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December 30, 2010

Bass Fishing Techniques

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 1:46 pm

Fishing is a thinking person’s pursuit. No matter whether you fish for a hobby, as a sport or for a living, you have to be able to get the better off the fish you are searching for. Not merely that, but unlike most hunters, you cannot see your prey. You have to work out where it is likely to be and what it is probably going to do.

Anglers normally fish alone, so it is not surprising that every angler has a couple of of his or own personal methods and preferences. This goes for any type of fishing, but it is particularly a fact of some fish. This usually means the big and the clever (well, for fish) species. One of these clever varieties is the bass.

Bass fishing techniques vary with regard to several circumstances including temperature, season and type of water and coast line – whether you are fishing fresh or salt water.

If you are fishing for bass off a boat, then you are probably fishing in deeper water, because bass swim in deeper water when it is cold, so make certain that you have all the safety gear and that you know how to use it. Furthermore, you should make yourself aware of your country’s or state’s legal requirements.

For example, if you take anglers out with you, you might have legal responsibilities or there might be seasons when you may and may not fish. These very from region to region and have to do with spawning and maintaining the amount of stock.

Bass specialists have their own techniques, as was mentioned above, but a lot of bass fishermen recommend fishing at night. This is not a bad idea as there is less likelihood of getting your line snagged up with others, especially if you are fishing off a rock or the shore.

Fishing for bass at night is not a bad technique for other reasons as well. Although there are diverse types of bass, most of them are shy and wary, so if they feel that the water is too clear, they may decide to bottom feed. This is one of the areas where local knowledge and skill plays a big role.

Bass are wary predators and also a little lazy They prefer to hide themselves somewhere and wait for their victim to pass close by. Therefore, a rocky shoreline is ideal bass fishing territory in the summer months whilst the bass swim and hunt closer to the surface. In the winter, you will need to fish the bottom water where it is somewhat warmer.

While bottom fishing, bass will be looking for small fish and sand worms, whereas in the summer they are feeding on the top and will not expect to find any worms. Then they will be searching for small fish and insects that have dropped into the water, like flies. Bass are meat eaters, so berries, seeds and bread should not be of much use, but hey, not all fish behave like the text books say that they should!

The thing to remember is that local conditions matter and although fishing with a rod and line is necessarily a solitary and quiet sport, particularly in fresh water, fishermen love to socialize afterwards and pass on their expertise. So, if you are having trouble with catching the fish you are looking for, join a local anglers’ club and mix with the experts.

If you would like to learn bass fishing techniques and would like to find out more, please come along to our web site called Gone Fishing.

August 16, 2010

What Is Needed For Fishing?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 11:30 am

Fishing equipment is called fishing tackle by specialists and hobbyists and it generally refers to rods, lines, hooks, sinkers, spears, lures, bait, reels, nets, and et cetera. The fishing gear that is attached at the end of a line is referred to as terminal tackle

The word tackle when it refers to fishing equipment comes from ‘takel’ which initially meant the rigging of a ship, that is, the gear consisting of ropes supporting a ship’s masts and sails. Later, the same word was recorded to have a different meaning, that of equipment for fishing and that meaning has been preserved ever since.

The most rudimentary fishing equipment is made up of of a rod, a line, a hook, a lure, a bait and a weight or sinker. The line is a simple cord especially made for fishing that is both long, strong and yet thin, so that fish do not notice it. There are various questions that an angler asks when buying a fishing line, like its resistance, stretch, strength and so on. The line will be chosen depending on what species of fish the angler wants to catch.

The sinker or weight, also called a plummet, is really only a weight that helps in casting the hook and the bait as far as possible from the shoreline or from the boat that the fisherman is using. They are usually made of lead as their purpose is also to sink and to get the bait closer to the fish in the water as fast as possible. However, lead sinkers have been banned in some parts of the world, especially the very small ones, which are often called ’shot’. If ingested by birds or other fish, the lead, which is well-known for its high toxicity, will cause the death of the animal.

Another elementary piece of fishing equipment is the hook. This device meant for attaching the bait on the line and for hooking into the fish’s mouth. It is fastened to the line and the angler can choose from a very variety of shapes and sizes.

And last but far from least, is the bait or lure, without which the fishing equipment cannot be effective. A lure is a device tied at the end of the line that looks and moves something resembling the prey of the fish you are after. Its raison d’etre is to get the attention of the fish with its colour and movement. Artificial flies, tiddlers and sand eels come into into this category. When the fish eats the lure, it becomes hooked.

Whilst, bait, on the other hand, is the item physically attached to the hook. Bait is usually of two types: animal or foodstuff: ‘animal’ refers to small fish or other water creatures, insects or crawlers and ‘foodstuff’ refers to things like grains, such as wheat, bread or whatever the angler believes might attract the fish.

