3 Tips To Make Fishing Lures At Home

During non fishing days because of bad weather, the anglers who are always ready to learn something new, could find it interesting to sit at home and make lures of different types. It is not a difficult task to make fishing lures if you have patience and a little bit of creativity. You could make these lures at home with resources that are around the house and if you have to procure some of the materials they are not expensive at all.




1. Some ideas on how to make lures:
Spoons: As you can make out from the name itself are lures that can be made from spoons of different shapes and sizes. You could try buying second hand spoons of different sizes from a second hand shop and you would have a sizable collection. With a propane torch or hand torch the metal part of the spoon should be heated and with a pair of cutting pliers or hammer, flatten it out and until you have a consistent shape. Once this cools you can cut the handle off from the spoon. With a small sized bit of drill, bore a hole in the handle on the top end and bottom end of the spoon that has been shaped. Connect a hook to the lower hole and a swivel and leader to the top hole. You could either paint the spoon any colour or leave it unpainted too, in fact you can make whatever design or colour you want on the spoon.

2. Methods of making Minnows and Crank baits
You need a piece of plank or of doweling to make minnows or Crank baits. Outline a design with your most preferred crankbait body, or on the other hand you could just be imaginative. The idea is to maintain the shape of the crankbait body symmetrical on both sides to make it cut through the water with the right movement.

3. The tools to make lures at home
The tools that you would need to make lures at home are a small hand or skill saw, a wood file, a swivel, some hooks, epoxy glue and sand paper. Position the dowel flat and cut the required span of the body. Draw a centre line down the "back" of the body and on the wood, you will be able to maintain the balance and keep the shape too in this way. The fish shape should be tapering so begin sand papering the contour from the center point. Bore two or more small holes in the middle line of the front and put in the treble hook in the hole at the back and in the hole at the front put a weight, after the shape is smoothened to the right form. Glue it in with epoxy glue into both the holes and let it set completely. If you want to create a rim on the crankbait, slash a niche in the bottom front of the lure and put in a commercial rim using the glue. You could if you want connect a tail and a swivel too.

Once you are through you could paint the crankbait with your lucky or favorite colors. You could gather the kids to get involved in this activity of making fishing lures or have the adults in it too. Even if the kids do find it a bit difficult to do this they will still enjoy the whole experience and like the idea of being drawn in, in the final part of painting the lures.

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Need Cheap Fishing Lures? It's Easy to Make Them Yourself!

It is very easy to empty your wallet when you prepare for a fishing trip. To catch the perfect fish you need the perfect lure and, unfortunately, store-made lures are pricey. It can be enough to discourage the most enthusiastic fisherman. Perhaps you may ask, "What is the best way to get fishing lures for decent prices?" The answer is surprisingly simple: make them yourself!
Making your own fishing lures allows you the freedom and creativity to design them as you wish AND it is a great money saver. There are ample tutoring videos over the Internet, some of the materials needed to make the lures can be found around the home, and with the right molds you can be snagging bigger and better fish with fewer lures! Here are a few tips on making good, convincing lures that will snag the right kind of fish:

1. Choose the right size. Fish do not chew their food. Doing so would cause suffocation since it interferes with their gills. Instead, they swallow their food whole by grabbing, tearing it into smaller pieces, if necessary, then swallowing. It is not always the larger bait that snags the fish; it is the bait they can swallow whole with the hook.
2. Choose the right shape. Some shapes and types of bait are more appealing to different types of fish. Worms may be more attractive to certain types of fish and shad may appeal more to others. Know the fish you are going for and what they typically hunt and what looks good to them.
3. Choose the right "color." Most fish are actually colorblind, but that does not mean they cannot discern different color shades. Most of all, fish are attracted to reflected light so lures made with glittery material fare better as well as lures that are made to look realistic. But what makes them appear more realistic?

Resin molds are the cheapest molds to make, since they can be made from materials found around the house. However, they can wear out quickly and they are difficult to clean after use. Plastic molds are the same, being cheap and reliable but lacking in detail. Aluminum molds, although seemingly pricey at first, are the best and cheapest buy, over all. Not only are they easy to clean, and virtually limitless in their number of uses, they also produce factory quality bait. With aluminum molds you can make realistic lures over and over again without fear of gunk building up. A great website for purchasing aluminum molds is http://www.basstackle.com where you'll find an incredible variety of molds for different lures, safe and reliable transactions, and other gear suited to your sport. Happy fishing!

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Making Fishing Lures With the Right Tackle Making Tools

Making fishing lures with the right tackle making tools makes learning the hobby of tackle making a lot of more fun. It's true for any job when you think about it right? Use the right tool for the right job carries within it a lot of wisdom. It reminds me of how I learned this lesson in a couple different ways both of which apply to fishing.

I used to be really cheap when it came to fishing. I would head out with the cheapest rod and reel going to try my luck at landing the big one. Only to find that I spent more time messing with my equipment then I did actual fishing. Most of the time was spent unraveling tangled line in a fishing reel mishap where by the end of the day you're cursing your shoddy equipment at stealing your opportunity for a great fishing trip. Sound familiar? I best it does, I quickly learned if I wanted to improve my fishing I needed quality equipment.
The other lesson actually pertains to the subject of this article about tackle making. Back when I was a boy I used to marvel at all the lures in my tackle box and thought I would take a stab at making fishing lures. Well my first early attempts at lure making were disasters. Of course being just a young boy I didn't really have any tools nor did I know anything about tackle making but that never stops a young man at trying something he has his heart set on right?

My early wooden plugs were hand carved from some of my mothers broken broom handles and I painted them with my trusty car modeling tester paints. I remember the feeling of disappointment when I headed down to the water to try out my first wooden lure. It didn't wobble like any of my beautiful Rapala's and my paint job didn't last too long either. I think about 5 minutes into fishing the paint started peeling off and the lure landed up looking more like a wet soggy noodle then anything else.

Those 2 early lessons taught me a lot of using the right tool for the job and learning to make fishing lures is no different. Using the right tackle making tools will go along way for the beginner to turn out professional looking fishing lures. The good news is actually proper tackle making tools doesn't have to cost a lot of money. In fact a couple great tackle making books explain how you can make great tackle making tools with stuff most of us have lying around the house. Now that's good news for anyone looking to get started into this hobby.

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Making Wooden Fishing Lures - Are Eyes On Lures Important?

For those out there that make your own wooden fishing lures, the question is this:
"Does painting or glueing eyes on my wooden lures improve their fish catching ability?"
Everyone has their own opinion, but many seriously good lure makers argue that having prominent eyes on your wooden fishing lures will always improve catch rates. After all, fish strike at the head of baitfish, right? Fish home in on the eye, don't they?




