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Basic Guide On Lake Fishing
For many years, lake fish have been classified under three general heads: game fish, food fish, and forage or bait fish.
The bass, trout, pike, pickerel, muskellunge, pike perch, etc., have been generally known as game fish because of their sporting value.
On the other hand, carp, suckers, some of the catfish, yellow perch, etc., have been considered as food fish. While this latter group has not been considered as furnishing the sport that the so-called game fish do, nevertheless, it has a real economic and recreational value.
Generally speaking, in lake fishing, words are really inadequate when it comes to describing the correct procedure in casting. The best way to learn how to cast is to go down to the beach, watch an expert at work, and try to do likewise.
Nevertheless, lake fishing can really be fun and the novice will quickly master the correct form in lake fishing. Therefore, to further harness their craft, here are some tips that could help the anglers on their lake fishing activity.
1. In lake fishing, as with other forms of fishing, a smooth, snappy stroke is required but not as snappy as when snapping a whip. This type of stroke will cause the loss of many flies.
2. Anglers should remember that it is the line that is cast, not the fly. The fly is but a passenger, which is attached to the leader.
3. Proper timing is an important factor on both the backcast and forward cast.
4. Know the fish habitat and the kinds of fish that inhabit the lakes. Some of them are the sunfish, and the small mouth black bass.
These kinds of fish can usually be found hiding near some submerged log or stump, or among the plants.
5. When catching big fish in the lake, it is best to use big, sturdy rods. Big fish like the bass usually attain a weight of 12 pounds, which usually inhabits the lake or pond. The reason why they grow really big is that in lakes or ponds, the food is both abundant and very rich.
Hence, to handles these sizes, the ideal length and weight of the rod is 8 feet in length and from 4 to four and three quarters of an ounce in weight.
Indeed, the fundamental principles in lake fishing are not difficult to master and with little patience and practice, the novice can become a successful angler in the lake.
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Fishing For Flathead Catfish: What Makes Them Different?
Catfish fishing is an exciting experience for just about any angler, especially those that are new and fresh to the fishing experience. It has long held a place of happiness with many anglers as their favorites.
One of the first things that you will notice about catfish fishing is that there are many great species out there to enjoy fishing. We highly suggest giving any and all of them a try because each offers a new experience and provides you with a different method to catching them.
Before you start fishing for catfish, take the time to find out what type of catfish you have in the location you will be fishing. It pays to learn this so that you can tailor your bait, your fishing equipment and even your fishing line to those fish. Many people see a very large difference in the way these fish behave, others do not.
The main differences in catching flathead catfish is the flathead species of catfish are not always in the same locations you will find other species of catfish. Another difference is that flathead tend to live their whole lives near the same places. Spawning grounds and territorial habitat are often in the same small area of water.
This makes flathead catfish very territorial, and they will defend their home territory from any other fish including other flathead. This tendency to remain in one small location makes flathead cat aggressive biters, and makes them respond very well to live bait, since any other living creatures they very likely will view as interlopers, causing them to aggressively defend their territory. Flathead are even know to eat other catfish.
The best months to catch flathead are May through the earlier portion of the month of June and then the catch picks up once more in July all the way to September. Remember if the water temperatures are anywhere from about 58 to 75 degrees, you should find it easy to catch flathead, particularly if you remember to fish the bottom when or where the fish are out of direct sunlight.
Particularly if you are fishing for large flathead, it is always productive to capitalize on the fish being territorial by fishing with live bait such as smaller fish that inhabit their territory. Shad, carp, and other types of fish that would feed on the eggs of the flathead are good choices.
Another difference when fishing for flathead catfish is that flathead do not tend to get as large as some other species of catfish. Don’t let this make you think they will not give as good a fight, because the opposite is often true. These fish are ferocious, energetic fighters able to give any angler a respectable tousle.
Most fishermen tend to believe that nighttime is the very best time to catch catfish. Those accustomed to fishing for flathead cat will likely tell you different stories depending on which catfish angler you are speaking with and the areas in which they are accustomed to fishing. Some will tell you that, as is the case with most catfish, the best time to catch flathead cat is at night. Others will say it is during the daylight hours that flathead will be the most easily caught.
Fishing during the day is particularly productive for the months of May into the earliest part of June and in July all the way into September. Just remember, if you are fishing during the daylight hours, to fish the bottom of your fishing hole, paying particularly close attention to submerged structure, slow moving areas such as coves, and use live bait when it is at all possible.
Dan Eggertsen is a fishing researcher and enthusiast who is committed to providing the best catfish fishing information possible. Get more information on fishing for flathead catfish here: http://www.askcatfishfishing.com
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Its Alive ? Amazing Carp and Catfish Active Enzyme Baits and Flavours
The awesome ‘fish-pulling power’ of fishing baits that are ‘active’ is truly amazing!
This is a fact that many ‘secret squirrel’ type fishing bait makers and designers will not tell you too much about! But I will – I’m good like that!
