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Is this you? Too carp anglers are in the same boat in that they cannot afford to buy the very most top quality HNV ready made baits in the volumes that they really need to compete on many big fish waters! Most of us have been or are now in this situation so here are just a few tips that will set you free of this problem for good, save you a fortune and catch you many more big fish!
Many carp anglers have a highly developed brand loyalty which companies actually strive to foster and develop to the degree that you might even feel guilty if considering changing brands! There is nothing wrong with brand loyalty because successful fishing is all about fishing confidently. However there are incredible catch-boosting benefits in using products from different bait companies in regards to your bait performance especially!
The unique combined effects of unique combinations of potent ingredients and additives never experienced before by carp improves your catches and even allows you to develop your own unique methods, rigs, baiting practices and strategies that will put you ahead of most other anglers who are generally stuck in a rut of conventional thinking!
Over the past 3 decades in my carp fishing I have gone through many phases of bait testing and as a result have quite a knowledge of what to combine with what differently in order to achieve many more potent competitive edges over both the fish and in many situations over fellow anglers to seriously improve my results.
Examples are many including the following! I remember applying very many kilograms of Hinders tiny high betaine Elipse pellets and crushed tiger nuts soaked in intense Talin and Thaumatin sweetener and tiger extracts and oils to catch the biggest carp and catfish from one Essex water with a leather carp to 46 pounds and a catfish of 68 pounds. You might like to try out crushed Mainline ready made baits like Active 8 mixed with other of their baits such as Fusion and Cell soaked in betaine HCL, Protaste sweetener and Nash Squid extract. A 1 foot long rig with small double pop-up baits straight off the lead is a well proven edge of mine for catfish. Nash Whiskey liquid is a useful additive I have mixed with PPC type amino complexes to great effect for big carp and when targeting big catfish too with homemade ground baits and boilies.
Dynamite Baits Halibut pellets soaked in Richworth liquid yeast with added Honey Yucatan and Tutti Fruitti combined with pure salmon oil plus some varied gustatory stimulants and digestive enhancers from a variety of companies has really done well for me. How many angler have tried pure maple syrup and Ccmoore Feedstim XP in the Mainline Grange CSL bait base mix for instance?! (Give this unique tip a try; perhaps as crushed homemade boilie baits and pastes in your PVA bags for instance!)
You might like to try out a homemade bait that will be very different, perhaps the new Mainline Cell base mix with added Tackle Box Ming Oil for instance with added Ccmoore blue cheese powder and garlic concentrate for instance.
Willis Worms have an outstanding Robin Red substitute that some major UK bait companies now include in their ready made baits. Because its great price I can absolutely pack it into my ground baits to awesome effect along with other of their very competitively-priced products including their worm extracts, squid andronone and CP70 fish protein for example, plus some of their custom liquid protein complexes.
I have been using products from Newfields Baits for a while and their green lipped mussel extract is simply amazing. I cannot choose between this and the high-impact de-fatted green-lipped mussel extract from Ccmoore!
I have used a very special combination of high grade hydrolyzed salmon protein, with a high PC liquid lecithin and premium grade Scottish salmon oil, in a variety of baits and application. These products are all very economical yet have been incredibly effective over this last spring and summer and even in winter in the cold substituting the salmon oil for betaine HCL! All these particular additives have come from a leading premium carp and koi pellet supplier and unique bait ingredients supplier called CW Baits and Carpfishingpellets (as found online.)
I have done very well mixing together ingredients from all kinds of companies to stretch my bait money further and improve my results. I have been making my own homemade baits since I started carp fishing in 1977. In the present economic climate more and more thinking carp anglers are getting into homemade bait making in order to save a fortune on ready made baits - and who can blame them?!
I used to use very many products from Rod Hutchinson and I absolutely trust all his products as he has been designing and refining incredibly successful baits since before probably 90 percent of UK carp anglers today were born! Who has not heard of Scopex for instance? A great tip is trying his Mulberry Florentine in hook baits or his nutritional Maple Steep Liquor supplement and flavour in very elevated levels in your free baits. I can tell you that Mike Willmot Essential Baits Natural Squid is a genuine winner and by adding cork dust to his and other ready made pastes will give you the ability to produce instant critically-balanced baits that will act as though they are boilies that have been in the water and are breaking down - just like wary carp like them!
Of course pellets are very important in the bait arsenal today. Combining pellets for specific purposes not just to stimulate carp feeding and pull them into your swim, but to get them to actually make more mistakes on your baits in a very potent edge. I know from long personal experience of catching wary fish that fishing over bait that is fully broken down can be the breakthrough edge required. You might wish to fish bloodworm pellet which are so popular today, but boosted with Ccmoore bloodworm extract and Red Venom liquid or Feedstim XP or Odyssey XXX liquid.
Personally I find the buoyant behavior of Ccmoore Milkimin pellets an incredible edge for more wary fish and I recently hooked the biggest fish in one smaller Kent lake at 35 pounds. The point is that this was actually on the first day of fishing and incorporating these in various forms in my homemade PVA bag mixes, homemade boilies and pastes! Just another thought is I recall really hammering the fish at Dream Lake One in France on Squid and krill extract ground baits with blast-frozen bloodworm in my PVA bag mix. Real blood worm goes a long way despite its cost when used exactly how and where it is best applied and I believe it is often superior to so many of the processed ready prepared bloodworm baits and additives available. (You might like to try it mixed with the new Nutrabaits bait called G-Force in crushed bloodworm extract-soaked form in PVA products etc.)
I have often used Nutrabaits Addits to enhance and further predigest my homemade ground bait and boilies and pellets to make them perform fantastically well but I do use much cheaper products plus special methods to further break down my baits even more favorably. This type of preparation stretches the short and long-term effects of my homemade base mixes much further! I often bulk them up with much cheaper ingredients to save on cost and these additives and ingredients are broken down into much more attractive soluble and very digestible compounds such as organic acids and fermenting sugars - among other goodies!
Another example everyone can consider is when I used certain homemade bioactive compound special edges to hook the biggest fish in Rainbow lake; when this fish was at 84 pounds back in around 2006. Spice and herb oleoresins and various other essential oil components (plus complete essential oils in combination) were included in the preparation of my homemade baits for that extremely highly pressured big fish water. Special homemade boosted particles and ground baits preparations plus homemade boilies and boosted ready made pellets were used in this instance. All this sounds like a lot of preparation but it always seriously pays off to make the extra effort at any water where people are well known to blank on and where your goal is to tempt the biggest wary fish!
The amount of competitive edges you can produce for yourself to get around what I call carp danger reference points conditioned into carp by past and present popular carp fishing bait forms, and baiting and fishing practices are legion (but you need to be thinking differently and use your imagination! Ultimately you are never taking a risk in being different with bait because everything is priceless feedback and anything that might seem like a mistake is actually a solution to crack a different fishing problem - 99 percent of the time!
I make my homemade baits with a big focus on protein and amino acids stimulation effects both internally and externally but I do not always design baits for the long-term and instant baits by definition can be both long and short-term for many reasons. With top quality protein additives and ingredients it can be very hard to cut costs but it is possible with enough knowledge of bait and you do not always have to group together to reduce personal costs or to get bargains in bulk. It is a fact that using high levels of the most potent substances in just your hook baits are often all you need to achieve your goals, and creative uses of cheaper but potently-boosted particles, natural baits, pellets and creatively-boosted particles as free baits are very often successful in guerrilla-type fishing approaches.
Certainly not all of the most impactful protein-related carp feeding triggers fall into the bracket of expensive complex amino acids (and other amines etc,) and certain natural feeding triggers can be very cheap indeed! In fact you can make extremely competitive homemade baits that do compete extremely well against ready made baits but with no fish protein, no milk protein and no sign of conventional expensive ready made amino acid complexes at all. With the right bait making knowledge you can make all these and more including making homemade flavors, flavour components and unique flavour-infused oils too all for yourself and save a fortune!
Now you might think that knowing much more about fish senses in regards to exploiting them with bait substances is not really needed today with the amount of commercial quality bait available now. But I can assure you that if saving a fortune in your bait costs (literally for life,) improving your catches, and staying ahead of the fish and competing anglers are your goals, then this fish senses and bait substances exploitation (of all fish senses) knowledge all combined is a huge advantage over less aware anglers!
This is something very many anglers will never understand nor appreciate the true power of because so many will simply be lazy and ignore it - so offering you a huge gaping area to exploit in order to always stay ahead!