There are definitely times when having eyes painted on your lures doesn't matter a bit.....
I consider myself a thinking angler, so I like to analyse my fishing situation and adapt. So, take the case of throwing high speed chrome lures at longtail tuna or other pelagic speedsters. Usually this style of fishing involves casting your offering in front of fast moving schools of fish that compete in packs. They don't look closely at a lure because there simply isn't time, they just smash it before the opportunity passes. Under these conditions a barrel sinker and hook cranked at full speed can be as effective as any lure and the size, shape, color or exact location of the eyes on a lure aren't important.
But, there are other times when a wooden lure with prominently painted eyes is critical to your catch rates!
Our local bass love to munch on glassfish, which are small local fish that is translucent olive in color but has prominent, silver eyes and gill covers. The eyes are often the most visible thing when these baitfish are schooling in numbers, and I custom make wooden lures that are small and olive green with big, silver eyes and gill covers. Well designed custom lures like this can work a treat when all bought lures fail to turn a scale.
Or another example: Trout and salmon feed can feed aggressively on glass eels at certain times of year. These are the transparent juvenile eels that are making their way back into fresh water after having hatched in the ocean and they can look like a big school of eyes swimming upstream! For these, I make wooden lures that are long, slender, drab colored and with prominent, oversized, eyes.
Or yet another example, this time from our estuaries. At certain times of the year black bream and sea trout feed exclusively on whitebait moving upstream from their marine nursery areas. These are slender, translucent silver fish with prominent silver eyes that are quite large for the size of the fish. Can you see a pattern emerging?
So is having large eyes on your wooden lures only important when the local baitfish have large eyes?
Good question! In my opinion it's about three things:

• the hunting habits of the fish species you are targeting,
• how much time they have to observe your wooden lure before deciding whether to take it
• whether eyes are one of the more prominent features of the local baitfish

What does all of this mean for those who make wooden lures? Well, to wrap all of this up, I can't think of a single instance when having eyes painted on your wooden lures will result in you catching less fish. But, I can think of instances where not having an eye could definitely hurt your chances of catching trophy fish. So, I'd advise putting eyes on all of your lures, and make them as big as you like!

Dr Greg Vinall has been hand crafting custom fishing lures for decades from both wood and plastic. Why? Because he's proven time and time again that custom fishing lures allow you to catch more fish, bigger fish and have a HUGE edge over competitors and fishing buddies who use off the shelf commercial lures.
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Making Wooden Fishing Lures - 5 Ways To Make Your Lures Catch More Fish

Wooden Lure Making: 5 Ways To Make Wooden Lures Extraordinarily Successful
So, you've made a few wooden fishing lures, huh?
And hopefully you've caught a few fish on them, right? Great!

Now if you are using a system that enables you to clone your wooden lures, you are in a strong position to tweak your creations until you have a boxful of killer lures that will out-fish anything you can buy in the shops.


Here are my top five tips for supercharging your homemade wooden fishing lures:

Tip #1: Vamp Up The Volume!

Adding some extra sound to your wooden lures is a straight forward thing to do and can greatly improve the ability of fish to find the lure, particularly in the hours of darkness, in strong currents or when the water isn't so clear.

You can make all kinds of rattles to go into your lures if you want, but the easiest way is to purchase pre-made rattles in the form of small glass tubes containing ball bearings. You'll find these in the soft plastic lures section of major fishing stores. Simply drill a hole of an appropriate size into the side of the lure, insert the rattle, fill the hole and paint as normal. Wha-la!

Rattles in wooden lures tend to be deadened a little by the wood, while rattles in hollow plastic lures are louder and sharper. I have a theory that the lower frequency sound made by wooden fishing lures is more natural to fish and gets better results.

Adding rattles sound doesn't work under every circumstance. If you are fishing in small, clear mountain creeks and lakes where fish are shy a rattle may actually cost you fish.

Tip#2: Supercharge The Stickiness!

What's a sticky wooden lure?

Ever pull a lure out of it's box and it's caught in your finger? Then it's caught in your shirt? Then your hat, a bush on the streambank, then back in your shirt? What do you suppose it will do when it's inhaled by a fish?

Choosing the right hooks can make a world of difference. Small, chemically sharpened varieties are great for fish with small bony mouths, larger heavy duty hooks are required to hold tough adversaries.

Match the hooks to the lure for best results, and don't be afraid to think outside the box, even if the result may look a little strange. For example, you may get a better action from your wooden lures by dropping down a hook size at the tail. Maybe you need heavy duty hooks for fishing around snags, but you're worried the weight will spoil the action of the lure? Consider using double hooks or snipping a point of each of your trebles to give you strength without weight. Think carefully about which point you snip off and you won't even notice a difference in hookup rates.

Tip#3: Match The Hatch!

If your target fish feed mainly on shad, don't make a bunch of long, sleek minnow style lures. You want your lures to be similar in size and shape to the shad the fish are eating. It may take a little research to find out the feeding habits of your local fish, plus you'll need to find some drawings or photographs of the baitfish so you can get an idea of shape. Google is a great friend here!

Have a look at the water you'll be fishing as this will give you some clues as to what shape and style of lure to make. Fat little baitfish generally live in slow flowing or stationary water. Long skinny fish are usually the most common bait in faster flowing water. Your wooden lures should match this profile.

Lots of wooden lures are brightly colored to take advantage of aggressive fish behaviour, but if fish are being selective you may want to have some lures in your box that have some similar colors to the baitfish. Don't feel they need to match the baitfish exactly, but if your local food species has a large black spot near it's tail, so should your lures!

Tip#4: Tweak the Trebles

Most wooden lure makers tend to fit their lures out with treble hooks, so have a good look at how they are aligned on your lure. Were you aware that treble hooks can be "left and right handed"? It's true!

Try this: take a couple of treble hooks and hold them so that the eye of one hook is in tight against the point at where the bends in the other hook all meet. Make sure both eyes are vertical. Now hold the two hooks up together and look at where the points are. Then, rotate the rear hook around 180 degrees. What do you notice?
When you attach hooks to your wooden lures you can increase the hookup rates by having the rear hook aligned so that its points travel different lines to the front hooks.

It takes 30 seconds to do, so go through your box now and fix every lure you have!

Tip#5: Boost The Bib

Try temporarily gluing bibs into some of your home made wooden lures using hot glue. I do this all the time because the bibs can usually be removed (without heat) by pushing gently but firmly sideways on them. Yet they stay in place long enough to test and develop the lures.

When I'm developing wooden lures I'll go fishing with a pocket full of pre cut bibs in different shapes and sizes, plus a file, a stick of hot glue and a lighter. Why? I can remove a bib from a test lure, try a different shape, trim one down and reshape it and generally experiment with bibs until I get one or more that give me the desired dive depth, swimming action and balance that works like magic on the fish.

Of course, once I've settled on a bib that works I'll glue it into my lures using something much stronger than hot glue!

So there you have it, five simple tricks that can take your wooden lure making to the next level! Good luck with your lure making, and remember: always keep experimenting. That's how new lures are created!

Dr Greg Vinall has been hand crafting custom fishing lures for decades from both wood and plastic. Why? Because he's proven time and time again that custom fishing lures allow you to catch more fish, bigger fish and have a HUGE edge over competitors and fishing buddies who use off the shelf commercial lures.

Greg now shares the substantial lure making skills and knowledge that he has amassed over this time through his web site and articles.

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Small River And Stream Fishing Tips

If you're anything like me, there are few things better than pulling on your waders for a fishing trip on a small river or stream. The sound of the water, the smell of the air, just being in the presence of Nature, I'm not sure what draws me to small river and stream fishing, but the point is I love it. In this article I'm going to outline some tips and techniques that will help you become much more successful when fishing in small rivers and streams.
The first thing to discuss is the clothing you wear. When fishing in and around small river and streams it's very important not to "stand out". The fish in these types of waterways are very cognizant of their surroundings and if they notice you, they are much less apt to bite. In fact, you can easily "spook" an entire area fairly easily which means that nothing will bite. For this reason, you want to make sure that you wear drab clothing that doesn't make you stick out like a sore thumb. When fishing in small river and/or streams, don't wear "loud" clothing.


