Dawn Patrol

[Slimeball]

Myself, I look foward to twilight as i'm sure most of you do as well. I was thinking about it and it occured to me I'm rarely on the water before 8:00 a.m.
How many of you are out there at sun-up? Is this a key time frame i should be out there? are there certian conditions/situations that dictate a "Dawn Patrol" start to the day?

Jason

[kid coulson]

Slime,
Ive only caught one musky before 7:45am in the 4 years Ive been fishing
for them.But again,Im not a real good fisherman.

[Kingfisher]

Last Sunday we started at 7:00 am one fish in the boat at 7:30 am nothing after that. Michelle and I start at first light or before daylight as often as we can . My biggest Musky was caught before 7:00 am . Twilight,low light ,little light ,no light all better than bright light. I love first light as its calm most of the times . Loons are calling and Big fish are moving. I toss top water and Little Claws most of the time at first light. Last year we started one of our days on Lake st. Claire at first light and had most of our 6 fish for the day by 8:00 am. It is tough getting up at 5:00 sometimes but in warmer temps its a must. Now colder times like October and November it seems that the warmest time of the day is good(mid afternoon) . I would try more early days if I were you. Kingfisher

[pikerule2]

I like to get the boat in while it's still dark since I've had plenty of contact in the pre-dawn through daybreak. My actual catching of these early morning muskies has not been great, just plain poor execution it seems. My hook-up and boating ratio seems better through the rest of the day, due in part to plenty of trolling in with the casting, but even the casting hook-ups improve since I see things better I guess.

[spieg]

Whether you catch them or not, you have to get out and do some topwater musky fishing between 1 and 5 am. Having a musky explode on a topwater lure 10ft from the boat under a pitch black sky is one of those things that just has to be experienced.

Most of the time for me it seems they come either with the sunrise, or into the morning a little. Some days the 6-7am bite is good. Then again, the 9-11am bite has been good to me in the late summer / early fall.

[MuskyDan]

4 am on a creeper in thorn and budd. Anything between midnite and 4 am has had to be something other than topwater. Just after daylight, watch the badfish videos, they are deep running bull dawgs and pounding fish!!!

[LonB]

Twilight,low light ,little light ,no light all better than bright light.
Kingfisher

Absolutely.
I'm in a situation that requires me to maximize my time on the water. Which means my batteries will be charged, and everything ready to go at anytime. That way if a front is moving in I'll hit one of the three local lakes that afternoon. Or if radar shows a front moving in in the afternoon on a weekend, I might head out a few hours before hand instead of first thing in the morning. (as prefrontal conditions I believe would trump low light conditions of first light)