How to Catch Catfish – 5 Tips For Catching Catfish
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.
Cobia Recipes
Cobia is a great game fish on rod and reel and even better when properly prepared and grilled. There are many different way to cook cobia and we hope that you like a few of these cobia recipes. These cobia receipes are for chefs of all skills, and as always, we recomend using fresh fillets, though quality frozen fillets work as well.
Bass Fishing Tip: Night Bass Fishing Secrets
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 1960s, when artificial lures were created. However, there are more people fishing for bass at night than ever now because of the facilities that are available.
Maintaining Bait Tanks & Bait Tank Basics
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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. At best the corners become wasted space unused by the fish, at worst the fish become trapped in the corners and suffer as a result.
Reading Thermoclines & Fishing Them
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,
3 Bass Rigs You Really Ought to Learn!
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.
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Bass Fishing: Tidal Water and How to Fish Them
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
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.
Bass Fishing: Staging & Pre-spawn Bass
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.
Understanding How to Read Your Fishfinder & Sonar Readings
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.
What are the sonar images really showing?