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing Making Cheap Carp Fishing Baits - The Reality of Recipes That Work! By Tim F. Richardson Platinum Quality Author

So how do you begin to formulate a homemade bait that will compete with all those expensive ready made baits? This is a long piece on this subject that will give you a practical insight into the formulation and impacts of using highly successful economical homemade baits against more expensive ready made baits - so read on!
Many anglers seem to get the completely wrong idea and actually begin with thoughts about flavours and ingredients instead of the most powerful and obvious starting point, the one that will guarantee success! When your starting point is the fish themselves you are thinking much more closely like a fish than like an angler who has all kinds of personal preferences about baits which very frequently bear very little relationship with what carp senses most respond to in terms of feeding.
For instance, I went on a rare trip to a commercial water last week and using my own homemade baits, I out-fished the 15 guys fishing during the period fished who were literally all using popular ready made baits. So what does this say about the thinking and fishing approach of the average carp angler? Some of the guys either side of me were getting very frustrated with their ready made baits which had cost them in some cases over 10 pounds a kilogram. Also the baits they were using have been very successful in the past on a range of waters including this very one fished and some other ready made baits other guys were using were newer to the water than the longer-established ready made baits. My baits which had never been experienced by the fish before did so well for many powerful reasons.
I even showed my baits to some of the other anglers. I explained that my free baits and hook baits were quite savoury and sweet tasting at the same time and had a taste that lingered on the tongue with only had a very subtle smell. The guys did not seem impressed with these which is a shame because they certainly out-fished the fruit flavoured ready made bait someone had given me to field test which these guys seemed to like a lot more even though it did not perform as well!
Ideally you will begin with the fishes essential dietary requirements because by doing this you are guaranteed to give fish many reasons to eat your bait. But in a competitive fishing environment where many baits supply quality nutrition many other factors give you the edge. For example if your bait actually performs better in water at pulling fish into your swim for instance, or at improving the amount of bait fish are willing to repeatedly swallow even beyond the amounts they would usually feel full up. You might have palatability improving additives that increase the likelihood that your baits are actually consumed instead of merely being mouthed.
It is a fact that you can make your own homemade baits so potently stimulatory that carp will actually rub their bellies and fins on them to get even more of those goodies out of them. Such potent over-dosed baits are ideal for pulling maximum numbers of fish into your swim while you can use under-dosed hook baits that fish will devour instantly. (Note in this example I am not referring to over-dosing using flavours.)
There are so many incredible secrets about baits. The way baits interact with water is absolutely vital and the leverage of the substances of your baits is severely limited by your skills at feeding free baits in the right volumes, regularity and patterns and so on to suit every fishing situation.
Altogether too many ready made carp baits are simply too indigestible to offer very many competitive advantages over better designed baits and many ready made baits offer so many bog standard ingredients that carp have been force-fed on for decades that they simply do not need to eat them as the essential requirements they supply have pretty much been permanently satiated.
One of the biggest secrets is to offer your carp something different and preferably unique to you alone. This might be just one ingredient or additive or the actual omission of many of the more frequently used ingredients and additives. The fish really know the difference and I know that this is a very strong reason for some of the big bait companies to use a product called Cypry Spice from a bait company called Willis Worms in Wales to replace the old very familiar Robin Red.
Just one way you can achieve this is in the unique and purposely differentiated ratios, levels and combination's of ingredients and additives in both powdered and liquid forms that you apply in your baits (and ground baits) within digestible and practicable limitations. Personally I prefer to source unique additives and ingredients and natural flavour components that all enhance the impacts of each other as much as possible to induce repeated carp feeding for as long as possible. Experiencing this in action while actually fishing is such a great buzz of confidence and this is one of the most exciting things about preparing, making and using homemade baits
For example for my session last week I made up a large volume of extremely cheap bait based mainly around a combination of a liquid fish protein (not the all too familiar L030,) and fish oil, and a high PC lecithin used in very high levels. This was added to a very simple base mix which contained the basic dietary essential carp requirements and had a very good and practically proven digestibility. This means that this bait is eaten and digested comparatively quickly at relatively little energy cost to the fish compared to so many other baits. This also means that the fish get to instinctively feel all the components and benefits of eating this bait and very quickly are ready to consume more of it which as you can imagine is a huge advantage when session fishing!
While fishing my session last week I was baiting up extremely regularly to combat the impacts of bait-robbing roach and bream shoals and still getting big fish rolling over my baits and seeing fish feeding on the baits along with accompanying fish catches. It got to the stage that the ready made bait guys fishing either side of me were scratching their heads and simply hoping for a bite. I noticed these guys only had 2 or three kilograms of bait and were introducing that sparingly, not even realising that the bulk of it was being whittled away within the hour by marauding roach and other smaller species!
Sure you can catch fish fishing small amounts of bait or single hook baits but actually controlling fish behaviours by leveraging the impacts of free baiting is one of the most powerful edges in carp fishing and is the cornerstone of top level match-fishing success! I used to fish with a guy who match-fished for England youth as well as a friend from school called Dion who match fished for England for many years and ground bait figured in the strategic thinking in many ways and although I was able to use this to out-fish them while carp fishing and sea fishing, they both taught me loads along the way and of course we never stop learning!
A very big part of their problem just how expensive their ready made baits were, after all few anglers can keep spending 10 pound a kilogram on bait added to high ticket prices, food, traveling costs etc, and be able to use enough bait to compete by actually leveraging bait to maximum effect. By making your own bait of course this is not a problem and in fact is the only way I can afford to compete with bait-sponsored anglers myself. On such waters the use of boilies really is important because the smaller species are very definitely not so small and will destroy a carefully introduced bed of particles or ground bait or pellets within minutes. When the roach reach 3 pounds and average 1 pound alongside other specimen tench, crucian carp etc the application of the correct free bait is crucial for outstanding success.
The big point here is the actual leverage of bait and being able to maximize its impacts on carp. To do this you need to sustain enough dissolved substances in the water in and around your swim to pull those carp in and keep them interested long enough for the biggest fish to compete amongst themselves and give you a very good shot at a multiple big fish catch - by design!