The next thing to consider is you hands; yes I said your hands. Fish that swim in these types of waterways a also very aware of anything unnatural, which includes scents. If you have any unnatural scents on your hands, this will transfer to your bait/lure and fish such as trout will detect these scents and tend not to bite. This is why you should always make sure that your hands are free of any unnatural odors. This can be accomplished by grabbing a handful of grass or dirt and rubbing it into your hands every hour or so.

The next consideration is when you're fishing. There are times of the day, week, and month that are better than others for fishing. Making sure that you're on the water when the fish are the most active will make a big difference in your catch rates. To make sure that your fishing when the fish are the most active all that you have to do is pay attention to the weather and moon. The weather and moon hold the key to being on the water when the fish are the most active, there's no doubt about that.

A great technique when fishing in small rivers and streams is to allow a live worm to flow naturally with the current, bouncing along the bottom as it travels. If your worm is rigged on a set of gang hooks the results can be incredible. Gang hooks are the most natural way to present a live worm while fishing. When you start using gang hooks to present live worms, you will never again use a single hook. It just won't make sense any longer.

Begin employing one or all of these tips sooner, rather than later and you will start catching more fish. How am I so sure of this? Because I've personally been using every one of these tips with a great degree of success for more than 20 years, and I know how valuable they are.

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River Fishing Tips

In this article I'm going to outline some river fishing tips that will help almost anyone have more success. Many of these tips are for smaller rivers and streams, you know the size that you fish from the bank, however not all of them. Some of these tips are great for fishing any size river. The point is that these river fishing tips will help you catch more fish on your next outing.
Use all of them or pick and choose your favorites, the point is that these tips have been proven through more than twenty years of actual fishing experience. These aren't simply "theories" that haven't been proven by actual fishing. You're not going to find any magic formula in this article, just simple river fishing tips that will enable you to get more bites, and thus catch more fish.
Let's begin with when you go fishing. We all get a limited amount of time to spend on the water, so we need to maximize our time as much as we can. Did you realize that there are certain times that are better for fishing than others? Well there are, and the more you know about this phenomenon, the better. If you've ever had an epic day fishing, where it seemed as if no matter what you threw into the water resulted in you catching fish, it more than likely had to do with this phenomenon.

Specifically, you want to understand the weather and moon, and the ways these two factors impact fishing. The weather and moon hold the key to being on the water when fish are the most active, and being on the water when fish are active is a key to fishing success. Have you ever had one of those days when the fishing was simply incredible? This probably had to do with you being on the water when one or both of these factors were in your favor.

The next river fishing tip is for those of you who use live bait. If live bait is employed when river fishing, natural presentation is a key to success. In other words, we want our live bait to look as natural as possible. This is where gang hooks come into play. Gang hooks are the best way to present live bait in a natural and realistic manner. This is especially true when using live worms as bait. When a live worm is rigged on a set of gang hooks and allowed to flow naturally with the current of a river or steam, the results can be quite dramatic.

These simple, yet effective river fishing tips will enable anyone to catch more fish. Go out and give one or all of them a try, you won't be disappointed. To me, standing in a flowing river, attempting to catch a fish or two is as good as it gets, and these tips will simply help you hook up more often. And we're all interested in hooking up as much as we can, right?

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How to Fish a River - River Fishing Tips

In this article I'm going to provide you with some extremely effective river fishing tips to make you a more effective angler. If you've ever wanted to know how to fish a river this article is a great place to start. More than twenty years ago I was taught how to fish a river from someone I've always considered to be a river fishing master. Before he passed on, this man was able to hook and land trophy fish out of heavily fished small rivers in central Pennsylvania with a great degree of regularity.



These tips come directly from some of the tips and techniques that this man used to employ. I've been using them to may advantage for a couple of decades, and now you'll be able to do the same. As you will see, these tips aren't complicated; in fact they are quite simple. This is because simplicity in fishing is what my mentor believed in.
If you want to know how to fish a river these river tips should be added to your fishing arsenal sooner, rather than later.

1. Tread Lightly - In most instances (at least for me and my mentor before me) river fishing involves wading. This means that you want to tread lightly and make as little noise as you can. Avoid stepping on and breaking sticks, and rocks' banging together is a bad thing. Remember sounds travels great distances underwater and fish will become "spooked" if they are hearing sounds that are out of the ordinary. Tread lightly and watch your step so as not to make too many unnecessary sounds.
2. Be On The River At The Best Times - You need to be on the river fishing when the fish are the most active. This is accomplished by keeping an eye on two things; the weather and the moon. These two forces of Mother Nature impact the behavior of fish greatly and the more you understand and use this information to your advantage the better off you will be. When it comes to river fishing tips this one is one of the best. Being on the river at the best times is of the utmost importance.
3. Have A "Got To" Technique - You're go to technique could be spinners or jigs. You're go to technique could be to use live minnows or to use artificial flies. Whatever you're go to technique is, you need to have your favorite that you practice and become adept at. My mentor taught me my "go to" technique (which I still use twenty plus years later). It's the gang hook technique which utilizes gang hooks and live worms. My point is that if you want to know how to fish a river, decide on a favorite technique and then spend as much time as possible using it to learn all the nuances.

These river fishing tips will serve you well in your search to learn how to fish a river. River fishing is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable ways to catch fish and the more you do it, the more you will fall in love with it.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 25 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his five year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country.
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River Fishing Tips - Tips For Catching Fish In Cold Weather

As a person who has been fishing in rivers,especially small rivers that need to be waded to be fished effectively (mainly for trout or small mouth bass) it occurs to me that catching fish in cold weather can be a difficult proposition. In fact in many cases catching fish while river fishing during the months of December, January, and February can be so difficult that many anglers don't even bother to try. Fish can be caught while river fishing in cold weather, it's just the the rules are different than they are at other times of the year.


In this article I will discuss a few river fishing tips to help you catch more fish during the cold weather months of December, January, and February. The first of the river fishing tips to consider concerning fishing in cold weather is where the fish are located withing the river system itself. During warm months when the water temperatures are warmer, fish are found throughout the river system. Fish can be found in pools, runs, and riffles during months other than January, February, and March, whereas during the cold weather months fish tend to congregate together in the deepest pools within the river. The biggest mistake fishermen make when attempting to river fish in cold weather is fishing in the same area's that they catch fish during other times of the year. When the weather is cold concentrate your time on the deepest pools in the river and fish these pools very thoroughly.

The next tip for catching fish when the weather is cold is obvious, but is nonetheless an extremely valid tip. You always want to be prepared for the weather when fishing in cold weather, and depending on your favorite style of fishing the most important part of your body to keep warm is probably your hands. Nothing can ruin a perfectly good fishing trip like cold hands, which is where a quality pair of fishing gloves and/or glove liners comes in to play. Glove liners can act as "fingerless gloves" as well, which is nice for being able to feel your fishing line for tying knots or feeling for bites while fishing and then when the fishing is over you simply slip your warm gloves over your glove liners to keep your hands warm and toasty. Wearing a beanie style cap is also very helpful for keeping your whole body warm when fishing in cold weather and is something that every cold weather fisherman shouldn't be without, seeing as how ninety percent of your body heat escapes through your head when the temperatures are cold.

