| 1236. |
Ice Fishing for Bass Ice Fishing
When ice fishing for bass, try a 2in. bluegill attached to a stinger treble. Hook the bluegill through the tail. Cast toward brush or weed beds. Leave set and check often.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1237. |
Ice Fishing for Gar Ice Fishing
During the winter months, gar can be caught only on live bait. Use a minnow on a #4 stinger treble hook.
LBF Member: gar man
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| 1238. |
Spotted and Shortnose Gar Freshwater
The best lure for these fish is the lambo lure spinner. It is the only lure made specifically for these fish.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1239. |
Fishing on a hot day General Fishing
On a hot day when fish aren't biting, try a yellow or neon green rooster tail in weed beds.
LBF Member: gar man
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| 1240. |
Using Cut Bait for Catfish Freshwater
When using cut bait, use a small or large circle hook depending on size of fish you wish to catch.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1241. |
Fly Fishing for Gar Fly Fishing
The best fly color for gar is orange or white.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1242. |
Catch More Bass Bass Fishing
When reeling your lures try these retreives in this order: slow reel, stop, fast reel, jerk, stop. Continuing this will help you catch more and bigger bass.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1243. |
What Lures to use for Gar. Freshwater
The right lure is important to catching any fish. For gar, try the following: spinners, roostertails, and any other lures that resembles a fish. Preferably top water lures or shallow diving lures.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1244. |
catfishing Freshwater
Attach a 4 to 6 in. shiner through the eyes or lips. Cast to a spot where you suspect catfish lay, let it sit. When fish take it, don't set right away. Wait until the second or third strike to set the hook[s].
LBF Member: garman
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| 1245. |
Fishing for longnose gar Freshwater
When fishing for longnoser gar, hold your rod tip high. When gar take it, put your rod tip down and open the bail. Let them run for a minute or so, reel up the slack and set the hooks.
LBF Member: garman
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| 1246. |
Rooster Tails in Hot Weather Freshwater
I have found that on hot humid days when fish don't bite well, try a 1/32 oz split shot on the top of the trebble hook on your favorite rooster tail. It will help it dive a little deep and bounce off logs and rocks a little better and produce slightly bigger fish on hot days. Don't forget to add your favorate bass scent to the lure.
LBF Member: crossfire
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| 1247. |
Catch Em' All! Freshwater
If the bass won't bite, try throwing a 1/8th ounce spinner, prefferably chartreuse colored. Not only will you catch more bass, but you'll also get other sunfish as well.
-Great if your not trying to be totally species specific and just want to catch some fish!
LBF Member: wmcj
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| 1248. |
Summer Bass Technique Bass Fishing
When the temperature gets hot in the summer (90+ degrees) try throwing a smaller spinner (I prefer a 1/8th ounce Rooster Tail) to catch some bass. You won't catch the bigger, deep water fish, but this works quite well for bank or shallow water fishing. This technique has saved many otherwise fishless days for me! -Hope it helps!
LBF Member: wmcj
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| 1249. |
Knowing the Weather Boating
Pay close attention to the TV weathercast and listen to detailed marine weather forecasts on NOAA Weather Radio. Take note of small boat cautionary statements, Small Craft Advisories, or Gale or Storm Warnings in the forecasts. The Advisories and Warnings (see definitions) alert mariners to higher winds and waves either occurring now or forecast to occur up to 24 hours from now. Advisories and Warnings for conditions expected later give mariners time to take action to protect life and property.
LBF Member: kdhobbies
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| 1250. |
More action for your hard jerkbait Bass Fishing
When I fish jerkbaits during the summer time, and there are fish, but they aren't biting, I will often take off the rear hook of my lure and tie about a 15 inch leader with my favorite soft plastic jerkbait, or straight tailed worm at the end of it. The extra lure adds attraction, and sortof represents a school of fish, instead of one swimming by itself.
LBF Member: fishesandguitars
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| 1251. |
No more memory General Fishing
Tired of having those tightly wound memory loops on your spinning reels? There is a simple solution. Just place your spool into a cup of hot water(NOT BOILING) and let soak until the water cools and your loops are gone.