You simply cannot do this consistently when fishing on a budget with a only a couple of kilograms of bait on waters teaming with specimen-sized smaller species, be it giant roach, bream, crucian carp, single figure carp, specimen tench, nuisance catfish and others. The attentions of all these fish can be harnessed to actually attract more carp into your swim buy only if you use enough bait in the right way in correct situations to do it, (many top anglers really are masters at doing this!)
In fact many very consistent big carp anglers are not particularly technically skilled but have an incredible if not instinctive talent for maximising the application and leverage of the impacts of bait. I feel this subject is much misunderstood and is a vital leveller of talent, time and money between anglers of lesser resources who deserve to catch and not blank or suffer comparatively poor catches when exceptional catches are actually within their reach with enough knowledge put into practice!
I saw all around me guys using pellets, standard 14 and 18 millimeter boilies for example, ready made ground bait balls and method mixes that the big roach shoals were tearing into. A lot of the guys were reeling in with their ready made baits completely whittled off their rigs so you can imagine the impact of the small fish on their free baits!
By contrast I was applying 2 distinct types of baits to my swim to counteract the problem of smaller fish and also to allow the carp to get a smell and taste of my baits and leading them to making mistakes with my hook baits! By strange coincidence, much of the bait I had prepared had been designed to deal with the crayfish in another water I was going to fish and did not. In this particular case my boilies were of 2 types; soft semi-boiled boilies for free baiting, and rock hard super-boosted hook bait boilies absolutely packed with naturally potent triggers and other vital substances to provide competitive edges.
Many of my free baits were well over 25 millimeters in size and none were made to be round but rather all were odd shaped and were in fact not prepared by rolling at all. Only a small proportion of the free baits were of around the standard 12 or 14 millimeter sizes. These free baits were designed to dissolve within about 4 hours of immersion thereby doing the maximum work in pulling and triggering fish while not giving them much time to actually eat them! The vast majority of ready made boilies will not break down for at least 8 to 36 hours or longer so you can see how much their effectiveness is limited by their actual form; the preference of average anglers for durable hard boilies as free baits and hook baits has many drawbacks!
I have seen with my own eyes very big carp actually fanning away standard round boilies in order to be able to pick up smaller odd shaped baits in safety. (On the lake bed odd shaped baits are very often standard round boilies which have been in the water a while, long enough for smaller fish to whittle them down in size and shape and which wary carp view with far less suspicion as these hook them far less than whole round baits!)
By contrast though, my hook baits and a proportion of matching free baits were of a totally different design and were super-boosted with natural triggers and were rock hard. These baits were of very small size and about as far from conventional machine-rolled shape, texture, density etc that you could imagine. These baits in large sizes where used in PVA bags and a very hard paste in large sized pieces were also used to very good effect.
This might all sound like common sense and to some of you like hard work, but I paid my money to fish the commercial fishery just the same as the other 15 anglers there but I spent less on my bait and still had better results despite them using the most popular brands of ready made baits. In part due to my 30 years in carp fishing, my own scientific research and long bait-making experience and my fellow BCSG friends my interest in bait and fish senses, metabolism, health, etc and my ability to improve my baits has come a very long way, and every week I get to learn new things to give me more competitive fishing edges and even more economical baits!
You may not be into master antioxidants, metabolic stimulants, bioactive flavour components or sorting the first to third limiting amino acids in your bait recipes. But I can assure you that just a few of the most powerful secrets will multiply your catches to the degree you will shudder at just how much time in hours and money in under-performing baits you will have wasted over the coming years in your possible ignorance. Having said that no-one knows everything about baits and most bait company bosses appear to have certain gaps in their knowledge.
There is are hard core of bait company bosses who by definition have been doing it for decades longer than anyone else and know far more in theoretical and practical terms as a result but even these top guys often have to compromise performance aspects of their bait due to the actual sensory and practical preferences of their human customers and their price sensitivity too! This gives the homemade bait maker enormous opportunities to out-fish very many popular ready made baits; certainly many of the most successful homemade baits I have made could not be offered commercially because buyers simply would not relate to them as conventional carp baits at all and would not buy them; unfortunately such is the mentality of the average angler and shows just how much they have been conditioned as much as carp! Having an open mind about bait is a definite advantage!
There are also very many bait company guys out there who are really just starting out with pretty limited actual working knowledge of even a handful of recipes of ready made baits they might be offering. Certain further gaps in knowledge might be in connection with various aspects of carp senses operations and in maximizing their exploitation potential, or in regards to how certain sweet substances impact physiologically to change DNA, carp preferences and taste cells cross adaptation impacts, or what to include to actually regulate carp blood sugar levels beneficially.
Significantly it might be some bait company bosses over-look completely the long-term (behaviour-forming) impacts of more obscure antioxidant additives on carp preferences, or the deeper aspects of enhancing impacts of certain non, semi-essential and essential amino acids for various effects using any of a whole range of substances, or even in regards to exactly how flavours work etc! (Many of the best flavours work well beyond simple potentiation of nerve cells. Never forget that as carp detect certain substances down to as little as 6 parts per million concentration, every single thing you put in a bait and in the swim can have impacts on results to some degree even if you cannot smell it!)
Every aspect of your bait can be used as a competitive advantage so attention to detail is of vital importance because it is this that can very seriously multiply your catches!
As a couple of quick tips, even if you have been making baits for a while, why not try out very high levels of Ccmoore Feedstim XP powder in your baits with their awesome Odyssey XXX liquid, or why not be very different and try this unique combination of premium grade salmon protein, high PC lecithin and pure Scottish salmon oil from my friend Phil at CW Baits and Carp fishing pellets. (This combination did fantastic last week and it also out-fished all the ready made baits it was fished against this past winter and was a combination I chose to exploit last week in my very cheap but successful homemade baits!) Phil started out as a premium koi food supplier and now offers some unique exceptional bait ingredients and very high quality very digestible baits (amino-sorted!) I know he is looking for some bait testers due to expanding his range of HNV baits so do contact him right away!)
I hope this makes you consider what savings you can make over the years and also the improved catches over your peers you are potentially missing out on right now! For much more information on making outstanding competitive homemade baits (and at a fraction of the cost of ready made baits) whether boilies, pellets, ground baits, boosted particles, meats, fish and natural baits etc, why not get my unique big carp bait secrets guides at my site called Baitbigfish and improve your catches and bank balance simultaneously!
By Tim Richardson.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing Catching Fish Advice And Tips By Philip Ringsdore

