By Morgan Hamilton
Since I was a young boy, I've always wanted to learn how to fish. However, I never really had the time to do it. My family lives in the middle of a major city so I didn't have a lot of opportunities to pick up a rod and reel. Anyway, I made up my mind to start doing the things I've always wanted to do, but never quite got around to, now that my kids are off at college and I've got more time to myself. I'm currently looking for some fun and easy ways to learn basic bass fishing techniques. This way I’ll have something to show to my buddies when we go on a camping trip next month.
To be honest, I never actually knew that there would be specific bass fishing techniques to learn. I figured that I just need to bait the hook, cast the line into the water, and sit around until something bit because I have never fished before in my life. I guess that's not the way to do things if you're serious about catching some fish. I realized that I will be able to achieve results by learning some tried and true fishing techniques developed by the pros. I am ready to devote myself to studying bass fishing techniques for the next few weeks because I want to impress my friends by catching a lot of big fish on my very first time out.
I was surprised by the amount of information available when I searched for information about bass fishing techniques on the Internet. I had plenty of material to read and I learned a great deal in a short space of time through the numerous websites dedicated to the study of bass fishing techniques. I was able to learn that using the right type of lure is important. I now know that the type of lure that I should use depends on the time of day that I’m out on the water.
Well, some of the things I learned might be elementary info for the seasoned professionals, but it's something I never would have guessed. I also discovered that choosing the right spot is one of the most critical fishing techniques a beginner can learn. These were just two of the techniques that I learned on my initial search for information on bass fishing techniques.
I purchased some lures and other products that recommended by professional anglers, after I read about some tips for bass fishing. I realized these products would help me, even if having the right products alone wouldn't guarantee that I'd land some big fish. I am now confident that I won’t embarrass myself when we go out on the water because I've learned enough bass fishing techniques. I'll be able to enjoy myself thanks to the tips and tricks I've picked up recently, even if I don't catch the biggest or the most fish.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Nutritional Carp Baits and 'The Bait Triangle' Effect
By Tim F Richardson
Nutritional carp baits or ‘food’ baits are very popular now; because they really consistently produce big carp!
The theory of ‘balanced amino acid profile and nutrition’ carp baits, has been repeatedly proven by consistent catches of big carp for decades.
Your baits amino acid profile; its content and biological availability to carp digestion, is central to your nutritional bait attraction and success. By refining these things in your baits, on the right fisheries, your big fish catches can really become the stuff most anglers only ever dream of!
The numbers of big carp that get caught on other types of ‘boilie’ baits have seriously reduced especially in the UK and Europe, where angling pressure has become so high. For numerous reasons, other baits will of course always catch plenty of carp.
Now we get to the interesting bit; the effect of a carps dietary requirement for individual amino acids. This is a variable between individual fish at any point in time!
There are about 13 ‘essential amino acids’ for carp, and the easy definition is: An amino acid that cannot be synthesized in the carps body from internal resources. Therefore, carp must consume them in their diet!
The advantages do not end there. Nutritional bait will often contain a ‘complete balanced, nutritional profile,’ including essential fats, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, and salt, which are all proven carp attractors.
The individual components of the bait ingredients work together in the bait itself, and in the carp’s digestion and assimilation processes. This provides the optimal nutritional bait performance, and benefits in the carp’s body.
This multiplies the effect of all the individual bait ingredients for maximized carp attraction, and repeated desire for consumption of your bait.
How do you make your bait release even more carp attracting amino acids? Well, very water soluble, easily ‘digested’ amino acids are supplied in greater quantities by predigesting your baits, using bacterial action or 'curing' your baits, or by using artificial enzyme activity within your baits.
You can always add more ‘free’ form liquid amino acids as a bait dip or soak too to really maximize attraction.
To my knowledge, every top commercial bait manufacturer utilizes elements of, or all of these effects! So, if you fish a ‘pay lake’ where it seems most anglers have been using the same shop-bought bait, try applying your new homemade nutritional bait to give a great competitive edge.
Soon, you’ll be the one catching all the biggest carp yourself, although you may need to introduce a very plentiful amount of bait in advance, to get the fish feeding confidently on it.
Such baits can become ‘habit-forming,’ with seemingly ‘addictive’ powers over the carp’s natural caution.
* A ‘bait triangle’ effect is at work with high nutritional bait.
Initially, this is where many types of fish will sample your bait to begin with, after its first introduction to a water. Different sizes of carp and bigger fish such as bream, tench and catfish will ‘push out’ the competing smaller fish.
As the dietary benefits are experienced by fish eating the bait, the fish which have the largest, energy efficiency and dietary requirements push out the lesser size carp, when the bait is repeatedly introduced over a period of time.
At this stage the largest fish tend to ‘monopolize’ the bait and will eat it in preference to other food and less nutritionally balanced baits.
This is why ‘mixing bait ingredient weaknesses’ is so powerful; you can catch the biggest fish in a lake, in a very short period of time, by the balancing your bait nutrition and by regular feeding of ‘free’ baits.