LBF Member: BROOKIECOVE
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| 1252. |
drop-shoting Bass Fishing
Picked this idea up from Don Iovino:
when tying your dropshot, tie a loop on the end of tag end BELOW the weight. Slip loop over end of the rod handle when running across lake to prevent line from getting tangled up with other rods.
LBF Member: randyman
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| 1253. |
Low Water Steelhead Fishing Fly Fishing
Low clear water in the winter can make steelheading tough. To get fish under these conditions you have to fish much smaller and lighter gear than you normally would at this time of year. Try 6 or 8 LB leaders with single eggs or size 14 Spin n Glo's to entice the steelhead into striking.
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| 1254. |
Winter Storing Fly Line Fly Fishing
Many fly anglers put away their gear for the winter without properly storing expensive fly lines. Rather than leaving your line tightly wound onto the reel, it's best to remove the line and store it in larger loops off of the reel. And a good application of line cleaner certainly wouldn't hurt your line's performance.
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| 1255. |
Catching Fat Trout Fly Fishing
When the salmon enter the river to spawn, opportunistic trout will migrate to the spawning beds to eat and fatten up for the winter on salmon eggs. You can get some great trout action by searching for large schools of salmon on their beds, and then fishing a salmon egg lure just downstream of the spawning pairs.
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| 1256. |
Fllow the Leader Fly Fishing
After you catch a fish, always, always, always check your leader for tooth marks or scratches. It's amazing how you always seem to hook and lose that big mother of a fish to a broken leader, that probably wouldn't have broken if you had noticed the small scratches left during a battle with a previous fish.
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| 1257. |
Perch Lure/Bait Tip Freshwater
For more action (greater numbers) of summer Perch, use an in-line spinner with a gold or silver blade with a long-shank gold hook. Tip with a piece of soft-shell claw or a spike. Fish deep and reel in slowly.
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| 1258. |
Keeping Soft Line General Fishing
Change your fishing line at least once a year. If it’s stiff and coiled, put the spool in a zip lock baggie filled with warm water. By the time you get to the fishing hole, the line will be soft and should cast more easily.
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| 1259. |
Line From Frezing Ice Fishing
When fishing in cold weather and you want to keep your guides from freezing; spray them with PAM cooking oil.
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| 1260. |
Coho Lure Tip Freshwater
Crankbaits are hot for spring Coho. Try Wiggle Warts, Hot’N Tots, Rapala and Berkeley Frenzy shallow runner in silver plate or fluorescent colors. Stay shallow; the fish are in the top five feet of water.
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| 1261. |
All Around Lure Freshwater
1/32 jig head with a one-to-two-inch plastic lure in chartreuse, white or pink. This will catch bluegill, crappie, smallmouth bass, steelies, browns and just about everything else.
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| 1262. |
Flounder Bayfishing Saltwater
Hook live minnows through the lips, or shiners through the eyes. Add a thin strip of tapered squid beside either one of these baits for extra added attraction.
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| 1263. |
Best Surf Fishing Times Saltwater
Some of your best surf fishing is early in the morning and right before dark.
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| 1264. |
Deodorize New Flies Fly Fishing
A new subsurface fly will catch more fish if the human and chemical smells are deodorized by rubbing it with underwater plants or muck.
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| 1265. |
Get Bonus Strikes Fly Fishing
At the end of a natural drift with a nymph, soft hackle or dry fly, allow your fly to swing around and hang in the current for 30 seconds … this often brings a bonus strike.
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| 1266. |
Sneeking up on fish Fly Fishing
Fish detect your presence as much or more by hearing than by seeing you, so walk or wade slowly and softly, and wear soles that don't emit harsh sounds against gravel and rock bottoms if possible.
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| 1267. |
Fly Tying Stronger Flies Fly Fishing
To tie neater and stronger flies, use the smallest practical tying thread, as few wraps as possible and apply only small amounts of cement to the hook materials and thread connections.
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| 1268. |
Protect Againest Bugs General Fishing
To discourage biting insects avoid wearing clothing that is black, navy blue, yellow, red or white because these colors can attract mosquitoes, black flies, deerflies and gnats.
