How to Catch Catfish – 5 Tips For Catching Catfish
Posted on August 17, 2011
Many anglers, new and seasoned anglers, want to learn how to catch catfish. Catfish provide a great sporting opportunity and also an excellent fish to eat. Just like anything else, catfishing can become overly complicated by accident. We will break down some basic catfishing tips that are great for your local lake, pond or river.
Bass Fishing Tip: Night Bass Fishing Secrets
Posted on August 15, 2011
Many people associate bass fishing with daytime. Whilst the light hours of the day are undoubtedly the most popular for bass fishing enthusiasts to be out and about on the lake, night bass fishing is slowly but surely growing in popularity. It has been around for a number of years, but it has now reached a peak in popularity, especially during the summer months. Night bass fishing originally came about in the...
Maintaining Bait Tanks & Bait Tank Basics
Posted on August 12, 2011
Q. Why are round and oblong tanks best for keeping bait fish?
A. Fin fish used for bait naturally school in a circular pattern, so round and oblong tanks are the best choice. Sea World, The Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Scrips all design and build their tanks round or oblong. These shapes provide the most efficient use of space. Fish held in square or rectangular tanks will round off the corners when they school and swim in a round pattern in a square tank and oblong pattern in rectangular tank.
Reading Thermoclines & Fishing Them
Posted on August 11, 2011
Locating feeding fish is one of the most important skills a fisherman can develop. You can mark fish on your fish finder and not entice them to strike your lure if they are not in their "feeding zone"!
Most species of fish have a preffered temperature of water that they will actively feed in. Find this area of temperture with fish present and you will greatly increase your chances of catching fish. Remember, fish are cold blooded. In water too cold, fish will be dormant,sluggish and will not feed. In water too warm, they will be seeking a more comfortable environment. So, an understanding of how different temperatures of water break up will help.
3 Bass Rigs You Really Ought to Learn!
Posted on August 9, 2011
Many of today's anglers all to often seem to have the enthusiasm to get themselves all psyched up for that big day of fishing the following day only to find themselves coming in at the end of the day with only one or two bass caught. They will spend the day, usually casting, re-rigging, running, loosing lures, etc., but most of all getting frustrated because the fish aren't cooperating. "Sound Familiar?" I, surly know this feeling and I'm sure that any angler reading this article has had the same feeling at some point and time.
Bass Fishing: Tidal Water and How to Fish Them
Posted on August 9, 2011
Tidal Water and How to Fish Them
It is the most popular questions from pro’s and weekend anglers alike when faced with tidal rivers. What are tides… how does it affect the fish… and how do I fish it?
First I’ll put on a teacher’s hat and explain what tide is, what causes tidal movement, and some other definitions…. So bear with me
Fishing Tactics: Getting Over the Hump
Posted on August 8, 2011
Part of my USMC background was training men to do most anything, from being a gunner on an M1 Tank, to Weapons Marksmanship and everything in between. One of the things I have learned over the years is that if you want to be consistently successful in any sport, there are basic skills that must be mastered. Physical ability alone will only take you so far and it may even raise you to a higher level within a sport but it will not ever replace, nor will it help you in becoming consistently successful.A football team may have the fastest wide receiver in the entire world but if he can’t catch the ball when it’s thrown to him what good is he?
Bass Fishing: Staging & Pre-spawn Bass
Posted on August 8, 2011
I am going to discuss Staging bass but before I do you need to remember this about bass and where they live. Bass live year round in three different water columns. As an example; Shallow 0 to 10 feet, Med 10 to 20, Deep 20 to 40, and Very Deep 40 to 60. When bass start to migrate to their spawning areas expect them to move along those depth lines.Bass that live deep and very deep will move shallow (vertical) in stages and will follow some sort of path way IE; creek channel, a road bed, stump line, a channel point etc. As a bass moves from main lake headed to the back of the creek it will move in stages following the creek channel, a break line, etc stopping on points, channel bends, a hump (large or small), or maybe a sunken brush pile.
Understanding How to Read Your Fishfinder & Sonar Readings
Posted on August 8, 2011
Lowrance has put together quite possibly one of the best guides to understand your fish finder/sonar readings and how to make sense of it all. What do the arches really display and how to understand feeding/moving fish versus still fish. If you plan to be successful with your time on the water than you dont want to miss reading this article.
Co-Angler Tactics – It’s All in Your Head
Posted on August 8, 2011
So you’ve just finished up the pairing meeting, met your boater for the next day, decided on a meeting spot, and hopefully got a few tips on the type of fishing your going to do tomorrow. (I always like to ask if we’ll be throwing a carolina rig). This is also a good time to ask if at all possible to pull the back seat out for the next day. Space is already limited and that is one less thing to get hung up on. I realize for some, standing for 8 hours straight is grueling, but at this point, thankfully, my health allows me to do it.
Fishing Tournaments: Keys to Time Management
Posted on August 8, 2011
Time management in tournaments: The three most important things you can do to maximize your time during a tournament would be to stay focused on your pattern, keep your lure in the strike zone as long as possible, and choose the right lure for the job. If you want to take time management to the pro level then there are a lot more things that would have to be discussed. I have listed several time saving ideas that will save you time and are easy to do.