If you are keen on fishing and would like to learn more more, please visit our website called Gone Fishing

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July 3, 2010

Bass Fishing Basics

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 9:54 am

It is very handy to get some tips on bass fishing when you are a beginner. Firstly, it it is important to know that bass are fish whose metabolism depends on the temperature of the surrounding water. Their metabolism rises or falls proportionally with the increase or decrease in water temperature. Therefore, if the water where they happen to be is cold, as it is in deeper waters, they are less active and so eat a lot less.

Moreover, around January bass fishing should start to be directed to warmer and warmer waters as bass tend to leave cold deep waters so they can spawn. Also, during fall bass start to move towards colder and deeper waters where they would be better off during the cold season. Yet fishermen should not expect them to travel great distances very quickly. Their cycles of moving from one place to another as the seasons change, last for several months.

It is also a good tip to realize when bass fishing that these fish are very sociable, which means that they tend to shoal together in schools, especially those which are the same size. So, if you have already caught some bass in one area, you are likely to catch more in the same area as long as you do not throw the dead fish you’ve already caught back into the water as that will panic the rest of the school.

Furthermore, bass fishing areas are quite easy to find. You should remember that they are predators but not really very active ones since their favourite food is not actually one they have to fight to get. Rather, they wait patiently and lazily for prey to swim past and then they ambush it.

Bass often go for injured or slow game even though they might not be on their regular diet. Their regular diet consists of crawfish, minnows, worms, insects, frogs and such like. Once a fisherman has learned these things about bass, together with their mating habits, fishing for them is much easier and much more enjoyable.

However, bass are prey themselves, so they need cover too, which is why bass fishing is most successful in areas where the fish can find safety in and around small or large rocks, weeds and other shady or indeed sunny, well-lit areas where it is difficult for them to be seen.

Success at bass fishing also depends on the type of bait chosen by the fisherman. You should vary the bait according to both the season ” spring, summer, autumn or winter ” and the spawning cycle of this fish species. Beginners should not forget that there are always experienced anglers ready to provide tips – just don’t be afraid to ask because the most effective bait does vary from one region to another.

If you are keen on fishing and would like to read more, please go along to our website called Gone Fishing

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June 10, 2010

Deep Sea Game Fishing

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 1:49 pm

Even though this term might make you think of ocean fishing, deep sea fishing refers to that which is performed in waters as large as or larger than lakes. Rivers and ponds are not “deep sea fishing” as the water is usually too shallow. Deep sea fishing is carried out in coastal waters where lots of large fish species make their home.

Deep sea fishing requires bigger boats for the task so as to maneuver and store the catch conveniently. Such a boat should have enough room for the crew meant to carry out the fishing and also for the equipment needed in order to catch and store the big fish. It should be the type of boat intended to withstand storms and bad weather at sea and to facilitate access to the fishing area quickly and safely.

The wide range of fish that are caught in open sea fishing includes marlins, swordfish, sailfish, large tunas and various types of sharks. There are also smaller fish caught at the same time as these larger ones. However, these former, smaller fish are not caught on purpose. Such fish represent by-catch or even bait for other larger fish.

Open sea fishing became a basic occupation in coastal areas, allowing people to earn their living. Later it became a proper business. California, Nova Scotia, Hawaii, Florida, New Zealand are among the most common locations. A big advantage of those areas is that the possibility of catching big fish along the coasts is triple that of other regions where the various large species live in far deeper waters.

Deep sea fishing involves several techniques out of which the most common is trolling, that is a form of angling performed by drawing a baited line on the bottom of the ocean. The bait usually is squid or other smaller fish caught for baiting purposes and it is cast behind the boat. The stabilizers behind the boat also called outriggers work great in spreading and enlarging the area for catching the fish. Another technique is the chumming or chunking which requires that large pieces of bait fish get thrown overboard in order to attract the desired larger species.

All in all, the scale of deep sea fishing has developed proportionally with the greater consumption of the market. Presently, various diets using fish dishes have actually become an epitome of healthy living and many people give up red meat for this lighter white variety.

If you are interested in fishing and would like to learn more more, please pop along to our website called Gone Fishing

May 26, 2010

Fly Fishing For Beginners

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Michael Adams @ 2:35 pm

The idea behind this piece is to assist the beginner fly fishing. The terms used and the basic methods employed in fly fishing may be unknown to the beginner at fly fishing, so we will commence from the very beginning. Therefore, if you are a beginner fly fishing person, please read on in order to become acquainted with fly fishing.

