Mike Walker on Smith lake June 5th, 2011 Sunday night I had David White and Art Husband of Birmingham. Art recently bought a house on Smith Lake and was interest in night fishing tactics for stripe and crappie.  I met the guys at Misty Harbor Marina and we headed out at 6pm.  With a couple hours of daylight we headed to a slue past Mallard Point.  We started with three different baits, all had different weights and different size swimbaits. This way we were covering three different levels in the water column. We were fishing in 70 feet with baits at 30, 40, and 50 feet. On our first pass over the spot Art hooked up with a nice spot. He was fishing the highest in the water column. On the second pass David hooked up with a big stripe.  He fought with the fish for 10 minutes and, just like that, the fish threw his hook and was gone. We never saw the fish, but watching the fight and knowing how I had the reel set I guessed anywhere from 15-20 pounds, but we will never know. After that fish we were not able to get another bite from the area, so we moved.  We stopped two more places with no luck.  By that time night had fallen and the lights were on fire. Art caught the first stripe of his life and it weighed 6 1/2 pounds.  His first crappie weighing close to 2 pounds. Over the next four hours they boated about 8 stripe, all around the 4-6 lb. range. They also managed to trick 47 picky crappie in the boat.  With the cooler packed and the guys happy we headed in. No monsters, but all night action. I'll take that. If your interested in a night trip nows the time Mike Walker Fishing 24-7 Guide Service www.fishing24-7guideservice.com (205)503-2020