The BEST Time Of Day To FISH Is NOT What You’d EXPECT

I fish a lot of club tournaments with my grandpa and recently I have noticed that the morning at around 7 to 8 even 9 is great for fishing but as soon as it hits 10 or 11 the bite turns off and its hard to catch bass. However, at around 1 to 3 when the tournament is almost done, the bite turns on hard. So in this video you are correct in my opinion.

Thats when big bass can see the best they set up on shade lines they dont make misstakes so you can get a big one but you need to be at your best

I caught my PB in June on a TX reservoir around 1pm. It was scorching hot out and caught her off a brush pile right next to ledge.

Love the channel and your content keep up the great work

That makes so much sense. I don't havea ton of experience, but I do have experiences like that.

I can also contest to the 1-3 time slot, last July 1st at almost exactly 3pm caught my PB 4lb Smallie on a grass/veg flat

I fish a lot of really clear water. In the summer, It’s not uncommon to have to fish down in 40 FOW under big boulders when the sun is high. As the sun moves, you can shift your boat around the boulder as the shade moves. +1 on the WooHoo crowd.

The best time of day to go fishing is anytime of day that you can be on the water vs work and chores.

Predictable…..During the summer and peak of the sun, the fish seem to be very predictable. You know they're gonna be in shade pockets and the shade pockets are a lot smaller because the high sun. I think that's what you're saying and I totally agree.

For me my biggest fish have all come early morning . 3 AM to 6 AM is almost always the best time for me to catch bigger fish . I want to be off the water before all the late sleepers are showing up lol

I swear it’s always 3-5pm for me when I get big ones.

Always learn something from you Tyler
Always
On a <600 acre lake walking distance from my home
Have a shore access area of lilly pads that parallels the south side of the shore line of a very prominent point that the entire time from when the lilly pads get established in the late spring till September I will catch a minimum of 2-3 bass on a frog or a popper fished on pad edges or larger openings
The depths I catch these bass from is best educated guess from about 18" to about 5-6'.
Some days under ideal conditions Ill catch 6-8 bass largest are <5lbs but lost two last year that IMO were 6+
But here is the catch
I have fished this spot which the point runs dead east from the shore from an hour before sun up till sunset and I only catch bass the first 2 hours after dawn and the last 120-150 minutes before sun set and the bass action is absolutely the best from when the sun drops below the tree tops behind me till twilight
The sun dropping below and being blocked by the tree tops is literally as if someone flippes a switch on the bass and if the weather conditions are good the bass just murder my frog and popper
But
Once twilight sets in the action abruptly stops same as if you flip off a light switch
This has been constantly true for all four years since I discovered this spot
As I am a shore fisherman I do not have the massive advantage of electronics so I don't if the bass are there all day and do not react to my luers till the correct times or do the bass move in during sun up and before sunset and then leave
I will admit I have never used fishing soft plastics or jigs in these same lilly pads during non target times to see if there are any resident bass who just wont hit a frog or popper but I plan on doing so this year. The pads and grass are so thick only options for fishing in the pads other than a frog would be a T-riged soft plastic maybe a jig
I didn't last few years because I didn't own a adequate setup to fish soft plastics in extreamly heavy cover but I do now.

Hey Tyler,
To echo what others noted, the way you 'chat' to to the camera is one of the big reasons I love learning from you. Even when you may feel like you are struggling for the right words, you do a great job conveying the lesson to us…and I appreciate it. Love this new channel!

Predictable…

They always put the major and minor times to fish during the weather on the local news and I've noticed something about that, the best days with 3 and 4 stars are always between 10 and 2 day and night. I used to really go by that alot, but let me tell you it's crap! From my experience it's just like Tyler said, they usually bite early shallow and then by say 9 am they start slowly moving out to the mid range depths and then by 12-3 they either go deep or go for shade or cover. Then by 4 til dark they start moving back in shallow again. You can catch them all day if you understand what they are doing bc they will bite all day long if you can follow them

I'm in FL and have caught most of my bigger fish around 2pm, even bright, sunny days. There's less water to fish, like you're saying. Under a little bush, under a dock, under an over hanging tree branch…. I have had the same experience. One other good couple spots around that time is in eel grass or under mats.

Bro said the morning. Then the evening. Then the afternoon. Just say the whole day.

Love your videos, listening to you talk has never bother me. Im fhe same way.

Yeah early morning bite is great for numbers but I would disagree Tyler that “Biggin O’ Clock” doesn’t start til after 11 am-1 pm…I’ve caught over 50 bass last year all between 4-8 lbs between the middle of the day…in fact if the conditions are the nastiest that’s when the big ones come out….in the summer that’s right in the middle of day when the sun is scorching out or in the winter time when it’s the coldest and darkest out…

Just bought another shirt to get the gloves. This will be my 3rd shirt. Need to get one of those hats

Could it correlate to moon overhead or underfoot?

Light penetration and warmth make Walleye go "down to the basement" to literally chill out. I suspect bass are similar except that bass like the water much warmer. I would also suspect downsizing at that time makes sense. If they caught something in the morning, they likely sit around and digest it. But if something comes past them and it is: 1) smaller and 2) different, they might have a snack. Its been a walleye trick for years. If you just had a huge dinner and you had to loosen your belt you're not going to want another full plate. But if someone brings you a slice of pie, you might give it a try.