The things required for fly fishing are generally known as tackle, but if you want to be more specific about the sort of things you need, you can add the words “fly fishing”. So, we use the phrase: “fly fishing tackle”. Fly fishing tackle, or gear, basically comprises artificial flies, a fly rod, a fly reel and fly line. The set-up is: the fly is attached to the line, which is wound around the reel, which is attached to the rod or pole, which is used to cast the fly or other bait.

To be able to cast the fly as far as wanted from the angler, the line has to be a bit heavier than the other kinds of fishing line, since a weight is used in other kinds of fishing to get the same result. Furthermore, the artificial flies are available in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours to reflect real, live flies, depending on the species of fish the angler intends to catch.

In general, an artificial fishing fly is created, often by hand by enthusiasts, from hair, plastic, feathers, fabric, fur and many other types of material in order to ensure the fly resembles, as closely as possible, the insect or fly most commonly taken by the particular species of fish in that particular month or at that time of the day. This means that each fishing location requires that you select a definite type of artificial fly that will look like the insects inhabiting the area where your desired species of fish live. Therefore, a kind of fly employed in one area of the region may not be as successful as you’d expect in another.

However, there are classifications of flies too, although they fall into two basic general categories, which are known as ‘attractive’ and ‘imitative’. The imitative artificial flies resemble real flies, whereas the attractive ones only rely on colour or the reflection of sunlight in order to attract fish without necessarily looking like the fish’s normal food.

These classifications are then used to further sub-divide artificial fly fishing lures into: a] dry (resembling grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on or near the surface of the water); b] sub-surface (imitating larvae, pupae) and c] wet (resembling leeches and minnows and other small fish or fry).

The biggest difference between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that fly fishing depends a great deal on the weight of the line to carry the artificial lure to that part of the water where your fish are located, probably at a distance from the angler. The line is often camouflaged and hollow.

However, non-fly fishing relies instead on the added weight, often made of lead previously, to pull the line off the reel and carry it on to the right spot, where the weight will also take the bait or lure down to the feeding fish.

If you are keen on fishing and would like to learn more more, please pop along to our website called http://fishing.the-real-way.com

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May 5, 2010

Advice On Lake Fishing.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 4:02 pm

Lake fishing is very similar to river fishing, or slow-flowing river fishing at any rate. The types of fish in rivers and lakes tend to be the same, which means that the tackle, bait and lures will be the same as well, although you might want a longer fishing rod, say, a beach-casting rod to cast your bait farther out into the lake. Lake fish will often mature to a larger size than river fish, so your line should be stronger too.

Lake fish traditionally been classed under three broad categories. That is to say, game fish, food fish, and bait fish. Bass, trout, pike, pickerel, muskellunge, perch, etc., are recognized as game fish because of their sporting importance. Carp, suckers, some of the catfish, yellow perch, etc., are though of as food fish.

This latter group is not considered to furnish the sport that the so-called game fish do, but they do have a genuine financial and sporting value. The third kind are the minnows and tiddlers that can be used as bait for the first two classes.

It is not easy to descibe the correct technique to cast long distances, but it does come nuturally to quite a few anglers. However, if casting does not come effortlessly to you, you will have to analyze other lake or beach anglers. If you are not happy doing that, you will be able to find a video on the issue. However, the best means to learn how to cast is to go down to the beach , watch an expert at work and try to do likewise.

Nonetheless, lake fishing is enormous fun and the novice will quickly master the correct technique of lake fishing. Therefore, I have placed some handy tips here to help you learn lake fishing more rapidly.

i]. Aim to take up a smooth, whip-like cast. However, if you crack the whip too hard, you will certainly lose a great deal of bait, flies or lures..

ii]. Timing is the all-significant issue in both the back cast and forward cast.

iii]. Learn the habits of the fish that live in the lake that you propose to fish. All fish have both similar and dissimilar practices, so either obtain a book or video or join a club to find out more.

iv]. The majority of fish like some type of protection, either for themselves or because their prey will like it there. Be careful of weeds, reeds and submerged logs or you will lose heaps of line and tackle..

v]. As I said previously, lake fish tend to be larger, because food is plentiful and there is bags of space. A big bass, for example, can easily weigh 10-12 lbs, so make sure that your rod and line are up to the task. A rod of seven feet six inches to eight feet in length can withstand these sizes of fish.

Lake fishing is not so truly unusual from other types of fishing, so if you put a little effort into learning the methods and fish concerned in lake fishing, you will soon master the skill and become an expert at lake fishing.

If you are interested in fishing and would like to learn more more, please pop along to our website called http://fishing.the-real-way.com

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April 16, 2010

How To Fish

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Colin Jones @ 2:33 pm

So, you have decided that you want to learn how to fish. There are several methods of learning, the hardest being trial and error. The best way is to find an instructor for one-on-one lessons.