I have been fishing for over forty years both fresh water and at sea where I for many years owned and skippered a charter fishing boat. All fishermen are the same, no matter how many fish they catch it's always the same story, why did I not catch more or bigger fish. Maybe it would help to rectify this by remembering the following tips.
Tackle
Today there is a huge selection available for every kind of fishing and most of the top brands extremely expensive. This does not mean that you cannot catch plenty of good quality fish without spending a fortune.
Decide on the type of fishing you want to pursue and kit yourself out accordingly within your budget but don't expect you can use your fresh water tackle for sea fishing or vice versa. Ensure you have all that's necessary, carry out a regular inventory of your tackle box and obviously maintain all your tackle as new. One important piece of equipment that so many overlook is a good quality stainless steal and very sharp knife.
Also included in your tackle box should be a reasonable size first aid kit including protective sun cream especially if sea angling.
Weather
Whether to go or not to go? If sea fishing it's obviously up to the skipper to decide if conditions are suitable but it is also your choice. If it is your first experience of sea fishing and it is blowing a force four or more do not go, it could put you off sea angling for life. So many times have I had fishermen turn up for a trip and when I warned them it was going to be rough and advised those not experienced to cancel, had them tell me,"No problem we have fished in rough weather many times" only for half of them to be begging me to take them back within an hour. It is unfair to the others on board if you go on a trip without being 90% sure you will not get seasick.
The weather also effects the fishing, the old fishermen's saying, "The east wind doth blow, no fish will show" has a lot of truth in it from my experience. I have found the most productive days to be overcast with a light to moderate wind. Cloudless totally calm days while a pleasure to be at sea are not always so good for the fishing.
For fresh water fishing weather is also a factor, again those cloudless hot days seem to put the fish to sleep whereas a nice breeze and slightly overcast sky is better. Wet days are also good although not pleasant for the angler, but I have had some of my best catches in these conditions. Try also to fish with the wind in your face providing it is not too strong to prevent casting. During the summer the water warms up and fish seek deeper cooler water so a nice deep pool under the shade of some trees should be a good choice.
Attire and Approach
Remember above all you are a hunter, so dress and act accordingly. A suitably camouflaged and waterproof set of clothes is essential for the fresh water angler and stealth must be used when approaching your swim. If you see other anglers who are on a day out with the family keep well away as for sure they will be making a lot of noise.
When netting your catch place your landing net in the water and bring the fish to the net and try to avoid letting the fish thrash around on the surface. When replacing the fish do so very gently, don't just toss it back as I have seen so many anglers do which can not only harm the fish but will certainly disturb any nearby feeding on your ground bait.
For the sea angler clothing is vitally important although camouflage is not so important it must be of good enough quality to keep you warm and dry without being too bulky. Beware of the sun, it never seems so hot at sea but believe me you burn quicker. If you must expose you lilly white body make sure you apply adequate and high factor cream. The wind will burn your face and can chap your lips so a large brimmed hat is a good idea plus some lip salve.
While at sea keep the noise to a minimum, you should be wearing soft soled waterproof boots. Avoid banging the lid of your tackle box shut, letting your rod bang against the side of the boat, dropping you can of drink on the deck, etc. I remember one skipper who threatened to throw anyone who whistled while on his boat, into the sea. He called it "Whistling up the wind"
There is only one time you need to cast while boat fishing and that is for spinning but ask the skippers permission first because this is dangerous to other anglers.. I always insisted that only one angler be allowed to spin and that had to be done from the fore deck away from the other anglers.
One good tip about fishing from a boat, always try and fish from the stern, you are less likely to get tangled up with other anglers lines and from my experience anglers in this position catch more fish. Maybe it's because the experienced anglers always go for this spot!
Bait.
It goes without saying that bait and ground bait needs to be of the best quality and fresh. For the sea angler a good skipper will have a supply of bait but will also try and catch some fresh mackerel or sand eels etc. while on the way to his selected mark.
The fresh water angler must decide on the bait to be used and ensure he has a sufficient supply. Nothing is more infuriating than to run out of a bait that is constantly catching fish.
Ground bait too must be fresh, no good expecting to use last weeks left- overs.
While ground baiting or attaching bait to the hook, ensure your hands are clean, not coated in sun cream or anything else that will spoil the bait. If you are a smoker wipe your hands thoroughly before handling either the ground bait or the hook bait, a good idea is to rub them in the grass or soil, if on a boat in the sea.
Conservation.
Fishing is, in regard to numbers participating, the biggest sport in the world with millions fishing every day. It should be obvious that it is vital to conserve the fish stock, whether it be sea fish a fresh water. Most sea fish are good to eat but what is the point in keeping and killing more than one can eat and it is criminal to kill undersize fish.
While fishing in Darwin a couple of years ago I was delighted to learn that all the charter boats now operate a policy of catch and return. All the boats have an adequate fish tank to keep alive enough fish till the end of the day when the anglers can choose the ones they are going to eat that evening, the rest being returned. Any fish too big for the tank are weighed and photographed and returned immediately. Gone are the days when anglers came ashore with the days catch to be strung up and photographed.
Fresh water anglers should have a keep net big enough to allow the fish to be returned unharmed at the end of the session but unless you are competition fishing it is better to weigh and photograph your fish and return immediately.
Conclusion.
I hope you have found my article informative or at least given you food for thought. If you would like more information, advice and sources for where to go for fishing holidays, where to buy good tackle, bait etc. etc. please join my newsletter and immediately receive for free a forty year old proven method to catch fish without fishing, they actually catch themselves.
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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing RSS Feed XML RSS Feed RSS feeds allow you to be notified whenever brand new articles are released by your favorite authors. Google Yahoo NewsGator Bloglines MSN AOL Fishing Tips - For Any Angler By Trevor Kugler Platinum Quality Author

