Hello.
I just recently took up fishing again, after a long break since childhood trout fishing.
I have three questions about night fishing...
The first, is where can I do some night fishing from the shore?(closer to Port Moody is better, but anything is better than nothing.) Nights work well for me with my work/school schedule, so Im looking for any advise as to places to fish from. The places I can think of are all parks (Rocky Point, Belcarra Regional, Cates Park, Barnet Marine Park, Ambleside) which close at Dusk, or 9pm at the latest. I hear Sole is really active at night? Is flounder also more active at night?
Second, I wanna catch some sharks. Spiny Dogfish seem to be my most obvious target, I just need to know more about them. What sort of strength line do I need for them? My current setup is a medium action, 6' spinning reel with 8lb test, and I use a 6 or 8 lb leader with it. If Im targetting these, Im thinking I need a wire leader so it doesn't just chomp right through it??? Probably stronger line too, as I hear these can be 4 feet.
Third, Can you catch salmon at night? Or is that more of a dawn-to-dusk activity? With salmon do I need a wire-coated leader or is my monofiliment leader good enough?
As I have said, Im new-again to fishing, and as I was raised on fresh-water trout fishing, salt-water anything is a whole new ballgame.
Thanks for any advise or info!
I just recently took up fishing again, after a long break since childhood trout fishing.
I have three questions about night fishing...
The first, is where can I do some night fishing from the shore?(closer to Port Moody is better, but anything is better than nothing.) Nights work well for me with my work/school schedule, so Im looking for any advise as to places to fish from. The places I can think of are all parks (Rocky Point, Belcarra Regional, Cates Park, Barnet Marine Park, Ambleside) which close at Dusk, or 9pm at the latest. I hear Sole is really active at night? Is flounder also more active at night?
Second, I wanna catch some sharks. Spiny Dogfish seem to be my most obvious target, I just need to know more about them. What sort of strength line do I need for them? My current setup is a medium action, 6' spinning reel with 8lb test, and I use a 6 or 8 lb leader with it. If Im targetting these, Im thinking I need a wire leader so it doesn't just chomp right through it??? Probably stronger line too, as I hear these can be 4 feet.
Third, Can you catch salmon at night? Or is that more of a dawn-to-dusk activity? With salmon do I need a wire-coated leader or is my monofiliment leader good enough?
As I have said, Im new-again to fishing, and as I was raised on fresh-water trout fishing, salt-water anything is a whole new ballgame.
Thanks for any advise or info!