1. Buy seasickness medication: If you’re going to fish on the water, nothing is worse than having your fishing ruined by seasickness. Most seasickness medication e.g. Bonine is very good. Even expert fishermen are known to take some on rough days. Take one before you go to sleep, another when you wake up and a third one before you go on board.

2. Buy a reference book: There are a lot of good books available at your local bookstores and online. The book should give you instructions as well as terms and definitions. There are some things you may not immediately understand but that you should know anyway. For example, learn how to tie different kinds of knots. This knowledge will also be invaluable for other reasons throughout your life.

3. Go to a party: There are party boats that carry from five to as many as sixty anglers. The boat provides everything you need such as bait, rod, reel, sinkers and hooks. They assist you in fishing and even take the fish off the hook for you too. You will make new fishing mates and they will help and advise you. Party boats will generally cost you between $25 – $70 a day and the fish are yours to keep. The party boat is a bargain for beginners.

4. Choose your pier: Assuming you have already acquired the skills to use a rod and reel, you should look for a fishing pier. Most seaside cities have a public pier or pay-to-fish pier. You can hire tackle and buy bait on these piers and, if you do have problems, there will be many pier anglers around to assist and offer you advice.

5. Party or pier?: You may want to try either method three or four times or both at the same time at this point. The best thing to do is to practise both methods several times to really learn them.

6. The reel deal: The conventional reel is probably what you’ve been using up to this point. The conventional reel is designed for loads of wear and tear. However, maybe you now want to consider other types or / and makes of reels. Ideally you have already met other fishermen and perhaps made a friend or two who can assist you in choosing a reel. You could even ask a tackle shop owner for advice.

Firstly, you ought to understand the mechanism of the reel and the other equipment. Learning how to cast, tie knots and bait a hook is not really all that complicated. Secondly, you must learn where to go fishing. Successful fishermen know where the fish are schooling. Fish move from location to location and knowledgeable anglers understand these patterns and are able to work out where the fish are likely to be swimming.

If you are interested in fishing and would like to learn more more, please go along to our website called Gone Fishing

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April 2, 2010

Should I Take The Family Deep Sea Fishing?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 2:51 pm

Deep sea fishing is a well-known healthy activity that many families enjoy together. Deep sea fishing is a sport that can give you and your family tremendous experiences and unforgettable memories that will last for a lifetime. The amount of family bonding in such a natural environment is simply wonderful.

If you’re a novice to this sport, then there are a few things that you need to think about before you begin a deep sea fishing trip. It really is just one big adventure for you and your family, however, you should consider a few things first of all to make sure that your trip is successful. Other than not forgetting to take your (waterproof) camera for those thrilling photographs, there are a few things that you have to think about before making any plans at all.

Reckoning Time: Are They Really Up to it? First off, you must take an honest look at the abilities and age of your family. Lets be honest about it: you cant really get the most out of a deep sea fishing trip, if your children are too young. If you’re trying to decide what kind of excursion to make, thinking about these factors is very important, because the sea is a dangerous place.

This would be an important factor, even if you were thinking of using the services of a charter fishing boat, since most skippers have set age limits. Generally speaking, the typical lower age limit starts at around eight years of age. You should understand that firms make these rules so that they can better guarantee your safety.

Furthermore, you should bear in mind how long you want to stay on the sea. Most inexperienced fishermen would rather half-day trips, because they are less stressful and yet still great fun for the whole family. On the other hand, experienced anglers would definitely rather an overnight trip.

However, regardless of how long you have been fishing, you should still remember that your family’s physical comfort could affect the overall enjoyment of everyone on the trip. Factors such as attitude and age play important roles in how your family can adjust to a temporary life on a boat.

Be Conscious of Distance: another important consideration is how far away your target fishing location is from your home. The fishing packages available can vary greatly, depending on the charter company.

This means that the conditions and provisions that they offer on the boat will also differ. If you going to be travelling a large distance just to go fishing, you might be more interested in buying a package that is ‘all inclusive’, because it will provide you with everything you’ll need for the fishing trip.

All inclusive packages such as these are usually fairly hard to find, and naturally, they are usually way more costly than normal day trip charter packages. An average charter package usually includes the bait and tackle, although, if you need a license, some packages include it, while others may charge extra for it.

Know The Terms and Conditions: In general, charter boat owners ask you to bring your own hats, sunglasses, coats, sun block, medicines for travel sickness and everything else that you think is important to take. Make sure that you are clothed appropriately with a series of warm layers, since it is far colder on the water than on land.

Also, most of the day charter trip packages ask you to take your own food. If this is the case, you should plan accordingly. Try to pack items of food that are easy on your stomach, just in case the seas are a bit rough.

If you are interested in fishing and would like to learn more more, please go along to our website called Gone Fishing

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