
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08-26-2006, 04:01 PM
[cool][#0000ff]FORMER??? You can't teach an old leopard new spots...or however that goes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I would probably still be "Ninja fishing" private ponds and lakes except I can't get over the fences and my getaway power is at a low ebb.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Besides, I have plenty of good legal fishing holes at my disposal these days. And, I have become less of a thrillseeker at my advanced age. Like other things, I still think about it, but can't quite remember what to do about it. (Talking about skiing. What did you think I meant?)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I would probably still be "Ninja fishing" private ponds and lakes except I can't get over the fences and my getaway power is at a low ebb.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Besides, I have plenty of good legal fishing holes at my disposal these days. And, I have become less of a thrillseeker at my advanced age. Like other things, I still think about it, but can't quite remember what to do about it. (Talking about skiing. What did you think I meant?)[/#0000ff]
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