Fishing Techniques and Methods
by Bob Jensen The fishing season in several states across the Midwest opened recently. Anglers are out there chasing walleyes, northern pike, bass, and panfish. The next few months will provide people who fish lots of opportunities to get bit. Following are some fishing techniques and methods to reduce the time between bites. Follow the food. Fish do two things during the year: They spawn and they eat. The spawn is over, so all they’ll be doing for the next few months is looking for their next meal. The predator fish will be near baitfish or crawdads or bugs or whatever they ...
Fishing Techniques and Methods – Rods & Reels
Fishing Techniques and Methods - Finding the right rods & reels by Bob Jensen I was spooling new line onto some of my fishing rods and fishing reels the other day. That’s a ritual for many anglers at the beginning of a fishing season. After putting new line on my light jigging rod, my crankbait trolling rod, my spinnerbait rod, my slip-bobber rod, then finishing up with my jigworm rod, I got to wondering: Do I really need all these rod and reel combos just to catch a few fish? I had just spent a couple of hours putting line on five ...
Trout & Salmon Fishing Gear
by Mitch Eagan Cast. Troll. Fish them high in the water column or low. Tie on a bodybait and ply any of the Great Lakes for trout and salmon and you’ll often have the upper hand. Spoons, spinners, flashers and flies are standard issue anywhere trout and salmon swim. It’s not that the aforementioned don’t catch fish. But contrary to popular belief, the vibrations and gyrations of bodybaits often prevail over the standard spin, flash and roll of metal lures. This is especially true when the bite is unpredictable. That's when hard core fishermen add to their trout & salmon fishing gear ...
Fishing Line Comparison
by Bob Jensen It’s early in the fishing season. Wise anglers are checking the line on their reels to make sure it’s in fish-catching condition. It’s important to remember that our line is the only thing between us and the fish: If we want to increase our odds of landing a trophy, we need to have good line on our reel. But in addition to good line, we need the right line. Different lines have different qualities. By considering what we’re looking for in a fishing line, then selecting a line with those qualities, we can increase our odds for fishing ...
Slip Bobber Fishing
By Jason Mitchell As a guide, I believed that the most effective game plans just kept walleye fishing straight forward and simple. There are plenty of folks in this business who try to make fishing really complicated and you can make fishing akin to rocket science if you wish… I however made a living as a guide by dumbing the process down. I found that by keeping the process simple, I could accommodate people with a wider range of experience and skill levels without making fishing intimidating. I didn’t want to set out and prove my angling abilities or show off ...
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Fishing Techniques and Methods
by Bob Jensen The fishing season in several states across the Midwest opened recently. Anglers are out there chasing walleyes, northern pike, bass, and panfish. The next few months will provide people who fish lots of opportunities to get bit. Following are some fishing techniques and methods to reduce the time between bites. Follow the food. Fish do two things during the year: They spawn and they eat. The spawn is over, so all they’ll be doing for the next few...
Fishing Techniques and Methods – Rods & Reels
Fishing Techniques and Methods – Finding the right rods & reels by Bob Jensen I was spooling new line onto some of my fishing rods and fishing reels the other day. That’s a ritual for many anglers at the beginning of a fishing season. After putting new line on my light jigging rod, my crankbait trolling rod, my spinnerbait rod, my slip-bobber rod, then finishing up with my jigworm rod, I got to wondering: Do I really need all these rod and reel combos just...
Trout & Salmon Fishing Gear
by Mitch Eagan Cast. Troll. Fish them high in the water column or low. Tie on a bodybait and ply any of the Great Lakes for trout and salmon and you’ll often have the upper hand. Spoons, spinners, flashers and flies are standard issue anywhere trout and salmon swim. It’s not that the aforementioned don’t catch fish. But contrary to popular belief, the vibrations and gyrations of bodybaits often prevail over the standard spin, flash and roll of metal lures....
Fishing Line Comparison
by Bob Jensen It’s early in the fishing season. Wise anglers are checking the line on their reels to make sure it’s in fish-catching condition. It’s important to remember that our line is the only thing between us and the fish: If we want to increase our odds of landing a trophy, we need to have good line on our reel. But in addition to good line, we need the right line. Different lines have different qualities. By considering what we’re looking for in a...
Slip Bobber Fishing
By Jason Mitchell As a guide, I believed that the most effective game plans just kept walleye fishing straight forward and simple. There are plenty of folks in this business who try to make fishing really complicated and you can make fishing akin to rocket science if you wish… I however made a living as a guide by dumbing the process down. I found that by keeping the process simple, I could accommodate people with a wider range of experience and...
Freshwater Fishing Lures
by Bob Jensen When we go fishing, there are a lot of things we need to take into consideration if we want to get fish to bite consistently. We need to think about where the fish will be when we’re on the water. Once we get that figured out, we need to decide what kind of freshwater fishing lures to tie on. Some lures are better in the spring, others are better in the summer or fall. Even when we know which lure to tie on there are considerations. What color, what...