Braid or Fluorocarbon? Understanding Specialty Fishing Lines | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Choosing a fishing line isn't as easy as it used to be. Early in my career, there were two main choices - Berkley monofilament and Stren monofilament. Today there are dozens of options.
Anglers now have multiple choices in line materials, performance characteristics and even color. It gets confusing for old-timers like me, so I can only imagine how it must be for anglers just getting started."
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Spring Bass tips by Dan Wells
Spring Bass tips by Dan Wells: "As late winter turns to early spring bass began to feel the urge to full fill their primary need in nature, reproducing! Keeping in mind that bass must reproduce every year and understanding what they need to have a successful spawn are the best tools you can keep in your tackle box during the spring transition.
Largemouth’s optimal water temp for spawning is 63-70 degrees and the best bottom composition for them is a light sand/gravel bottom that can easily be swept clean. The first step is finding the good bottom that they will spawn on. Look in the back of coves, pockets and flats. Once you have found the right bottom you can start to track and anticipate the water temps as to when they will actually show up to do their thing and you can be one step ahead of them."
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Largemouth’s optimal water temp for spawning is 63-70 degrees and the best bottom composition for them is a light sand/gravel bottom that can easily be swept clean. The first step is finding the good bottom that they will spawn on. Look in the back of coves, pockets and flats. Once you have found the right bottom you can start to track and anticipate the water temps as to when they will actually show up to do their thing and you can be one step ahead of them."
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Spring bass fishing tips. Time to get ready | Illinois Fishing Reports - Hunting | HotSpotOutdoors - Fishing Reports & Hunting
Spring bass fishing tips. Time to get ready | Illinois Fishing Reports - Hunting | HotSpotOutdoors - Fishing Reports & Hunting: "Soon the ice will be leaving the lakes and ponds and it will be time to break out the bass gear. The bass are on the move and soon the big girls will be up on the beds while the males cruise the inside edges of the weeds."
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Crappie Fishing Tips That Can Work For You | Crappie Fishing
Crappie Fishing Tips That Can Work For You | Crappie Fishing: "Has crappie fishing been of some interest to you? Don’t worry; it’s really not that difficult.Crappie Fishing is a multidimensional activity that offers fun to people of any level of skill or experience.
Patience is one of the most important tool you can apply to crappie fishing.Don’t allow yourself to get irritated or you might end up losing your mind.
Many fishermen use light bobbers when crappie fishing during the night. Lighted bobbers have a small lightbulb inside to help you notice when fish are biting.
TIP! Casting close to the shore can help you catch more fish. Fish like shallow waters, as they’re easier to find food in, so you’re more likely to get a bite there as well.
Your hook must be very sharp to catch lots of fish. If your hook is not sharp, the fish won’t be attracted to your bait and you won’t be able to catch anything."
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Patience is one of the most important tool you can apply to crappie fishing.Don’t allow yourself to get irritated or you might end up losing your mind.
Many fishermen use light bobbers when crappie fishing during the night. Lighted bobbers have a small lightbulb inside to help you notice when fish are biting.
TIP! Casting close to the shore can help you catch more fish. Fish like shallow waters, as they’re easier to find food in, so you’re more likely to get a bite there as well.
Your hook must be very sharp to catch lots of fish. If your hook is not sharp, the fish won’t be attracted to your bait and you won’t be able to catch anything."
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Crappie Fishing Tips That Will Make The Fish Jump In Your Boat | Crappie Fishing
Crappie Fishing Tips That Will Make The Fish Jump In Your Boat | Crappie Fishing: "Crappie Fishing can be both a relaxing and challenging activity.This article is filled with crappie fishing advice for people of all you need to know to improve your skills and catch more fish.
Make sure the weight capacity so that you are being safe out on the water.
You should use sinkers if you are crappie fishing in the winter. The amount and size of the sinkers that are placed on the depths of the water."
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Make sure the weight capacity so that you are being safe out on the water.
You should use sinkers if you are crappie fishing in the winter. The amount and size of the sinkers that are placed on the depths of the water."
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How to Fish Your Way Around Cold Water Jerkbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC
How to Fish Your Way Around Cold Water Jerkbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Bassmaster Magazine recently featured another illustrious “Day on the Lake” article by Don Wirth in which likeable razorback pro Mike McClelland provided an excellent education on how to lure slow moving bass from 48-degree water with his suspending McStick jerkbait.
There’s no doubt suspending stickbaits have accounted for tens-of-thousands of tournament winnings when water surface temps are in the 40s throughout America’s heartland. And McClelland has certainly sacked up his fair share of coin on the slow moving shad imitators.
McClelland suspects that the inability for most guys to remain patient, in order to pause for as long as 30 to 45 seconds between the twitches of the lure once it’s reached its suspending depth, is the reason many anglers lack success with them."
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There’s no doubt suspending stickbaits have accounted for tens-of-thousands of tournament winnings when water surface temps are in the 40s throughout America’s heartland. And McClelland has certainly sacked up his fair share of coin on the slow moving shad imitators.
McClelland suspects that the inability for most guys to remain patient, in order to pause for as long as 30 to 45 seconds between the twitches of the lure once it’s reached its suspending depth, is the reason many anglers lack success with them."
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Cross column: Fishing season ends, winter season doesn't » Sports » The Free Press, Mankato, MN
Cross column: Fishing season ends, winter season doesn't » Sports » The Free Press, Mankato, MN: "Lordy, but it’s been a long, long winter.
And by the looks of the forecast, it’s not ending anytime soon.
Piling insult on to injury, more sub-zero temperatures are predicted on the heels of this latest storm.
(And yes, I would like a glass for this whine — and make it a tall one, thank you.)"
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And by the looks of the forecast, it’s not ending anytime soon.
Piling insult on to injury, more sub-zero temperatures are predicted on the heels of this latest storm.
(And yes, I would like a glass for this whine — and make it a tall one, thank you.)"
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Classic Decisions | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC
Classic Decisions | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "I’ve often been told that strategies professional anglers use to win major bass tournaments aren’t applicable to weekend fun fishing.
Phooey!
There are, of course, a few differences, but essentially we’re all trying to find and catch fish in a limited amount of time and under ever-changing conditions and circumstances.
Have you ever gone fishing only to realize afterward you squandered fishing time and made poor decisions that kept you from being more successful?"
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Phooey!
There are, of course, a few differences, but essentially we’re all trying to find and catch fish in a limited amount of time and under ever-changing conditions and circumstances.
Have you ever gone fishing only to realize afterward you squandered fishing time and made poor decisions that kept you from being more successful?"
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