Depends on water temp. The received wisdom is that sub 10°C you won't get bass on lures. But they're around all year as you can catch them on bait if you're lucky.
Yep, exactly the same. Same speed, same lures. OTT in darkness is awesome fun. You hear and feel the hit instead of seeing it. Certainly wakes you up when it happens!
When I was focused on lure fishing, 90% of my sessions were at night. I prefer it to daytime in many respects. Fish seem to come closer in, they seem bolder at night. More willing to feed? Maybe.
Taking the lad to footie practice tomorrow morning, then the little one out tomorrow afternoon, then hoping to be out on the water again on Sunday. Should be good weather for it too.
Sadly I suspect you'll be proved right. It would be typical of Macron to put the knife in and twist it if he doesn't get his way for French commercials.