The next of the river fishing tips that I want to discuss in regards to fishing in cold weather is the size of the bait or lure that you use. In the cold weather months of January, February, and March water temperatures become extremely cold and because fish are cold blooded creatures, their metabolism slows down considerably. This means that the fish don't feed as often due to their slow metabolism and means that you want to downsize your baits when fishing in cold weather. For example rather than using an entire live worm as bait in cold weather just use a two inch section of a worm or rather than using a half ounce Rooster Tail use one that is 1/16 of an ounce and plan on "working harder" for each and every bite that you receive. In cold weather it is often necessary to put your offering literally in front of the fishes nose to get the fish to bite, which means that you usually have to make a lot more casts than you might be used to.

Keep these simple river fishing tips in mind the next time that you head out in search of fish when the temperatures are cold. They will not only help you to experience more success, they will help you be much more comfortable as well.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 25 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his five year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country.
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River Fishing Tips - Drifting Fishing For Trout

One of the best ways to catch trout in rivers and streams is to go drift fishing. For anyone who doesn't know what "drift fishing" is it is simply fishing by allowing your bait or lure to "drift" with the current of the river or stream that you are fishing in an attempt to catch fish. This technique is effective for most any species of fish that swims in a river and is one of the best river fishing tips that you will ever receive for river fishing for trout.


The first thing to consider when drift fishing for trout is the size of your rod, reel, and the line that said reel is spooled with. Both your rod and reel should be ultralight action. When it comes to your rod and river fishing tips, a great tip is to use different a longer rod the heavier the current is flowing. For example, when the river that your are fishing is flowing "normally" a five to five and a half foot ultralight rod is in order. When the current of the river that you are fishing is flowing "heavily" (such as in the spring) a longer ultralight rod is in order, say six to seven feet. The longer your fishing rod the more "feel" you will have as the current flow increases and your ability to "feel" in integral to drift fishing.
Next is your fishing line. Monofilament or fluorocarbon line that is either four or six pound test is the perfect size for drift fishing for trout. A key to drift fishing for trout is being able to visually see the line that is not underwater while the "drift" is taking place. This is why fishing line that is clear/blue in color is incredibly important to drift fishing. Clear/blue line is highly visible out of the water, yet is invisible to the fish beneath the water. Whatever brand of monofilament or fluorocarbon fishing line you choose to use, make sure that the color of the line is invisible under the water, while being visible to you above the water.

When you are drift fishing for trout (or any other fish species for that matter) you want to do it by standing in the current of the river itself and casting parallel to where you are standing. The bail on your reel is closed and the bait or lure is allowed to "drift" as the current takes the offering downstream. When the bait or lure is directly below where you are standing the "drift" is over and the offering is reeled in. This is "drift fishing" and with practice will probably become your favorite river fishing technique.

Drift fishing for trout is an excellent way to enjoy trout fishing and/or to catch a trout. The biggest key to the technique is practice. As you learn all the little nuances of drift fishing, such as adding and/or removing split shot sinkers to keep your offering near the bottom, you will become much more successful at it. Make drift fishing a part of your arsenal sooner rather than later.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 25 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his five year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country.
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The Best Bait For Smallmouth Bass

When it comes to fishing for smallmouth bass there are many different types of bait available. As a matter of fact there are thousands of different baits that can be used to catch smallmouth bass. In this article I'm going to explore some of the most effective baits to use when fishing for these bronze colored beauties.
The 'best bait' is most certainly hard to determine, and is largely up to personal preference, but the baits listed in this article are among the best and most effective baits that can be used to catch smallmouth bass. The final decision as to the best bait for smallmouth bass is up to you, and the only way to find out for yourself which is your favorite is to get out on the water and put these baits into practice.
So, let's get down to business, shall we?

1. Crawdads - Live and synthetic crawdads are arguably the most effective bait for smallmouth bass. As an angler there are two choices: Use lures that mimic crawdads or use live crawdads. Live crawdads are an extremely effective smallmouth bait, but can be difficult to fish with. Crawdad imitations are not as effective as their live cousins, but work very well nonetheless. The bottom line is that these fish love "freshwater lobsters", and they are among the best baits for these bass.
2. Hellgrammites - If you've never seen a hellgrammite it looks like something out of an alien movie, but is an incredibly effective bass bait. The problem is that these little buggers are hard to find. Artificial versions are hard to find as well, unless of course you're a fly fisherman. The bottom line is that hellgrammites are an extremely bait for smallmouth bass.
3. Bait Fish - Bait fish such as minnows, shad, and sculpins are very effective baits for bronze backs. Just as with crawdads, bait fish can be used live or as artificial lures. Live are more effective, but more difficult to use. Artificial bait fish (lures) are much easier to use. When it comes to the best bait for smallmouth the KickTail minnow is as realistic a fishing lure as I've ever seen. Some others would include the Rapala, the Zara Spook, and the Wally Diver.
4. Worms - Worms are one of the most popular and effective baits for all fish and smallmouth bass are included in this list. Live worms, when rigged on a set of gang hooks, are amazingly effective as a smallmouth bait. Artificial and synthetic worms are also very effective. Berkley's "Gulp" and "Power" products are every bit as effective as live worms when fishing for smallmouth bass. These worms can be rigged on gang hooks just like live worms, and the natural presentation is hard for the bass to resist.

The best bait for smallmouth bass is among the four just mentioned. Now it's up to you to get out there and figure out the most effective for you. Any or all of the above baits will serve you well in you smallmouth bass endeavors.

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The Best Catfish Bait For Big Cats

The next time you go catfish fishing be sure to take a casting net. It is how I get the best catfish bait for big cats. If you don't know how to throw one don't worry about. You can pick it up in an hour or two of practice. Once you have it down you won't forget it.

Why do you need a casting net to get the best catfish bait for big cats? Because you want fresh live bait. Just about any species will do but be sure to check your states regulations on live bait. My favorites are bluegill and shad but bluegill are illegal in some states. Both are abundant in just about any waterway. Also don't rule out bullhead catfish as Flatheads and Blues don't seem to have a problem eating their own species. In fact, Flatheads will often times prefer Bullhead over Shad.
Now that you have your live bait let's make sure that your rig is set up right. You should have a medium to heavy rod with at least 20# test line, I use 50# spider wire, with a 20# leader and numbers 2 - 6 circle hooks depending on how big a cat you are after. Slip a slip sinker on the line, and then tie on a good swivel, a 12-18 inch leader and your hook. Don't go cheap on the swivel. Cats like to roll when hooked and a big cat will tear a cheap brass swivel up. Fish your bait on the bottom with an open bail. Be sure to set the hook hard when the cat makes a run with your bait.

The big cats Flathead and Blue when mature prefer live bait. They will occasionally go after cut baits but if you want the best bait for big cats you will want live bait. Live bait can be hooked behind the dorsal fin below the spine, at the end of the tail, or up through the lower jaw and up through the nostrils. Don't be afraid to choose a bait fish 6-12 inches in length if you want that monster cat.

