I'm heading out at 9:00pm the night before with some friends to secure a spot at Pine Lake in Issaquah. There weren't too many people at midnight last year, but I've seen the dock full there in years past well before midnight. It's funny when there's a lot of people - about 11:55 you'll hear the first person cast and then everyone joins in and you hear "plop, plop, plop plop ...". And, if anyone dares to cast even 10 minutes early, everyone else yells at them. It's a weird tradition.

--Bank Angler