As anglers, it seems to me that we can always use another tip that's going to help us catch more fish. In this article I'm going to reveal some fishing tips that will help any angler be more successful out on the water. These tips aren't rocket science, and are actually quite simple. One of my theories is that the simpler an idea is, the better it is. This rule holds true for many areas of life, and fishing is no exception.
The first fishing tip is to make sure you aren't using fishing gear that's too heavy for the fish you're attempting to catch. When I refer to the term 'fishing gear', I'm referring specifically to your rod, reel, and fishing line. There are many instances in which I've been out on a trout stream, and found used fishing line laying around that's heavy enough to fish for large Steelhead! Pay attention to your rod, reel, and line and make sure you aren't using gear that's too heavy for your quarry. The pound test of your fishing line should correspond with the largest fish you think you'll catch out of that particular waterway. In other words, if your trout fishing in a small stream or river, anything over 6-pound test is complete overkill.
The next tip is to pay attention to your hands. This is especially true for live bait anglers. When we use live bait, we want the live bait to have the scent of the bait itself, and as few foreign scents as possible. Our hands carry and thus transfer any foreign scents that might be on them, onto our live bait. If our live bait has unnatural or foreign scents on it, fish are much less apt to bite. Some of these scents would include gasoline (from putting gas in your vehicle) and smoke (from smoking). A good practice is to grab a handful of dirt or grass and rub it into your hands before baiting up. This will eliminate any unnatural or foreign scents that might be on your hands.
This fishing tip is true for almost any angler as well. Always pay attention to the weather and moon, and plan your fishing trips around these two factors of Mother Nature. This might sound strange, but its nonetheless true. The weather and moon play a big factor in the behavior and activity level of fish, and knowing how is definitely an advantage in your favor. Knowing how the weather and moon affect fish behavior is of the utmost importance to you as an angler.
If you are a live bait angler (especially live worms) it's a great idea to use gang hooks to fish with those worms, and a bait bag to carry your worms. You see, gang hooks are the most effective and natural way to present live worms as bait. They allow you to present said worms in an outstretched and natural manner. And a bait bag is simply a small pouch that hangs from your fishing vest and carries your live worms while you're fishing. This way you always know right where your bait is, and it's always at your fingertips, waiting to be used. This saves a tremendous amount of valuable fishing time.
Begin using one or all of these fishing tips sooner rather than later, and you will be a much more successful angler. How am I so sure of this? Because I've been using these simple, yet effective tips to help me catch more fish for more than 20 years. I know they will do the same for you.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing Travel Fishing Rods By Payo W Perry Platinum Quality Author

One of the most exciting aspects of fishing is being able to do it in new locations and to this end travel fishing rods are just the perfect tool for the job. While most anglers own 2 or even 3 piece rods the truth is that they're just not practical for travel and can be broken or damaged easily in transit.
Up until recently there was always an issue with these kinds of rods. The trade off was that they were very portable in design but this resulted in a poorer performance as a fishing rod. The manufacturers, well aware of this problem, have worked very hard to address this issue and succeeded. The travel fishing rods of today are almost, quite incredibly, on a par with standard 1 or 2 piece rods in terms of performance.
It's really great news for fishermen who are adventurous and enjoy combining say a hiking holiday in the Scottish lochs with fishing pristine lakes hardly ever fished at all, the kinds of places where you literally have the entire location to yourself. There's something just so pure and spiritual about it all!
These travel rods will fold up and literally fit inside your backpack which means you have the freedom to fish anywhere you like even if it involves taking a plane to get there! No more rod cases or excess baggage charges, the rod will fit straight into your suitcase.
There are no restrictions either in terms of what kind of travel rod you can get. Fly rods, spinning rods, bait casting rods, even surf rods all have their own models catered for in this new market.
If you've never had the adventurous fishing bug before then perhaps the new breed of travel fishing rods will inspire you to step out into the wider world and fish some really exciting places right off the beaten track.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing RSS Feed XML RSS Feed RSS feeds allow you to be notified whenever brand new articles are released by your favorite authors. Google Yahoo NewsGator Bloglines MSN AOL Fly Tying - 10 Reasons to Tie Your Own Flies By M James Platinum Quality Author

Fly Tying is becoming increasingly popular, and now many anglers are deciding to tie their own flies. Perhaps you are one of them, and know lots about what works for you in the waters you fish in, and for catching different fish. If you're new to fishing, then here's why you should start fly tying.
1. You can save money by tying your own flies. If you want to save for a lighter rod, or a better reel, then why save money on bait, and make your own flies?
2. Think of the immense sense of pride you'll have when you land your first fish with a fly you tied yourself. Perhaps you'll discover something completely different from the other anglers, or than you've used before, and it'll work well for you.
3. Because you can use all sorts of things to make good fishing flies, you'll be making use of things you'd normally throw away. Think about how you could utilise shiny sweet wrappers, or reflective materials, or bits of foam packaging.
4. As you get better and better at fly tying, you'll lean what sort of things fish are attracted to. Maybe some fish will like brighter colours, or different textures, or bigger or smaller shapes. You can experiment with lots of different ideas, and it doesn't have to be expensive at all.
5. When you make your own flies, you'll know exactly what you're getting, and won't be spending money on things you don't need. Perhaps you've bought flies before that weren't very effective, or you bought the wrong ones for the time of year, or the waters you were fishing in.
6. You'll get used to tying flies onto your rod, and soon you'll be much better at it, and produce effective flies to help you catch more fish.
7. Anglers know that different flies work with different fish, in different waters and at different times of the year. So once you know the waters and what you're likely to catch, you'll know exactly what you need, and can be highly prepared.
8. You might be naturally creative and want to put your creativity to good use when you're not sat on the bank, or wading in the river. Why not see whether you can make effective fishing flies in order to catch more fish?
9. There are even people who don't go fishing who are keen on fly tying, and do it just for fun. If you know someone who enjoys fly tying but doesn't fish, see if they can help you get started, or borrow some of their ideas.
10. Fly tying can involve the whole family. Whether you're all saving shiny wrappers, or old beads and sequins, or helping out with the designing of shapes, or choosing materials, you can have fun fly tying. If other members of your family share your passion, then why not see if they'll help with fly tying too?
Now you know more about it, perhaps now is the time for you to start fly tying today.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing Fly Fishing and Your Surroundings By Tom R Baxter

