Yeah thats what I wondered, I was thinking of changing up my game and trying afternoons, it would just be a little harder to negotiate escaping my family then. But do-able.
Early mornings is how I was first exposed to hunting/fishing but unlike those times going with family members I go out solo and at its worst can have me looking over my shoulder suspiciously when I'm around populated areas with not much to do in 2 hrs of darkness, at best though I love being able to pull in a nice sized kahawai in the dark and have had big interest from mystery creatures that pop off the hook but this seems to be the exception to the rule for me, most often it is at or aftersunrise that I seem to catch, though notably absent for me is any fish that has a size limit especially absent are gurnard, terakihi, takable trevally and snapper. I understand this is the nature of the sport I do have a habit of choosing easy to reach spots, mostly because it is hard to try out a new spot in the dark with no prior reconnaissance.
I love that ritual of loading up and setting up in the dark and have my system well honed.
Do you find that when fishing through sunset the onset of darkness can spell and end to the bites?