To use these baits most effectively, the very top successful fishermen keep their ‘free baits’ going into their lake or swim very regularly, and this is especially important in winter fishing. It can require 3 visits to the water every week just to keep the carp searching for bait, feeding confidently on it, and feeling its beneficial effects.
So why bother doing this? Well, this activity can become so productive in terms of catch results; it can actually become addictive as your results just keep improving!
So, it is essential to mix bait ingredients, that have different weaknesses in their essential amino acids distributions; this limits nitrogen loss through ‘deamination’ and provides the best opportunity for protein utilization in the carp.
In the base mix, I prefer to use the highest levels possible of ‘whole protein foods’ ingredients and predigested protein food extracts. I also maximize the levels of ‘free’ aqueous (in solution) amino acids compounds in the bait mix.
A mixed amino acid compound ‘bait soak’ or dip, complete with naturally derived extracts like spices, attractors like sea salt and natural flavour components like squid extract give the bait a great edge.
The attractional benefits are maximized and enhanced further by important methods that sustain bio-activity within the bait. My baits are normally fermented or ‘cured’ too, at the very least, to release further nutrition and enhance carp attraction factors.
Why not try making a nutritional carp bait yourself. Yes, bait making involves making mistakes and ‘trial and error.’ In fact, some of my ‘mistakes’ have led to some of my most productive baits. Owning your secret nutritional carp bait recipe can be a massive catches and confidence booster!
(Warning: this article is subject to copyright.)
By Tim Richardson. ‘The thinking angler’s fishing author’ and bait guru.
For more information see: http://www.baitbigfish.com
Tim is a leading big fish angler and recognized carp bait guru in the UK. His best selling bait making manuals are used by members of the elite “British Carp Study Group” for expert reference. This comprehensive information and research can help beginners and experienced anglers alike.
Nutritional carp baits or ‘food’ baits are very popular now; because they really consistently produce big carp!
The theory of ‘balanced amino acid profile and nutrition’ carp baits, has been repeatedly proven by consistent catches of big carp for decades.
Your baits amino acid profile; its content and biological availability to carp digestion, is central to your nutritional bait attraction and success. By refining these things in your baits, on the right fisheries, your big fish catches can really become the stuff most anglers only ever dream of!
The numbers of big carp that get caught on other types of ‘boilie’ baits have seriously reduced especially in the UK and Europe, where angling pressure has become so high. For numerous reasons, other baits will of course always catch plenty of carp.
Now we get to the interesting bit; the effect of a carps dietary requirement for individual amino acids. This is a variable between individual fish at any point in time!
There are about 13 ‘essential amino acids’ for carp, and the easy definition is: An amino acid that cannot be synthesized in the carps body from internal resources. Therefore, carp must consume them in their diet!
The advantages do not end there. Nutritional bait will often contain a ‘complete balanced, nutritional profile,’ including essential fats, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, and salt, which are all proven carp attractors.
The individual components of the bait ingredients work together in the bait itself, and in the carp’s digestion and assimilation processes. This provides the optimal nutritional bait performance, and benefits in the carp’s body.
This multiplies the effect of all the individual bait ingredients for maximized carp attraction, and repeated desire for consumption of your bait.
How do you make your bait release even more carp attracting amino acids? Well, very water soluble, easily ‘digested’ amino acids are supplied in greater quantities by predigesting your baits, using bacterial action or 'curing' your baits, or by using artificial enzyme activity within your baits.
You can always add more ‘free’ form liquid amino acids as a bait dip or soak too to really maximize attraction.
To my knowledge, every top commercial bait manufacturer utilizes elements of, or all of these effects! So, if you fish a ‘pay lake’ where it seems most anglers have been using the same shop-bought bait, try applying your new homemade nutritional bait to give a great competitive edge.
Soon, you’ll be the one catching all the biggest carp yourself, although you may need to introduce a very plentiful amount of bait in advance, to get the fish feeding confidently on it.
Such baits can become ‘habit-forming,’ with seemingly ‘addictive’ powers over the carp’s natural caution.
* A ‘bait triangle’ effect is at work with high nutritional bait.
Initially, this is where many types of fish will sample your bait to begin with, after its first introduction to a water. Different sizes of carp and bigger fish such as bream, tench and catfish will ‘push out’ the competing smaller fish.
As the dietary benefits are experienced by fish eating the bait, the fish which have the largest, energy efficiency and dietary requirements push out the lesser size carp, when the bait is repeatedly introduced over a period of time.
At this stage the largest fish tend to ‘monopolize’ the bait and will eat it in preference to other food and less nutritionally balanced baits.
This is why ‘mixing bait ingredient weaknesses’ is so powerful; you can catch the biggest fish in a lake, in a very short period of time, by the balancing your bait nutrition and by regular feeding of ‘free’ baits.
To use these baits most effectively, the very top successful fishermen keep their ‘free baits’ going into their lake or swim very regularly, and this is especially important in winter fishing. It can require 3 visits to the water every week just to keep the carp searching for bait, feeding confidently on it, and feeling its beneficial effects.
So why bother doing this? Well, this activity can become so productive in terms of catch results; it can actually become addictive as your results just keep improving!