You may be thinking you won't catch many fish with bait that size and your right. But if you are looking for the big catfish I am assuming you don't care about the 1 and 2 pounders you can catch with chicken liver then live bait is the way to go. You can always use smaller baitfish or even cut bait if you run out of patience but your chances of landing a 20 plus pound cat are less. The best bait for big cats will always be live bait.

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The Best Bait For Trout Fishing

In this article I'm going to discuss some of the most effective baits to use while fishing for trout in order to determine the best bait for trout fishing. Is this possible? Is it possible that there's a "best" bait for trout fishing? I'm not entirely sure, but after fishing for these wonderful fish for more than 25 years I can honestly say that some are certainly better than others, and one in particular is certainly my favorite.
Before I get into the trout baits themselves, it's important to know the type of trout that you're attempting to catch. Not the species of fish, but the kind of trout. There are two basic kinds. Stocked (or planted) and native. Stocked trout are placed into the river or lake by the governments' fish & game department. Native trout on the other hand were born and live in the water in which they reside. Actually stocked trout can become native after living in said body of water for an extended period of time (2 or more years).

Why do I mention stocked and native? Simply because both manners of trout tend to eat different kinds of bait, and as an angler you should be aware of this fact. Stocked trout eat baits such as corn, marshmallows, dough baits, and cheese. Native trout, on the other hand, tend to shy away from such baits, and tend to eat "live" baits such as worms, minnows, and crayfish. Basically, native trout are much more savvy (and more challenging) to catch than stocked trout.
One of the most popular (and effective) baits for trout fishing are synthetic baits that are shaped into live bait shapes. These baits are shaped like worms, minnows and crayfish (to name a few) and are impregnated with fish catching scents. The most popular manufacturers of these trout baits is Berkley, and are named Powerbait and Gulp. These baits, rigged on a set of gang hooks can be extremely effective.
Another popular bait is small spinners and spoons, such as Rooster Tails and Phoebe Minnows. Both native and stocked trout will bite these lures. These baits are effective in both the flowing water of rivers and streams and still the water of lakes. The important thing to remember in regards to these types of lures is to keep them small. 1/8 to 1/3 ounce will usually suffice.
The last bait that I want to touch on for trout fishing is the old standby live bait. This may indeed be the best bait for trout fishing. Live crayfish, for example, are probably the best bait for large trout. I live crayfish that's allowed to flow naturally with the current of a small trout river is a great large trout bait. Live worms are extremely effective for trout fishing as well. As a matter of fact a live worm rigged on a set of gang hooks and allowed to flow naturally with the current of a small river or stream is a great "all around" trout bait, and could very well be the best.
Does this article give you an answer to the best bait for trout fishing? Not one single answer, but it certainly gives you the best options that are available. Now you can go out, give these baits a try, and determine for yourself which is the best.
In my experience live worms are hard to beat when trout fishing (especially in rivers and streams), but for you it may be different? The cool thing about fishing is that there's only one way to find out. Get out on the water and figure out your best bait for trout fishing.

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The Best Bait For Bass Fishing

The best bait for bass fishing is a good question. Especially around this time of the year. Oh yes! It's that time of the year again, the birds are chirping, the weather is warm, and the bass are jumping. I love the spring!
Spring is the time of the year when bass are spawning, making it much easier to find them. They can be found in the shallow areas of a lake or pond. Any structure in the shallow parts is also a plus. For example around docks and fallen trees.
Now that the hardest part of catching big bass is taken care of, finding the location of them that is. But another tricky part, which is where most 90% of Anglers fail to do correctly is catch them. They can see them, but they just can't catch them.
So how exactly do you catch bass? With bait of course...but which baits to use is another question.
The Best Baits for Bass Fishing are:-Live Bait - Because lets face it, they can't fool bass
1) Worms - Without a question, worms are the most popular bait to use, when fishing for bass. There is a reason for it too, Bass LOVE them and they sure are hard to resist when you are a bass in the water. Great to use because they are easily stored and use them anywhere.
2) Minnows - Another popular live bait for bass fishing. Bass love them too, but they take more effort to keep. Unlike worms, minnows must be contained in a container with and air tank. If you have a boat, then minnows are excellent choice of bait, but if you fin yourself on foot, they are not the best option.
- Artificial Lures - Bass are not that smart, but presentation is key!
1) Plastic worms - Absolutely love to use them, using them with a drop shot technique is very effective. Many choices in colors and types.
2) Spinner Baits - A great lure and a very adjustable one at that for bass fishing. Easily changeable blades and skirts. Make the perfect spinner bait for the water your fishing. They are a great trolling bait, which is an excellent way to cover the most area of water for bass.
3) Crank BaitsAction looks good to a hungry bass. Another plus is that there are a variety of different lip sizes. The lip size is what causes the crank to go deep or shallow. The large the lip, the deeper the crank bait goes. The speed is another factor that determines life like presentation and depth.

Knowing the best baits for bass fishing and the locations of the bass are extremely important to know when trying to catch bass, especially big bass. I struggled for a long time because I only knew the basics of bass fishing. Until I read CatchBassGuide.com. I learned the techniques and secrets of the pros, and just like it says, my friends DO call me the "Bass master". Yea a little cliche, but I think it's cool.
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Ryan

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The Best Trout Bait?

What is the best trout bait? There are so many possibilities that it's difficult to pin down one as the best. There's corn, cheese, and marshmallows but those seem weird to me. To me they simply don't seem like something that fish, especially the trout I love so much, should eat. In reality they don't, stocked trout do. To me stocked trout are kind of like those goldfish in the pet store. I simply don't like the fact that stocked trout are raised in an aquarium, and then released so that we can "catch" them. But I suppose the point is that they do eat those 3 baits. The other point is that no matter what I think about stocked trout, when the rivers are too high to fish, I go to my local lake and catch them. So I suppose when it comes to stocked trout, I'm a bit of a hypocrite.
After these three baits, we have the synthetic baits. These are the trout bait that come in little jars. I'm sure you know what I'm referring to? The most popular type is probably Berkley Powerbait. For these stocked trout that I was just railing against, these baits work great! Powerbait, still fished on a set of gang hooks, is a deadly combination for catching trout in a lake that has been stocked. For stocked trout, which most trout in lakes, synthetic trout baits are hard to beat. My friends and I have joked that they must feed the trout this stuff in the hatcheries, because they freakin' love it!There are also the live baits. Trout baits such as mealworms, maggots, crickets, grasshoppers, and of course the grand daddy of them all, the worm. A live worm is probably the best trout bait that God ever created. I've personally caught more trout using a live worm rigged on a set of gang hooks than I care to remember. The combination is truly deadly. Especially when drifted down the current of a flowing river. In my mind a live worm rigged on a set of pre-tied gang hooks and then bounced off the bottom of a flowing river or stream is, hands down, the best trout bait.
All of the trout baits mentioned in this article are effective. They all have their time and place, but if you put a gun to my head and made me choose just one trout bait it would be the good old American worm!

