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Catfish, striped bass, and walleyes are just a few fish widely known to hunt nocturnally. It\u2019s not uncommon for anglers to wait until the sun sets to get after them, especially considering the bigger specimens often fall after dusk. These, of course, are not the only sportfish that hunt while we\u2019re sleeping. Largemouth bass, muskies, and saltwater species like snook and tarpon prowl the darkness, too. What fewer anglers realize, however, is that trout \u2014 browns especially \u2014 do a lot of their foraging in the dark, particularly in the summer. But fishing your favorite trout stream or river after the lights go out is a bit more challenging than night fishing on still water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In this episode of the Quick Strike podcast I talk to Joe Demalderis, who is a veteran guide on New York\u2019s Upper Delaware River. We\u2019ve been good friends for nearly 20 years and every summer for the last nine of those years, I\u2019ve driven up to spend a few nights on the river throwing mouse patterns from dusk into the wee hours of the morning. \u201cMousing\u201d for trout has gotten very trendy in fly fishing circles over the last few years, but the truth is that fly fishing in the dark has been happening practically since the sport was invented. While Demalderis\u2019s outfitter service<\/a> is one of the few in his area that recently began offering mouse trips, he\u2019s been targeting nighttime trout with a variety of methods for decades before it got popular.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n