So, it is essential to mix bait ingredients, that have different weaknesses in their essential amino acids distributions; this limits nitrogen loss through ‘deamination’ and provides the best opportunity for protein utilization in the carp.
In the base mix, I prefer to use the highest levels possible of ‘whole protein foods’ ingredients and predigested protein food extracts. I also maximize the levels of ‘free’ aqueous (in solution) amino acids compounds in the bait mix.
A mixed amino acid compound ‘bait soak’ or dip, complete with naturally derived extracts like spices, attractors like sea salt and natural flavour components like squid extract give the bait a great edge.
The attractional benefits are maximized and enhanced further by important methods that sustain bio-activity within the bait. My baits are normally fermented or ‘cured’ too, at the very least, to release further nutrition and enhance carp attraction factors.
Why not try making a nutritional carp bait yourself. Yes, bait making involves making mistakes and ‘trial and error.’ In fact, some of my ‘mistakes’ have led to some of my most productive baits. Owning your secret nutritional carp bait recipe can be a massive catches and confidence booster!
(Warning: this article is subject to copyright.)
By Tim Richardson. ‘The thinking angler’s fishing author’ and bait guru.
For more information see: http://www.baitbigfish.com
Tim is a leading big fish angler and recognized carp bait guru in the UK. His best selling bait making manuals are used by members of the elite “British Carp Study Group” for expert reference. This comprehensive information and research can help beginners and experienced anglers alike.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
How To Catch Trout: Lake and Rainbow Trout
By Mara Mark
Let's see how the Rainbow and Lake trout behave during the four seasons of the year.
The Lake Trout
During Spring Time Lake trout remains in shallow waters and reefs waiting for the water temperatures to rise. If you go for fishing this time of the year, focus in depths less than 20 feet. Choose either dawn or dusk to start fishing because Lake trout usually becomes more active during these times.
During summer the sweet water is pretty warm and trout prefers more cool environment. That's why they move into deeper waters. Look for them in depths greater than 30 feet. It is not until September, when the summer is gone, that Lake trout returns to shallow waters.
During winter time the Lake trout is really active. You can start fishing for trout in depths between 10 and 40 feet. Start from the shallow waters and keep moving until you start catching fish.
The Rainbow Trout
It's spring time. Rainbow trout usually stays in shallow waters. I recommend using a night crawler. Inflate the night crawler and cast it out from the shore.
During summer rainbow trout becomes really active. Especially during June or July. They usually feed with mosquitos or other insects. Choose late evening hours for best results.
Here comes late September and October. Many claim that this is not a time to go fishing but you can still catch rainbow trout. Use a night crawler and cast or troll with small lures along shorelines.
At winter rainbow trout usually stays right beneath the ice. It's a good idea to use light lines if you're aiming for rainbow trout. Start just below the ice and move deeper until you catch some fish.
Rainbow trout is really easy to catch. That's why it is the best bet for inexperienced starters. Choose a hot month to go fishing. Pick June to increase your chances.
Did you know that trout are the easiest fish to catch? Lot of experienced lakers even catch them with bare hands. Read all about trout in this fishing trout ebook and get a bonus Fishing Diary Template to improve your fishing skills in a matter of days. It's your chance to learn about the secrets of catching a trout, that only a few selected and skilled lakers know of.
Let's see how the Rainbow and Lake trout behave during the four seasons of the year.
The Lake Trout
During Spring Time Lake trout remains in shallow waters and reefs waiting for the water temperatures to rise. If you go for fishing this time of the year, focus in depths less than 20 feet. Choose either dawn or dusk to start fishing because Lake trout usually becomes more active during these times.
During summer the sweet water is pretty warm and trout prefers more cool environment. That's why they move into deeper waters. Look for them in depths greater than 30 feet. It is not until September, when the summer is gone, that Lake trout returns to shallow waters.
During winter time the Lake trout is really active. You can start fishing for trout in depths between 10 and 40 feet. Start from the shallow waters and keep moving until you start catching fish.
The Rainbow Trout
It's spring time. Rainbow trout usually stays in shallow waters. I recommend using a night crawler. Inflate the night crawler and cast it out from the shore.
During summer rainbow trout becomes really active. Especially during June or July. They usually feed with mosquitos or other insects. Choose late evening hours for best results.
Here comes late September and October. Many claim that this is not a time to go fishing but you can still catch rainbow trout. Use a night crawler and cast or troll with small lures along shorelines.
At winter rainbow trout usually stays right beneath the ice. It's a good idea to use light lines if you're aiming for rainbow trout. Start just below the ice and move deeper until you catch some fish.
Rainbow trout is really easy to catch. That's why it is the best bet for inexperienced starters. Choose a hot month to go fishing. Pick June to increase your chances.
Did you know that trout are the easiest fish to catch? Lot of experienced lakers even catch them with bare hands. Read all about trout in this fishing trout ebook and get a bonus Fishing Diary Template to improve your fishing skills in a matter of days. It's your chance to learn about the secrets of catching a trout, that only a few selected and skilled lakers know of.
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