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!
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Small Stream Fly Fishing Tips

Fishing for Trout in a small creek or stream differs a lot from days out on a lake or larger river. Most differences come in the form of size and textures of your flies, but there are some details that are overlooked. Here are the top four overlooked strategies when it comes to fly fishing the smaller tributaries.
Don't pre-judge size
Often times people tend to think the smaller the river the smaller the bait. This is not necessarily true. Last year, on a fishing trip with one of my friends who is an outstanding dry fly fisher, I was reminded of this valuable lesson. On this trip we were to be fishing a tributary to one of my favorite rivers. I thought that this would be an average fishing day, with no particularly large trout, but that soon changed when he brought out a twenty one inch cut-throat in the first few casts, and numerous good sized fish after that. After hours of me fishing with my ordinary tackle and coming up empty handed, I asked him what he was using. He showed me a size ten salmon fly. I thought this was ridiculous for that size of creek, but I tried the behemoth fly and on the fourth cast landed a twenty inch brown trout. This will remain a lesson I will never again forget.
Keep an eye on the choppy
Another lesson I learned from this outing is to never overlook the choppier waters on these smaller bodies. On a lager river the choppy waters usually mean the fish will have to struggle to keep their energy levels up, while feeding, for two reasons. The first is that there is less food in the faster moving water, and it is harder to catch the food because of the faster moving currents. The second is because the choppy waters on a lager river or creek has more volume moving through, therefore the water is moving faster than it looks or with more force than in a smaller stream or creek. However, on smaller stream there is usually more food due to the conditions surrounding these streams. Often these smaller water bodies contain a lot more competition in the pooled areas due to the smaller volume and better feeding grounds. This can result in some trout having to venture into the choppier waters to find food. For the best results on these swifter currents try to use the areas with minute back eddies, small breaks, and traceable rock obstructions. These areas can produce a lot of fish while you are moving between pools, and sometimes can even produce a twenty inch hog as well.
Match the hatch, or not!
Most Times I see people try to match food in the stream too much. I am Not going to tell you that this is a bad idea, but if it is not working try throwing out something that is practical of the area you are fishing, but maybe not there during that particular time. Sometimes fish will hold up on feeding in order to save their energy for a hatch or evening gathering they are anticipating. They may also be holding out for a more nutritious meal. If the fish are not biting on the usual flies that your seeing try a dun pattern, a wolf pattern, a hopper, a stone fly nymph, maybe a muddler minnow, or any other form of food that you have seen in that area before. Just keep in mind that these flies stated earlier might not work in all streams.
Be different
In small streams people often shy away from terrestrial of flashy flies like a muddler minnow, beetle, ant, or hopper pattern. These flies can be great for bringing out some of those larger, smarter fish. Last spring I had a once in a lifetime encounter with an obscure, yet fun fishing experience. Fishing in a stream no wider than my eight foot fly rod I brought out three browns that were over twenty inches, and managed to fish for half an hour with a brown that was around seven or eight pounds, which is a hog by any standards for a stream that small, however with my four pound tippet and the current working against me he managed to escape. All of these fish were brought in, or at least hooked, by a size fourteen muddler minnow. Before that Trip the thought had never crossed my mind to use such a flashy fly in my fishing arsenal, and after that day it is now the number one thing I do when the fish just will not bite.
Since the age of eight I have enjoyed fishing the small streams and tributaries. There is something about these little known secrets in the fishing world that can bring a great day to your fishing season. Another thing that can bring a better season is to take someone fishing with you, weather it be your wife, girlfriend, kids, a friend, or a neighbor across the street, bring then fishing and I hope you all have a wonderful time. I hope these tips were helpful and have a great fishing trip.

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Fly Fishing Tips and Techniques

Fly fishing tips is a very common search term on the internet, because everyone wants to improve their fly fishing, and simple fly fishing tips can be learned and remembered in small bite sized chunks.
Here are a few fly fishing tips.
Problem: The Fly. Are the fish interested in your fly. And if not, why not?
Well, here are a few things to consider.
1. Are there any rising fish. If not, a dry fly is not going to get you anywhere. Locate the fish and use a wet fly to get down to them.
2. Does your fly smell unnatural to the fish? Rinse your hands in the water and dry them before handling the fly. Fish have very good sense of smell and if your fly smells of smoke for instance, the fish won't take it.
3. If there's a hatch and the fish are eating all the natural insects and not taking your fly, try adding a yellow spot to your fly. This can help it to attract the fish.
Don't just think about the type of fly, think about it's size as well. Don't make the mistake of thinking a bigger fly will get noticed, and therefore taken more quickly. Very often a small fly, on a fine tippet can work when a larger one does nothing. Springtime especially is a time to use smaller flies with great success.
Where there is an abundance of food, the fish can be very selective. When this happens you need to be aware of what they are feeding on and match it as closely as possible.
Sometimes you may notice the fish (especially trout) will be feeding just below the waters surface. In this case try casting slightly further up above it, then pull the fly under so it drifts down to the fish just below the surface, in its feeding lane. Do this correctly and you have a very good chance of a bite.
If you're fishing in waters where there's an abundance of food, the fish will tend to be very picky and you'll need to be extra careful in your fly selection and presentation, or you'll find that your fly will be ignored by the fish. So if you feel this is the problem, just stop, and spend a while checking out exactly what the fish are feeding on.

William Carter is an experienced Fly Fisherman who has spent many years teaching others how to improve their fly fishing. From, getting the basics right, to casting techniques, choosing equipment, fly fishing knot tying and lots more. He also teaches little known techniques and strategies that expert fly fishermen use, to catch trophy winning fish. To learn more, visit http://www.betterflyfishing.com

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Why I Love Fly Fishing, and a Couple of Tips

Fly fishing is often received something pressing past in the sense that many people consider it to be elitist. There is some truth in that, especially when it comes to fly fishing for salmon, but in general terms fishing the fly and especially fishing for trout is genuinely open to all. In fact people are enjoying fly fishing for catching what have in the past been considered the preserve of the course fishermen, for example Pike. There is also growing market in saltwater fly fishing.
Before I took up fly fishing I had been a regular course fishing guy for as long as I can remember. I still enjoy sitting by the riverbank either watching afloat or waiting for my bite indicator tell me that I'm into a fish.
However, I also enjoyed the prospect of stalking fish, where one keeps low to the bank to prevent being seen by one's quarry. This is partly because I do get rather impatient sitting in one place, and like to actively search out the fish. Whilst one can do this using traditional course fishing methods, there comes a time where one carries such a vast amount of tackle and bait that moving around becomes a chore. On the other hand, with a decent fly fishing vest, one can carry most of one's gear and travel light, making it very easy to move around in search of fish.
One of the things I like best about fly fishing is that one is continually busy. One does not need a degree in entomology but a small knowledge of insect life can be useful. This is because with so many different types of fly available it can be helpful to know what sort of insect the fish are taking on any particular day, so that one can try and match one's fly accordingly.
For me, the early and late part of the season represent the most exciting times. This is when one fishes the dry fly. This is quite simply a fly which floats on top of the water. There is nothing like the excitement of seeing the water boiling as a trout moves in to take your fly!
The most difficult but important thing to learn is the cast. I have known several people give up on fly fishing having been unable to master the technique. However this is a terrible shame, because it isn't in fact that difficult to learn, but it's very different to any other form of casting in angling.
I would therefore say that for anyone thinking of taking up the sport, the two most important things are spend some money on lessons, and buying a good quality fly rod. You probably only need a couple of lessons, because even if you don't fully master the technique under instruction, you will at least know what it is you should be doing and can therefore practice developing the correct technique.
Because it is the Rod that does most of the work on the cast, it is often true that the better quality rod will be easier to cast and cast further. In fact, most manufacturers have what we call fishing combos, where they will sell you a rod, reel and line, and often throw in a good selection of flies as well, at a discount. The great thing about the sordid deals, particularly from quality manufacturer, is that you are buying equipment that has been matched correctly.