The best time of year for trout fishing is spring and autumn, in April, May or early June, then, late September, October. Small lakes tend to get to warm in the summer months, and the trout are just not interested. The best type of days, are the overcast ones. It is not always practical, but if you have the time, especially if it is a place that you are unfamiliar with, take some time off before you intend to fish and walk along the waters edge and see what flies and other insects are around, this will give you a good starting point on what flies to use.
One of the greatest things about fly fishing is that it opens up the world around you, whereas in the past you would have just walked along a waters edge not really taking much notice, now you start noticing the wildlife and insects that abound there. The better you are at doing this, the better your fishing will become. Can you hear the grasshoppers in the field as you walk through? Here are a few more pointers,
1) Is the riverbed rocky, silty, or sandy?
2) What types of plants are there on the river bank?
3) Do you have flies that match the colour and shape of the ones that you have found?
4) What kind of trout have you seen in the water?
When starting out and you are picking your spot to set up for a day of fly fishing, find a place that is away from the waters edge, so as not to disturb the fish. Try and have plenty of clear room behind you, with the wind blowing onto the water. You want deep water that is close to the bank. If you are going in with waders, then walk gently into the water moving slowly, minimising your movement as much as possible so as not to disturb the fish. Trout hear far better than we do and water transmits sound faster than air. So be careful when in the water, or they are going to scarper, and no matter how good your flies are you are not going to catch any fish!

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing Learning to Use a Fly Rod By Jay A. Jenkin Platinum Quality Author

According to the official Boy Scouts of America Field book, "Fly casting is a skill you can learn in a few minutes, and then spend the rest of your life trying to perfect." This certainly rings true, and it is certain that there are few fishing activities more enjoyable than the noble art of fly-fishing. This article will focus on the "few minutes" part of that quote, and get you on the way to fishing enjoyment with a minimum of fuss.
When fly-fishing, your equipment will consist of a rod 6-10 feet long, a winch reel located below the rod, and the line, which is weighted to be heavier than regular fishing line. When fly-fishing, instead of putting a sinker on the end of your line to carry it out as you cast, fly fishermen use no sinker: the line itself acts as a weight. Don't make the mistake of trying to use your regular fishing gear for fly-fishing: take it from me, you won't get anywhere. The good news is, though, you can get set up for fly-fishing relatively cheaply, and then you can fish as much as you want for the cost of the gas to get to and from your favorite fishing hole.
Now, as you cast, the main difference that you will notice from conventional fishing is that you do not leave the line in the reel: you will actually pay out a little bit of line and hold it in your hand, then release it as you cast. This can look a little silly, but considering the low weight of a fly-fishing rig and the precision required in fly fishing to drop your fly right where you want it, directly over the fish, it is a necessity. So, before you actually cast, swing the rod back and forth over your head a few times, getting a feel for it and feeling the loading energy go from the rod to line and back. As you do this, use the hand that is not holding the pole to feed out the line from the reel and control the length of it. After about half a minute, you will have enough line looping in the air to cast, so swing the rod tip out toward your target, watching the line arc out over the water. Where you put the fly will depend on the current of the water: if it is still, place it right on top of the fish. It is moving, place it a little above the fish and let it float down to them.
Other types of fishing may get you bigger fish, but one thing is true: no other fishing experience in the world can top the satisfaction of expertly casting out a fly and watching a big bass explode out of the water for it. It doesn't matter how many times you see it happen: when that water pops, you'll jump.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing RSS Feed XML RSS Feed RSS feeds allow you to be notified whenever brand new articles are released by your favorite authors. Google Yahoo NewsGator Bloglines MSN AOL The Love Of Salmon Fishing By Eliseo Lao

Salmon fishing is, without a doubt, one of the most popular types of sports fishing worldwide. The variety of salmon, their excellent fight and extreme size make them an ideal sports fish in almost all northern waterways, both fresh and salt water. In addition they are idea for fishing from boats, off the shore, or even in net fishing. One of the other benefits to salmon fishing is the versatility of the meat from the salmon. It can be baked, canned, barbecued, planked and even fried, and is a staple in many diets and in national dishes of such diverse countries as Canada, Japan and the Scandinavian countries. French cuisine also features salmon in many different forms making this a truly international food.
Salmon fishing, unlike many other types of fishing, does not require a huge amount of expensive equipment. A sturdy rod and reel, a jig or hook system that can easily be purchased pre-made, some salmon lures and a bit of luck and good planning are all that is required to spend a day fishing off the coast for salmon. Salmon can be fished using the same techniques that are used for fresh water fish varieties such as bass and trout.
It is not uncommon to use fly fishing techniques in the spring, worms and lures in the summer, and even spinning and netting in the fall or winter months. In all areas that salmon fishing has been a sport and traditional food gathering method, fishing and harvesting is controlled to prevent over-fishing and possible extinction of these remarkable species of fish. In some countries the salmon run or return to the spawning streams has become dramatically decreased and there is a worldwide effort to maintain the numbers and species population.
Fishermen and women may travel to different countries to experience the opportunities of salmon fishing in different waterways and with different types of tackle and bait. Some of the most common salmon fishing hot spots worldwide include:
o Alaska, United States
o British Columbia, Canada
o Washington State, United States
o Oregon, United States
o California, United States
o Scotland
o Estonia and Latvia
o Scandinavia
o Japan
Fishing for salmon is popular with all types of fishermen and women from the very young to the older, more experienced anglers. There are even salmon farms that have sprung up along the northern coastal areas that are farming or raising domestic salmon to meet the world's growing need for fish and fish products. Salmon are a natural type of aquaculture species due to the fresh and salt-water varieties available. While salmon fishing is not part of salmon farming, the use of fish farms helps to preserve the wild, natural stocks that provide the fishing population for sports fishermen and anglers worldwide.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing Salmon Fishing - 24 Key Features Of Going Salmon Fishing By Abhishek Agarwal Platinum Quality Author