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| 1269. |
Finding Pre-Spawning Bass Bass Fishing
In Spring and early Summer, look for Bass in "staging areas", or areas where they are likely to hold for a while before moving to their bedding locations. These "staging areas" are often secondary points in bays, creeks,or ditches and depressions on flats.
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| 1270. |
Casting Your Shadow: Bass Fishing
Try to fish with the sun in your face, to avoid casting your shadow where you fish. If the sun is on your back it will cast your shadow towards the bass. The bass will perceive your shadow as an impending prey such as an eagle, ospry or angler. Decrease all possible opportunities to alert the fish.
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| 1271. |
Casting Quietly Bass Fishing
Cast your lure with a quiet entry to decrease noise. The more natural you can enter the bass environment the better your chances. If you can't make a quiet entry when casting, cast 10-15 feet past your target area, then reel back to your target.
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| 1272. |
Fishing In Cover Bass Fishing
In cover bass will position themselves on the back side of the current to ambush your bait/lure when it swims by. On sunny days always cast to the shady side of cover first, (rocks, stumps, bushes etc..). Bass will use the shade as cover/ambush because they don't have eye lids , they can't blink so they use the shade as protection.
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| 1273. |
Currents and Wind General Fishing
When fishing on a windy day and you have a flowing current cast your lure up current or into the wind. The bass will position themselves, so that the wind or current will push the bait fish towards them.
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| 1274. |
The Color of Fishing General Fishing
Fish biologists have proven that fish are color indifferent. But when fishing a lure, use bright colors on a sunny day and dark colors on a cloudy day.
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| 1275. |
Anchoring over a Structure Saltwater
When anchoring your boat over structure such as a wreck, there is a simple procedure for positioning your boat property on the first attempt. When marking the wreck with a marker, simply tie a 3-foot to 6-foot line from the buoy to a smaller float. By having two markers tied together, it will show you the direction that the wind and tide are going to hold you. Just line up the two markers off your stern, and drop your bow anchor, and the wind and tide will do the rest.
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| 1276. |
Tuna Fishing Saltwater
When chunking for tuna begins, trolling slows down to almost nothing. It is easier for tuna to feed up a tuna slick than to run after a trolled lure. If you were a fish, which dinner table would you go to?
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| 1277. |
Safe Boating Boating
Before you leave on a boating trip, file a "float plan" by simply telling someone where you are going and when you will return. If you run into trouble, it will assist authorities in searching for you.
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| 1278. |
Cast even farther General Fishing
To make your rod cast even farther, apply a liquid car wax to all of the insides of the rod guides, wait for the wax to dry, and then buff off the excess. It puts a nice slippery finish on the guides, which increases your rods castability.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1279. |
Spring Walleye Tip Freshwater
Carolina Rigs aren't just for Bass. When fishing walleyes in the Spring, in rivers, instead of tying on a bass hook, use a #1 Octopus style hook with a live minnow, and slowly jerk it along the bottom to entice strikes from walleyes.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1280. |
Pre-Rig Swivel Tip Freshwater
Pre-Rig worms spin better and without line twist, with a high quality ball bearing swivel like those made by Sampo.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1281. |
Pre-Rig Tip Bass Fishing
After you catch many bass on a Pre-Rig worm, they get beat up and don't spin as well as a new one. So to get a couple extra fish off of that "last leg" Pre-Rig, simply place the worm and pinch the worm, in the top of a tackle box cover, and close the box. This will make the worm pinched in a bent position and spin more freely, just like a new one.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1282. |
Carolina Rigging Tip Bass Fishing
Instead of using a toothpick as a stopper in a Carolina Rig, simply pinch on a tiny split shot and use it as a stopper. It's easier to move along your line, to adjust the length of your leader.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1283. |
Extra Spinnerbait Action Bass Fishing
When using a spinnerbait for bass, slide on a plastic twister tail to the hook, to give it even more action that Bass cannot resist.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1284. |
Increase Walleye Hits Freshwater
For short hitting walleyes when jigging, use a stinger hook and let it dangle free to increase your odds of hooking short hitting fish.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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| 1285. |
Boober Knots Freshwater
Carry a small spool of Dacron line in your tackle box. It makes great slip bobber knots when you run out of the original pre-tied knots.
LBF Member: Bill Lodi
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