Zac is a keen fly fisherman. For some great tips and deals, visit his latest website about fly fishing combos where you can get information on buying balanced fly fishing combos which is generally cheaper than buying the individual components you need.

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6 Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners

1. Always buy (or make) two flies of each type, size and color: it's so irritating to have found the winning fly on a particular day only to lose it in an overhanging tree.
2. If you can't match the natural flies and nymphs perfectly, don't worry too much - it's how the fly behaves in the water that matters just as much as how it looks.
3. Always try to think how the natural fly does behave, and attempt to make your artificial work in the same sort of way. So don't twitch methodically, but vary how you retrieve your fly. Put a bit of imagination into it, and concentrate all the time. Results will rocket.
4. It's probably true to say that 90 percent of takes are never even guessed at by the angler. A trout can swim up, suck in a fly, and then reject it without the angler having a clue what's happened. For this reason, keep everything tight to the fly and watch both your line and your leader with hawk-like concentration. Strike if you think anything is a miss, and you can often be rewarded.

5. Very often anglers use bite indicators - little pieces of putty or polystyrene - on the line to help with bite indication. These act like floats in bait fishing. They are especially useful when fishing for grayling in winter on rivers. Always consider having a packet with you for very difficult situations.
6. One of the most useful tricks in nymph fishing is the induced take. The idea here is that you can see a trout looking at your nymph beneath the surface. It can't make its mind up, so you do it for it. You do this by twitching the nymph quite vigorously at precisely the moment the trout comes to investigate. The nymph rises 6 inches (15cm) or so in the water and this triggers an instant reaction in the trout. Woof! You are suddenly playing your fish.

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Top Ten Fly Fishing Tips

Fishing Etiquette - Taking out your Line
Common courtesy dictates that you take your line out of the water for any angler who has a fish on the line. This is so that they have plenty of space in order to land their fish. This rule is very important if you're fishing down-river from the other angler. Make sure that you never step into the space of an angler who is releasing or landing a fish on the bank.




Fishing Etiquette - Silence
Whenever you're fly fishing you'll need to be as quiet as you can...and this means leaving your dog and the radio at home. There are two reasons why you want to be as quiet as possible: (1) you don't want to spook the fish, and (2) you don't want to disturb other fly fishers. Many people enjoy fly fishing for the peace and solitude that it affords them.
Fishing Etiquette - Lend a Helping Hand
Always be willing to help out other anglers. This can be as simple as helping them retrieve something that has floated down-river or lending them something that they need, such as extra line. You're all there for a fun day of fly fishing so helping each other out just lends to the experience.
Wading with Safety
When you're wading make sure that you follow a few basic rules: (1) never fish by yourself on remote lakes, rivers, or streams, (2) wear a good pair of wading boots, (3) use a good wading staff that is flexible yet strong, and (4) know the area where you're wading. Wading is a great way to get access into those places that you couldn't otherwise reach.
Tackle Boxes
Tackle boxes: A tackle box is a necessity so that you can keep all your "stuff" with you in one organized place. Some of the things to keep in mind when you use a tackle box and want to avoid overfilling include:
· Keep your worms and soft plastic bait in a small container away from your other lures. This will keep the soft plastic lures from creating a chemical reaction with the materials that other baits are made of.
· Buy two or more small tackle boxes to hold certain categories of lures. For instance, buy one tackle box to hold your worms and another to hold your spinnerbaits.
· Buy seasonal tackle boxes that you only use at certain times of year. In the spring you can have a tackle box that contains jigs, plastic worms, and minnow lures. And in the fall you can have a tackle box that is filled with fall lure, such as topwaters and crankbaits.
Keep your Fishing Vest Organized
If you use a fishing vest to carry around your tackle and lure you'll want to keep it as organized as you can so that you're not fumbling around looking for something when you need it. If you're not going to be using something leave it home so that you only take along the essentials.
Carry a Wading Staff
When you're fishing in water that is rough or unfamiliar you might want to carry a wading staff to keep you stable and give you better footing.
Wear Good Shoes
A good pair of wading shoes will let your grip the bottom that you're walking on. Choose shoes that have soles with rubber cleats since these are ideal of bottoms that are made of mud, fine gravel, sand, or soft silt.
Take Along the Sun Block
Although it may seem like a small tip to mention, taking along the sun block is one thing that you don't want to forget. After standing in a sunny stream for eight hours you'll be glad that you remembered to bring along some protection.
Use Polarized Glasses
Wearing polarized glasses is one of the best things that you can do. You'll be able to see beneath the water so you can keep an eye on your fish. Don't forget a hat to reduce the amount of glare that you experience.
Discouraging Insects
If you want to discourage insects you'll want to avoid wearing clothes that are red, yellow, black, white, or navy blue. These colors can attract black flies, deerflies, gnats, and mosquitoes.

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Top Tuna Fishing Lures

Tuna are powerful saltwater fish that are highly prized source of food. Some species of tuna can weigh over 1000 pounds and are widely distributed around the world. Sport fishermen consider tuna to be the ultimate big game sport fish to catch and very few anglers will get a chance to catch these monsters due to accessibility and over fishing commercially have reduced the stock dramatically. Some of the top producing tuna lures are the artificial squid and feather jigs.
One of the best methods of tuna fishing is trolling from a boat. Trolling requires heavy lures and can be done with natural bait or artificial lures. Daisy chains and spread bar rigs are two great producers for tuna fishing. The daisy chain rigs are used to attract game fish. The lures are rigged together into strings and trolled at different speed depending on the conditions. The chain simulates a school of baitfish and usually the last bait has a hook hidden inside it. Many anglers like to use ballyhoo, herring and artificial squid as bait for this type of rig. If you are new to the sport, you can buy ready-rigged daisy chains at the tackle shop.
The spreader bar rig is an enhancement of the daisy chain rig. Instead of using a single string of bait, the spreader bar utilizes multiple daisy chains attach to a steel rod and trolled behind a boat. This method imitates a larger school of baitfish. Many spreader bars can be used at the same time to further increase the formation of baitfish. Similar to the daisy chain, the last bait or lure of each spreader bar has a large tuna hook attached. The idea is to make it resemble a game fish chasing a school of fish.
Trolling with feather jigs is another productive method of tuna fishing. These types of tuna lures can be trolled individually or as a group. It consists of a leaded weight jig head attach to a feather skirt. A leader is threaded through lure and tied to a large hook. Feather jigs come in many colors scheme. Choose natural colors of baitfish for normal conditions. Fluorescent colors can produce great results and work best in low light conditions or murky water.
Tuna fishing with daisy chains and spread bars rigs is a lot of fun. Watching tuna darting up to surface and hitting the baits is an amazing experience.

