well youve said it about as well as it can be said. the dusk period (and dawn) are the two best times of day for walleye. i can only assume that is what you are fishing for based on your question. pike and bass are visual predators with very little low light sensitivity. thats why you dont really catch them at night. walleyes have great night/low light vision but here is the kicker! walleye baitfish are active during the day periods and then go into hiding when dusk falls. the overlap is the 'nite bite.' after dusk, the baitfish are hiding and walleyes are out prowling. generally the way to go after fish at night is to do exactly what is the most troublesome part of fishing. fish the weeds, timber, and snaggy rock areas. THE SNAGGY STUFF! the baitfish hide here, but getting frequent snags in the dark is really annoying. fish light stuff, you have to fish based on your sense of feel. fish small stuff, fish weedless stuff. i tend to stay away from the weedless jigs with bristles on them because they really seem to reduce the hook ratio. i prefer soft plastics with the hook point lightly burried to avoid snags.

with that said, you are better off just fishing during dusk and when the bite subsides, call it quits. the bugs get worse, the fishing becomes very finicky and often times its much more frustrating than enjoyable.

GOOD LUCK!