Sport fishing is an utmost preferred activity across the globe. Amidst so many of its types & varieties perhaps the most known is salmon fishing.
The key features of salmon fishing are as follows:
1. Salmon fish are found in all sorts of waters that are fresh as well as salty.
2. Also their excellent fight & extreme size make these quite a preferred sports fish.
3. Also one can fish for them from any part of the sea that is using boats, sitting off the shore and / or using net fishing.
4. Another key benefit is that the meat fetched from the salmon fish is quite versatile for several purposes.
5. The meat of salmon fish can be baked, barbecued, canned, planked, fried, etc.
6. It falls under the staple diet.
7. The meat of salmon fish happens to come under some of the national dishes from diverse countries like Canada & Japan and the Scandinavian nations.
8. Also the French cuisine features this sort of salmon meat in varied forms that truly makes it an international food.
9. Unlike several other types of fishing, salmon fishing does not need that huge bulk of the expensive equipment.
10. Just a sturdy rod & reel, along with a jig and / or the hook system would easily do the trick for salmon fishing.
11. Salmon fishing indeed calls for some lures & some luck and last but certainly not the least, very good planning.
12. To fish the salmon one can use the similar techniques as are used for other varieties of fresh water fish like the bass & trout.
13. Other options to do salmon fishing are to use techniques like fly fishing in the spring season, worms & lures for the summer season, and spinning & netting for the fall season as well as the winter months.
14. Salmon fishing besides being a great sport is also regarded as a great source to gather food.
15. However, this traditional sport of fishing is controlled as well, in order to prevent the extinction of this great species due to over-fishing.
16. Across the world, in several nations the salmon have stopped running or returning to their spawning streams.
17. Hence, efforts are being made all across the globe to maintain its numbers & the population of the species.
18. Fishermen & the women travel to various nations in order to experience the several opportunities of the salmon fishing in the various waterways using different types of bait & tackle.
19. Salmon fishing is popular among individuals at all ages whether your or old, and among men as well as women.
20. Along the coastal areas of the north several farms are now being maintained to serve the people who love salmon fishing.
21. These farms are also helpful in satisfying the domestic needs for growing fish & the related products.
22. Salmon is an aquaculture species that grows naturally in the fresh & the salt waters.
23. The salmon fish farms also help in the preservation of the wild and the natural stocks providing the nation's fishing population like the sports fishermen & the anglers worldwide.
24. Various known & common spots across the globe to enjoy salmon fishing are as follows:
a. Alaska, United States
b. British Columbia, Canada
c. Washington State, US
d. Oregon, United States
e. California, United States
f. Scotland
g. Estonia & Latvia
h. Scandinavia
i. Japan

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Beginners Guide to Fly Tying By Robert Joe Wallace Platinum Quality Author

Fly tying is a skill that is easy to learn, if you start out with the correct attitude. It is essential that you understand that fly tying is only as hard as you make it. In the real world, fish don't care as much as the angler does. If anyone tells you any different, they haven't fished much or they are a perfectionist who thinks anything less than perfection is a waste of time.

I have caught fish with a fly that has been torn to a point that it is unrecognizable. So don't worry about the fly looking perfect. The more you tie flies, the better you will get. I like to use some of my goofs to see how they work. Most of the time they work well.

Start Off with the Basics

In order to get started, you have the option to buy the essentials of fly tying individually or in a kit.

I would recommend buying an inexpensive tying kit first. They will come with all the basics you need to get started. You can find them at most fly shops or sporting good stores that sell fly-fishing equipment. They range in price averaging somewhere between $20 and $50. These will work well until you get confident enough to venture out to flies that are more difficult.

Beginners Should Start Big

When starting out, it will be best to tie flies from size 10 or smaller. (If you don't know what this is, ask the fly shop to help you.) When you are tying flies usually the smaller the number the larger the fly. Sound weird? Whoever decided the scale must have been a golfer and the low score wins.

It is better for beginners to start with size 10 or smaller. Since they are larger, they are easier to see what you are doing and require less feel. Feel is something you will develop over time.

When you tie flies, you will find out that you will have a tendency to use too much material and the fly will be too bulky. This is normal. However, sparse is better in most cases. This will come with practice.

Fish Like: Shapes, Colors, and Sizes

When tying a fly three things attract fish, shape, color and size.

When you tie flies, consider making two to three different sizes of each fly. This will help you gain control and give you a more versatile array of flies to show the fish. Additionally, try to make the flies using the same shape and size but varying the color. This way you can find out which fly the fish like best.

Fly Tying Progression

The beginner will have the best luck attempting to make bass flies. Once that has been mastered, you can work your way up to trout flies. These flies generally require smaller flies and detail that is more intricate.

Good luck and have fun. Remember, there isn't such a thing as a bad fly, just one that looks funny. Fishermen need a good laugh and fish don't care.

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Fishing - Tips to Know When Fishing For Trout By Trevor Kugler Platinum Quality Author

When it comes to fishing for trout there are certain tips that should be learned that will help to tips the odds into your favor so to speak. Fishing for trout isn't as simple as just grabbing a jar of Powerbait and heading out to your local trout pond. Well, actually it is that simple if all you want to do is catch a few "trout" that have been planted in said lake by your local fish commission, but if you want to become a true trout fisherman there are certain tips that can help you to become much more successful.

As you can probably tell, I've never had much respect for stocked trout or the people who sit shoulder to shoulder along the bank in an attempt to catch them. These tips to know when fishing for trout are for native trout (which to me means that they were born or have survived 2 or more seasons in a particular waterway). These tips are also geared towards fishing in the flowing waters of either a river or stream. Fishing in rivers or streams while wading is the best (and most effective) way to catch trout in my opinion.

When fishing for trout the first tip to know is that trout are most active when the weather and moon are doing certain things. As trout fishermen we want to use this information to our advantage to make sure that your are on the water at the most opportune times. It's not necessary to become a meteorologist or astronomer, knowing the basics will do. For example, try to be on the river fishing for trout anytime that there is a new moon (this happens every month for those of you who don't pay attention). The bottom line is to be on the water when the odds are the most in your favor by paying attention to the weather and moon.