For many anglers, tuna fishing is considered the holy grail of saltwater fishing. Two tuna lures that have been responsible hooking more tuna than any other lures are the plastic squid and feather jigs. You should also consider looking at the outdoors.

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Tuna Fishing Technique - One Simple Tip Will Put More Fish in Your Boat Today

It always amazes me that some people continue to fish for tuna. As we all know, this sport is not a cheap one. It costs a ton of money just to put the boat in the water. Tack on the expensive fishing rods, lures, and GPS systems and we are talking about a small fortune. And this is before considering how much time it takes. Before you spend another dime, or waste more of your time trolling around the ocean, try out this one simply tuna fishing technique and you will almost certainly put more tuna in your boat today!
There is nothing like the site of blackfin tuna in a feeding frenzy. I love the way they simply destroy the surface of the water eating anything, and everything, in site. The sound that the surrounding birds make is music to my ears.
But where do you find the elusive fish? How can you increase your chances of having a large school come your way?






The secret is rubbish; trash to be more precise.
Shrimp boats trawl the ocean floors all night and almost immediately begin separating harvested shrimp from the other sea creatures that are scooped up along with the shrimp. I have heard scientist refer to this as 'bycatch' but captains simply call it trash, and this trash is how the magic happens.
When the shrimp boats have finished separating their catch, they go ahead and throw the trash overboard. All of this typically catches the attention of predators in the area, who quickly move in to feed upon the tiny fish and crustaceans now floating like perfectly prepared chum.
Enterprising captains know that we are fishing for tuna and will often save a few bags to sell for a few bucks. The key is to buy a few bags so that you can create your own trash feeding frenzy. Once you have your trash in hand, slowly approach the stern of an anchored shrimp boat. You will almost certainly see fish in the area. Once you do, turn off your engine and let some trash fly.
Drop a lot of chum initially to see what is in the water. If you see a bunch of bonitos you may need to consider moving. If, however, you see more blackfin tuna than bonitos slow the rate at which you are chumming to prevent the bonitos from going into a feeding frenzy. Wait until you see a few blackfins circling around, and then cast your line into the water. That is all there is to it!

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Tuna Fishing Tactics - Trolling and Jigging

Commercial tuna fishing operations catch tuna much differently than common anglers. They bring tuna in by the masses, rather than catching just a few at a time. For tourist fishing charters, the most common technique for catching tuna is trolling. Tuna trolling lures are the cream of the crop out of all of the other lures. This article will cover the basic strategies, lures, and techniques for tuna fishing.
The basic strategies for tuna fishing include trolling and jigging. Trolling involves pulling a lure or group of lures behind a boat. This way, anglers and charters can cover a lot of ground in very little time. The more ground you cover; the more likely you are to catch more tuna. Using an umbrella rig is a great idea if you plan on trolling for tuna. This tactic has a worthy purpose for catching fish. Basically, the umbrella rig is mirroring a small school of bait fish or ballyhoo.

When fish see this small school, their predatory instincts kick in and they usually go for one of the lures. The lure that is most commonly struck is the one in the back. Its common among tuna and other game fish in the ocean to attack the weakest fish in a school because they are the easiest to catch.
Jigging is a simple technique where an angler uses a tuna fishing lure and lifts the lure up and down in the depths. This imitates a potential meal for a tuna or any other game fish lurking down below. As I stated earlier, the ballyhoo is a good trolling lure for tuna. There are other good ones as well, including a few plugs. If you have ever heard of a gotcha lure, then that one works good too.

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Tuna Fishing Techniques - 3 Effective Tips to Consider to Catch More Tuna

There is truly something special about fishing for tuna. These magnificent saltwater game fish are truly gifts from the Lord. Unfortunately, attracting and actually catching tuna is a lot harder than most people imagine. Before you spend hundreds of dollars trolling around the ocean catching nothing, here are three tuna fishing techniques to consider before you even leave the dock.
1. Control Your Speed - When fishing for tuna, troll at speeds of 5 to 8 miles per hour. Most professionals like to use a typical 'W Pattern' while trolling. This pattern consists of 2 long lines held out on each outrigger, 2 shorter lines held out flat and one deep line straight down the middle. Additionally, it is helpful to display a flashy presentation of multiple lures. The more they splash, sparkle and shine the better. What you want is to trick the tuna into thinking that it has stumbled across a panicked school of bait fish.





2. Pay Attention to Nature - Anytime that you see diving birds, pay special attention. Diving birds typically means that there are schools of bait fish nearby. Where there are bait fish, tuna tend to also be some place close. Additionally, large schools of tuna like to travel near pods of dolphins or sharks.
3. Pay Attention to the Season - During the warmer summer months, tuna love to hunt near the surface of the water. Feeding tuna are easy to spot on clear summer afternoons as the water looks like it is being destroyed from beneath. Additionally, tuna like to feed in low light conditions, such as the late afternoon. During the winter months, tuna tend to hunt in deeper waters and are much more difficult to find and catch.
These are but a few of my favorite tuna fishing techniques.

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Be Well-Prepared to Succeed in Tuna Fishing

Before you go out on tuna fishing, you should be ready to acquire more and more knowledge of the subject so that you do not return empty-handed from your excursion. The result of your efforts appears a complex conglomerate of diverse accidental and non-accidental factors. You should know where you should look for your tuna. Tuna is usually large fish, and hence you should be very well-prepared for getting a good yield.
If you are adventurous minded and at the same time, wish to enjoy a lot of fun, fishing for tuna is the ideal sport for you. Several species of tuna are there and their commercial value is also quite high. So, not only individuals, several companies have also plunged into tuna fishing to earn high incomes. Individual fishermen and anglers can also learn fishing for tuna so that they can also earn good incomes from it. However, while learning to catch tuna, you should first know what are the species in tuna and what are the surface temperatures and depths of different locations because each of these varieties lived in a different surface temperature and depth.
Secondly, according to the type of fish you wish to hunt, you should use the right equipment. You should not carry the wrong equipment and get caught off the guard on the seas. Since salt water will spoil the equipment more quickly, you should use the equipments that do not get rusted or corroded by the sea waters. When you are hunting for large fish, you should not end up having light and weak equipments because when this large fish fight fiercely and tenaciously, your equipments should not break, or you should not get injured.Fishing for tuna also requires a lot of physical and mental energy on your part. You should be ready to take on-the-spot decisions for which you should be sufficiently informed. You should have acquired the required knowledge of tuna fishing. Then only, your spot decisions will be right. Apart from the knowledge in fishing for tuna, you should also keep yourself updated of the details like the weather details, forecast, surface temperatures of the different locations and depths of the seas at various places and so on.
You may not be having experience in the initial stages. Therefore, if you can get the help of an expert, you can slowly learn and gain the expertise. You can request the expert to accompany you on your excursion so that you can also gain practical experience. A lot of interactions and inquisitive questioning will do the trick to learn faster.
Some of the tuna species swim quite fast, even at a speed exceeding 45 miles per hour. Large tuna is said to adjust their body temperature higher than the surface temperatures of the sea water because they are warm-blooded. This particular trait helps these large fish to live in various environments. This trait again helps them to migrate quite fast and frequently. Therefore, you should keep abreast of the details of various locations. You can even follow the boats of experts to the locations where they do the tuna fishing. This may also get you a good yield.

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