As a little boy, your father probably took you on a few fishing trips. He might have taught you the basics of fishing such as setting the bait and knowing when to reel in the line. All this is certainly a huge adventure to a young boy but now that you are grown up, it is time to take your fishing experience to a whole new level.
If you have become bored with fishing at the usual lakes and rivers that you've always gone to with your friends, it would be a good idea to start learning ...
One of the best ways of catching a fish is by using an artificial lure. Some lures on the market today claim to be so good at catching the big one, it is illegal to use in some fishing tournaments. The type of lure that is growing in popularity is the wooden freshwater fishing lure.
These fishing lures can be found in just about any department store and can be found on web sites dedicated to fishing and sporting equipment. The prices vary, depending on the brand and size of the lure. Th ...
Winter pike fishing can be an interesting angling experience because the lake environment during this time of year is very quiet and stable. Also, the locations of Northerns within a lake can differ from their normal locales during the more active summer months.
A lot of times in the summer and fall, pike will lurk in shallow, weedy areas. However, once the winter season starts, they will descend toward the lake bottoms. This is especially important for females, whose eggs will best thr ...
Are you a bass fisherman? If so then you undoubtedly know that shad are a food staple for bass in many waterways. For this reason shad fishing lures are a popular lure choice for many bass fishermen. So what is the perfect shad imitation? There are many choices available when it comes to a shad imitation, but in my view there are two main choices.
These 2 shad fishing lures (or types of fishing lures) are the main two varieties when it comes to baits that mimic shad, and is what this ar ...
Walleye fish are great night stalkers. Hence their names and naming. It's no accident that the word and phrase "eye" works into every known variation of the Walleyes nomenclature and great fishing legends.
Indeed many Walleye fisherman look for those great iridescent cats like eyes in the nighttime fishing waters.
Much of what might be called the Walleye fish's legends and seemingly mysterious, spooky, sets of behaviors can well be explained to great detail by their most ...
One of the most prevalent bait fish in many bass waters is the shad, and for that reason shad are also a major food source for bass. Both large and smallmouth bass feed on shad, but shad are probably best known as a largemouth bass bait. In any case, any serious bass angler needs to have effective shad imitations as a part of their bass fishing arsenal.
In this article I will outline a few of the most effective bass fishing lures that mimic live shad. This is the key to any effective fi ...
Walleyes can be a difficult fish to catch. They are finicky eaters, and they will shy away from your bait if they can sense any sort of unnatural tension or resistance on your fishing line. Fishing for them takes patience and a foolproof walleye fishing lure rig. Slip-sinkers are a great way to set up your line because they keep your bait deep in the water, where these fish are usually found. Your line moves easily through the eye of the sinker, so if you get a bite, the fish will not feel re ...
Walleyes have some unique features and habits about them that definitely make them stand out from other fish. In order to successfully catch these fish, it is necessary to have a good understanding of what makes this type of fish different from all the others.
The walleye's most unique physical feature is its eyes. They are incredibly dark and glassy, and are light sensitive. There is a pigment on their eyes called tapetum lucidum that aids them in seeing in dark conditions. While ...
Rapala lures have been around since the 1930s with the very first lure being made of cork. These lures have become much more sophisticated over the years and some come equipped with sound, some with vibration, and others with a wiggle and wobble action that is sure to tempt even the most discriminating fish.
These are one of the most realistic looking lures you can buy. An ingenious fisherman created the first lures in the 1930s. After observing the habits of fish in the waters of Finla ...
As winter bears down on us like a runaway freight train the serious bass angler is going to have no choice but to engage in a little bit of winter bass fishing. In this article I will discuss 3 effective cold weather bass lures that are effective in the winter months. It's no secret that the winter months are some of the toughest times of the year for catching bass. When the water temperatures fall below fifty degrees the fishing can become extremely difficult.
One of the big thing ...
