Oct
31
What is a good time to go fishing in the morning?
Filed Under (Fishing) by swapquot on 31-10-2009
Tagged Under : Carp, Catfish, Erie Canal, Kind Of Fish, Pike Trout, Rochester Ny
green terror asked:
What is a good time to go fishing in the morning and what kind of fish would be out and be able to catch? I live in Rochester NY. And I fish in the Erie Canal. It has bass, carp, pike, trout, bullheads, catfish, and many other fish.
What is a good time to go fishing in the morning and what kind of fish would be out and be able to catch? I live in Rochester NY. And I fish in the Erie Canal. It has bass, carp, pike, trout, bullheads, catfish, and many other fish.
ummm i would go when it starts to barely warm up maybe wait 15-20 minutes after the sun is fully up and visible but if you can evening fishing is usually better
very early like 6am best is when the water is like glass
check a tide chart for area fishing(if tide effects your spot) and fish from high-low tide or get out early enough to get a good spot( before sun up) fish tend to feed heavy around first light and sun down when the bugs are active and also check for legal fishing times for area and type of fish(some fish a closed during dark hours in certain states and areas, and even certain rivers and lakes. cat fish tend to be better after dark( they are night time bottom feeders put a worm on the bottom 1 hour after dark leave small amount of slack and just watch for your line going tight, if it does go tight then set the hook no waiting, just set the hook and see.
good luck
I’ve never fished on the Erie Canal — sounds cool. I have been fishing early in the morning, though. If I am going to be fishing in the morning, I like to get there about an hour before dawn. This puts me out on the water very early in the a.m., and I often have to go alone because no one I fish with wants to get up at those hours. However, I have found that one of two things will happen. First, it’s possible that the fish are feeding heavily and actively before the sun comes up — under some conditions, like on very warm days, fish use that pre-dawn light to feed before the water warms up. The water is still cool from the night, but the sky begins to light up the water and make effective hunting possible. So, getting to the water before the sun comes up sometimes gets me an hour or so of really intense fishing. When the sun gets up in the sky, sometimes the good fishing will suddenly slow down (especially on cloudless days), but by then I’ve already caught some fish — sometimes a lot.
The second possibility is that the fishing is really no good at all until the sun comes out. This is often the case on cooler, rainy, or overcast days, when the fish are waiting for a little warmer water. When the sun comes out and the water temperature rises a degree or so, suddenly the fish get active and the fishing turns really good.
I can’t always predict which way it’s going to go, but either way, getting to the water before sunup positions me to get in on that “morning rush,” whether it happens just before or just after dawn. I also find that fewer and fewer people go fishing very early in the morning, and chances are I won’t see another soul for a couple hours — even if I don’t catch 20 fish, it’s sometimes worth getting up early just to have the stream or lake to myself for that time.
Go as early as you can. 4:30 or something. I would go that early but can’t wake up easily. I went this morning at around 7. The carp we’re biting. I used my dough ball. You’ll have more luck on catfish though. I have got a lot of bites from catfish this time of the year.
Right at the ass crack of dawn. You should be able to catch any of them. I live in the Utica, NY area and have fished the Bardge Canal which essentially the Erie Canal I believe. I usually catch a lot of smallmouth off my kayak there. Once the water starts to heat up a little in the morning the fish become more active.