I’m a professionally trained horticultural grower and you may wonder what the heck a plant science background has to do with making and enhancing very top performing fishing baits!
OK let’s see: for example, catfish and carp stimulatory betaine, fish essential and non- essential amino acids, fish essential omega oils, essential oils, active enzymes. Countless fish stimulatory and volatile compounds and components.
From lecithins, fats, carbohydrates and protein ingredients, grits and corn to soya, wheatgerm and important effects of these. To fish stimulatory carotenoids, as in the famous ‘Robin Red’ bait ingredient, alkaloids; phenols in flavours, spices, herbs, biofavonoids in fruit oils. Their fish essential and attractant vitamins and minerals etc, etc!
This said – how many of the most powerfully effective drugs effective in animals in the world are plant derived? The latest relevant headline I saw in the paper was “Chilli peppers kill cancer tumours!” It’s interesting that these peppers seriously stimulate the ‘long range’ carp ‘motile’ and protein feeding response…
In fact most of the best fishing flavours have a lot in common with a very famous headache cure and heart attack preventative. This all proves that certain plant ‘active’ and ‘volatile’ ingredients and components are exceptional for putting more fish in your net, when used in baits – as we shall see!
But the practical question is: “Are your homemade fishing baits and readymades ‘dead or alive’ and just how many fish are YOU missing out on as a direct result??!
Many readymades and homemade baits are pretty much innately ‘dead’ when it comes to stimulating fish effectively!
It’s just like the marketing old trick used in carton packaged or canned orange or pineapple juice implying that it’s really great for you and ‘just like the fresh juice!’
What is faulty about this idea is it is simply not true, because the fresh juice is ‘literally alive’ with very highly beneficial active enzymes, which the stored juice has ‘lost’ in being preserved.
You will really notice the difference on your tongue when you eat a fresh pineapple or orange. I’d always add pineapple juice if I wanted to include a synthetic ‘pineapple’ flavour in a carp bait, that’s for sure!
The same effect is felt when eating spices, such as in curry powder, nutmeg, turmeric, cinnamon, chillies and black peppers, even many herbs like celery, garlic, onion, and familiar red and blue fruits like cranberry, blueberry, raspberry and strawberry and so on. Strangely familiar carp attractors and stimulators too!
When you eat a blueberry or strawberry, what is it that stimulates you to eat another one – it can’t contain much nutrition can it; it’s not packed with protein?! Maybe there’s some ‘active’ components and effects at work on your brain!
Perhaps you can leverage such a principle to catch more fish – or even just to get a ‘take’ when times are hard and in ‘unfavourable’ temperatures and air pressure conditions.
The components doing the ‘tingling sensations’ on your tongue are natural ‘volatile components’ and active enzymes, oils components, antioxidants, and powerful acids etc. For example, the multi-use food digesting enzyme ‘bromelain’ is found in pineapple, while ‘bio-active flavonoids’ are especially found in the citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, lime etc. Many winter baits are steeped in ‘bioactive’ ingredients flavours and additives with good reason!
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Lake Fishing Adventure – How To Make It A Fun Experience
Lake fish have categories that are divided into three general groups: food fish, game fish and bait or forage fish. These classifications of lake fish have already been used for a long time. The kinds of fish that belong to food fish are suckers, carps, yellow perch, some species of catfish and more. In the game fish group, the species included were trout, pickerel, pike perch, pickerel, pike, bass, etc. They were characterized as such because of their sporting value. Bair or forage fish do not offer the same application as game fish; they also have their own recreational and economic value.
The description of proper technique for casting in lake fishing is hard to express by merely using words alone. In order to learn well, one should go to the lakeshore or beach and observe a skilled fisher and try to emulate him or her. Though the techniques of casting are hard to describe, the amateur fishers will still have a delightful experience. Here are some techniques that anglers could take note.
a. Research or study on the habitats of fish and the fish species living in lakes such as mouth black bass and sunfish. These fish species go into hiding in stumps logs, or in water plants.
b. It is necessary for anglers to know how to execute an even, snappy stroke similar to other kinds of fishing. Yet, it should not be as brusque as snapping a whip. This kind of stroke can lead to loss of several flies.
c. In executing both forward cast and backcast, right timing should be taken into consideration.
d. In casting, the anglers should remember that it is not the fly which is cast but the line. The fly is connected to the leader, more like a passenger.
e. In fishing, it is better to use huge, strong rods, especially when the angler had caught a big fish. An example of a big fish that dwells in lakes is the bass which can weigh up to 12 pounds. Bass grow well in ponds or in lakes since they can get abundant food from lakes and ponds.
In order to handle big sizes of fishes, it is ideal to choose a rod with a length of 8.5 feet and a weight of 4 to 4.75 of an ounce.
With these tips and techniques on lake fishing, amateurs will not have a difficult time in learning how to be a skilled angler. Also, he or she has to put patience and effort in order to become a successful angler.
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