The next of the tips to know when fishing for trout is that whenever live bait is employed that bait needs to be presented in the most natural way possible. This means using a quality bait rig for rigging your live bait rather than a single fishing hook. When fishing for trout, especially if you fish with live worms, quality bait rigs should be employed.

When it comes to tips for fishing for trout one of the simplest and most often overlooked are the scents that are on your hands. You see, any scents that are on your hands will transfer to your trout bait or lure and since trout have very sensitive noses, this will cost you bites. This is especially true with larger, more experienced trout. Make sure that your hands are free of unnatural scents by rubbing your hands in a handful of dirt before beginning your fishing trip.

These simple tips should be employed by anyone who wants to become a more successful trout fisherman. If not, get out there early, so you can get a "good spot" before the crowd shows up after the fish commission gets done releasing the stocked trout.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing The Know How - Trout Fishing Tips By Jim Johannasen Platinum Quality Author

Catching trout fish is not an easy job. Their awareness of surrounding environment makes it very challenging. However, you will feel rewarded when you catch one of them. Most of the times, you will find trout fish in cool, clear waters. You have to learn about the living habits and feeding characteristics of trout fish to catch them.

Once you have the knowledge of species with you, all you need is to adjust your baits and search for the appropriate location. All the fishing strategies are particular to a kind of species. Visit the fishing stream of your choice at night. You can have more catches by shifting fishing timings.

Sometimes you will find night hours to be highly productive to get your hands on trophy trout. However, remember to find your fishing spot in the day light. Otherwise you will be roaming around without having much success in the river or lake. You need to have bigger lures for fishing in night hours. See if the lures can match leeches. Another thing you should note is that color of bait does not matter at night. Do bring light equipment to handle the fish you catch. Your chances of catching a brown trout of the size of a trophy are more at night. Brook trout are easiest to catch. If you don't have much experience yet, you should go for this species. Compared to other species of trout, they are far less subtle. Secondly, they are going to bite anything you cast into the water. When you are going after a smaller fish like Brook trout, you are sacrificing the possible catch of bigger fish. Use insects as bait for them. If insects are not available, use anything else. It won't much difference as they will come running to eat your bait. Sink the bait a little below the surface.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing River Trout Fishing Tips - 3 Tips For Trout Fishing in Rivers By Trevor Kugler Platinum Quality Author

To me there is only one place to truly fish for trout and that place is in the flowing waters that a river provide. Sure trout can be caught from lakes and even from boats, but for me there is nothing like fishing for and catching trout in a river while wading. In this article I will outline 3 tips for trout fishing in rivers, especially while wading in said rivers.

In many instances good river trout fishing tips are hard to come by, especially when it comes to traditional spin fishing. Most people think of fly fishing when they think of river trout fishing, but what if you aren't a fly fisherman? The river trout fishing tips in this article are for the traditional spin fishermen rather than fly fishermen, simply because spin fishing is what I have always engaged in.

For me river trout fishing has always been about fishing not only with traditional spinning gear, but more to the point ultra light spin fishing gear. Ultra light rods, reels spooled with light line, and the use of small tackle and hooks is a very enjoyable and effective way to catch trout in rivers. This is something I have engaged in for more than twenty years and these 3 tips come directly from that experience.

1. Fish When The Trout Are Active - Being on the river fishing when the trout are most active is of the utmost importance when river fishing. The more active the trout are the more apt the trout are to bite. You can determine when the trout will be the most active by learning the simple ways in which both the weather & moon impact a fish's behavior. Plan your fishing trips around this information and you will experience more fishing success.
2. Use Live Worms As Bait - In many instances the best bait for trout in rivers is live worms. A great river trout fishing tip is to use live worms as bait anytime you are fishing for trout in rivers while wading. A live worm rigged in a natural manner and allowed to flow naturally with the current of the river is an incredible trout fishing tactic. Try to have your offering bounce along the bottom of the river as it flows with the current as well. This tactic has helped me hook man untold number of trout throughout the years.
3. Don't Spook The Trout - When trout fishing in rivers a mistake many fishermen make is to "spook" the trout they are attempting to catch. Trout can become spooked by many things, but the most common are by far noise and your shadow. Never cast your shadow on the area you are trying to fish and never make any kind of loud noise in the river you are attempting to catch trout from. If you spook the trout it can easily take over an hour for them to "return to normal" and begin feeding again.

These 3 river trout fishing tips will make anyone a much more successful river trout fisherman. Add one or all of these tips to your trout fishing arsenal today.

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HOME :: Recreation-and-Sports / Fishing The Basics of Trout Fishing - Trout Fishing Basics Every New Trout Angler Needs to Keep in Mind By Trevor Ku

In this article I will do my best to explain some of the basics of trout fishing in an attempt to help you avoid some common trout fishing mistakes. Understanding "the basics" is very important when fishing for trout. Fishing for these multi colored fish can be a bit different than fishing for many other species of fish, and the regular rules of fishing don't necessarily apply when fishing for trout.

Don't get me wrong, the basics like using a hook and line certainly apply, it's just that there are other basics that many anglers don't consider which can make a big difference when trout fishing. This article will outline some of the basics of trout fishing that every beginning trout angler needs to keep in mind.

The first thing to keep in mind when it comes to fishing for trout is where trout are found. For the most part trout are found in cold, clear, flowing water. Trout are very aware of their surroundings and in clear water this means that the fisherman needs to be concerned about the trout's surroundings as well. In other words you don't want the trout to notice you as much as is possible. When fishing for trout you want to do things like wearing drab colored clothing and not casting your shadow on the area that you're attempting to fish. Basically make yourself as invisible to the trout as is possible.

The next thing to keep in mind when fishing for trout is the size of the fishing gear that's employed. Too often beginning trout anglers use fishing gear that's entirely too heavy. One of the most important basics of trout fishing is to use ultralight rods, reels, and light line. Not only does this make trout fishing much more sporting and fun, the use of ultralight gear also makes fishing much more effective as well. I personally use four pound test monofilament fishing line when trout fishing and nothing heavier than six pound test should ever be employed when fishing for trout (in most situations).

When it comes to trout fishing basics another important basic is the way that your bait is presented. Trout, especially large, experienced trout, pay very close attention to what their bait looks like. This means that you want your bait to be presented in the most natural manner possible. This is accomplished by employing gang hooks to rig your bait. These hooks allow for an extremely natural bait presentation.

The above are some of the basics every angler needs to know when fishing for trout. Are they all of the basics? Of course not, but these tips will go a long way to making you a more successful trout angler. These trout fishing basics are among the most important for the beginning trout angler to learn.

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