Since reading accounts of fishing Lake Chopaka at night, my interest has been piqued. I need to know more about this night fishing thing. The closest thing I have tried is the late evening hexagenia hatch at Merrill Lake. Honestly, I didn't know it was generally legal to fish lakes at night. Are they all open at night, or is it a situation that requires consulting the reg book for each lake?

I think I would feel pretty freaked out in the middle of a lake by myself at night (especially one with a fair amount of stumps and other structure on or just below the surface - that stuff gives me the willies during the day), but I bet my apprehension would disappear pretty quickly once the fish started biting.

Has anyone tried fishing at night on a full moon? My experience has been that fishing generally sucks during the day 2 or 3 days either side of the full moon. Is that because they feed in a frenzy at night around the full moon? If nothing else, it would be fun to kick/paddle around a lake by the moonlight.