When I was younger, my brother & I spent many a night on Lake Kapowsin fishing for bass. Always used top water plugs, noisier the better. Jitterbugs & mouse imitations mostly. Leave the flashlight off, only ruins your night vision for 5 minutes each time. Only problem was bass missed the plugs the majority of the time as they were striking at the noise/water disturbance. We were usually the only ones on the lake, in fact I can't remember ever seeing anyone else out there, other than a couple of boats doing catfishing. Some of the funest fishing I ever did