Fishin' in the Dark is a single written by Jim Photoglo

Jim Photoglo

Jim Photoglo, born James G. Photoglo, who also performed simply as Photoglo, is an American pop singer from Inglewood, California. He released two charting albums in the early 1980s and had two hit singles, "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" and "Fool in Love with You" .After his career as a pop star...

 and Wendy Waldman and recorded by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, from their 1987 album Hold On

Hold On (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)

The album includes the third and final number one hit single by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Fishin' in the Dark".- Track listing :Hold On contains 10 tracks:#"Fishin' in the Dark" - 3:22#"Joe Knows How to Live" The album includes the third and final number one hit single by the Nitty Gritty Dirt...

. It reached number-one on the U.S. and Canadian country charts. It was the band's third number-one single on the U.S. country music charts and the second in Canada.

Content

The premise of the song is a couple planning to go fishing in the middle of the night. They want go down by a river and count the stars in the full moon light as spring turns to summer.

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young and features the band playing in front of a live audience.

Cover versions

• Canadian country band Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
  
   recorded their version of the song on their 2004 album What If?
  What If? (Emerson Drive album)
  What If? is the fourth album by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive. It was released in 2004 as their final release for DreamWorks Records Nashville. "Last One Standing" and "November" were both released in the U.S. as singles, peaking at #21 and #41, respectively, on the Billboard country...
  
  A live version recorded in Dallas, Texas
  Dallas, Texas
  Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
  
   during 2004 was released as a digital single in 2005.
• Garth Brooks
  Garth Brooks
  Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
  
   recorded his version of the song for his 2005 album The Lost Sessions.
• Luke Bryan
  Luke Bryan
  Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan is an American country singer who debuted in 2007 with the single "All My Friends Say", a Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His debut album, I'll Stay Me, was released on Capitol Records in 2007. This album also produced chart singles in "We Rode in...
  
   also has his own version of the song.
• Irish Country singer Nathan Carter
  Nathan Carter
  Nathan Carter is a Canadian actor born in Toronto, Canada. He is best known for his starring roles in Radio Free Roscoe as Travis. He has also guest starred on The Famous Jett Jackson and PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal.-Filmography:-References:...
  
  released his version of the song on his 2011 album Time Of My Life.

Chart positions

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1