During the summer months, my absolute favorite thing to do is to chase big bass after dark.
Fishing after dark is beneficial for a few reasons.
1 - no hot sun to deal with.
2 - no boat traffic to deal with
3 - Most importantly, big bass come out to play at night!
Despite many people thinking that night fishing is limited to topwater baits in shallow water, big bass can be caught on just about any kind of bait that you'd also throw during the day, including jigs, worms, etc.
My #1 bait for night fishing is a spinnerbait, followed closely by big topwaters, buzzbaits and then soft plastic baits.
And
this is why I love fishing at night!
Those two fish were caught less than 10 minutes apart, all in a stretch of water less than 200 feet long.
One was 5 1/2 lbs. The other was just shy of 6 lbs.