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Fresh Water Fishing - The Best Bass Lure
Wouldn't you like to be assured of catching a fish every time you go fresh water fishing for largemouth bass? That's what I was hoping for and I believe I've found the answer.
I've been fishing for close to 40 years now and I've caught and released many fish in my years. But my favorite fish to catch is the largemouth bass, or just plain old bass as we call them here in the northeastern US. Let me say at the outset, I'm not a big live bait fisherman. I use live bait occasionally when bass fishing, but most of the time I fish with lures. Over the years, the most productive lure I've found for consistently catching bass has been the rubber or plastic worm. Now before you dismiss this as just another pro-rubber worm article, please hear me out.
I've fished in every state in the Union except 3 and I've fished in most of the Canadian Provinces. So I have some experience with fishing! I enjoy trout and walleye fishing very much, but my favorite fresh water fishing is for bass. Rubber worms are almost always my lure of choice and it's a very rare occasion that I come home without catching one. So what do I do to catch these wonderful fish that is so different from everyone else? I rig my lures differently.
Probably the most popular way to rig a worm these days is to use a bent hook made specifically for worms. You run it in through the top 1/4 inch tip of the rubber worm, bring it out and twist it 180 degrees and place the tip of the hook back into the rubber worm until it's almost through to the other side. This allows you to fish the worm just about anywhere without snagging the hook on lily pads or other objects in the water. The idea is that when the bass strikes, you wait a second for him to get the worm far enough into his mouth and then pull back hard on the line to set the hook through the rubber worm and into the fish's mouth. This rigging works - but I've found a more productive way to rig my worms. I call it the "Bass Krusher" rig!
I use a weedless hook about 2/0 size. Start to run it through the worm at about 1/2 an inch down from the top. Once the entire straight shank of the hook is in the worm, bring out the crook part of the hook. Next, (and this is where it gets tricky) you run the eyelet of the hook back up in the center of the worm until it pops out of the top of the worm . Then you attach a snap-swivel to the hook's eyelet and pull the assembly back down into the center of the worm, leaving just the top ring of the snap-swivel showing. Pull the weedless wires over the hook (to prevent snagging) and you're ready to go. The advantages of this are that it moves the hook further down the worm and that it adds a metallic flash to the worm (the snap-swivel used should be bright brass) which helps to catch the bass' attention.
In my experience, most bass grab the worm from the back end. So the further down the worm you place the hook, the better. This rig will place the hook at about the center of the worm. It allows the worm to move naturally through the water and keeps the crook of the hook out of the worm which makes it easier to set the hook.
Try this rig and let me know how it works for you. Here in the northeast, our lakes are shallow, so I use this rig with no weight. Allow it to slowly sink and twitch it as you retrieve it slowly. I think you'll find that your days of not catching a bass will come to an end!
Mark Krusch has been fishing since 1969 and enjoys sharing his experience and tips with others. For more fresh water fishing tips and tricks, visit him at the Fresh Water Fishing Blog.
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I've been fishing for close to 40 years now and I've caught and released many fish in my years. But my favorite fish to catch is the largemouth bass, or just plain old bass as we call them here in the northeastern US. Let me say at the outset, I'm not a big live bait fisherman. I use live bait occasionally when bass fishing, but most of the time I fish with lures. Over the years, the most productive lure I've found for consistently catching bass has been the rubber or plastic worm. Now before you dismiss this as just another pro-rubber worm article, please hear me out.
I've fished in every state in the Union except 3 and I've fished in most of the Canadian Provinces. So I have some experience with fishing! I enjoy trout and walleye fishing very much, but my favorite fresh water fishing is for bass. Rubber worms are almost always my lure of choice and it's a very rare occasion that I come home without catching one. So what do I do to catch these wonderful fish that is so different from everyone else? I rig my lures differently.
Probably the most popular way to rig a worm these days is to use a bent hook made specifically for worms. You run it in through the top 1/4 inch tip of the rubber worm, bring it out and twist it 180 degrees and place the tip of the hook back into the rubber worm until it's almost through to the other side. This allows you to fish the worm just about anywhere without snagging the hook on lily pads or other objects in the water. The idea is that when the bass strikes, you wait a second for him to get the worm far enough into his mouth and then pull back hard on the line to set the hook through the rubber worm and into the fish's mouth. This rigging works - but I've found a more productive way to rig my worms. I call it the "Bass Krusher" rig!
I use a weedless hook about 2/0 size. Start to run it through the worm at about 1/2 an inch down from the top. Once the entire straight shank of the hook is in the worm, bring out the crook part of the hook. Next, (and this is where it gets tricky) you run the eyelet of the hook back up in the center of the worm until it pops out of the top of the worm . Then you attach a snap-swivel to the hook's eyelet and pull the assembly back down into the center of the worm, leaving just the top ring of the snap-swivel showing. Pull the weedless wires over the hook (to prevent snagging) and you're ready to go. The advantages of this are that it moves the hook further down the worm and that it adds a metallic flash to the worm (the snap-swivel used should be bright brass) which helps to catch the bass' attention.
In my experience, most bass grab the worm from the back end. So the further down the worm you place the hook, the better. This rig will place the hook at about the center of the worm. It allows the worm to move naturally through the water and keeps the crook of the hook out of the worm which makes it easier to set the hook.
Try this rig and let me know how it works for you. Here in the northeast, our lakes are shallow, so I use this rig with no weight. Allow it to slowly sink and twitch it as you retrieve it slowly. I think you'll find that your days of not catching a bass will come to an end!
Mark Krusch has been fishing since 1969 and enjoys sharing his experience and tips with others. For more fresh water fishing tips and tricks, visit him at the Fresh Water Fishing Blog.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mark_Krusch
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Big Carp Fishing Bait Tips to Catch You Bags More Fish
The most successful baits are different to ones that have caught them previously so the biggest point is to make your bait alternative and new to versions of baits which have been previously successful! All fish have a strong survival instinct and will relate baits they have been hooked on before with danger, with enough exposure. To keep using a bait just because it worked previously is not necessarily the best thing to do when your fish may already be feeding far more warily on it, making hooking them far harder!
The most successful baits are different to ones that have caught them previously so the biggest point is to make your bait alternative and new to versions of baits which have been previously successful! All fish have a strong survival instinct and will relate baits they have been hooked on before with danger, with enough exposure. To keep using a bait just because it worked previously is not necessarily the best thing to do when your fish may already be feeding far more warily on it, making hooking them far harder!
The purpose of a fishing bait is not to smell like a banana, nor be an eye-catching colour, nor shine in the dark like a beacon, or taste like a banquet. It is merely to get your hook in the fish's mouths for the split second it tasks to have the slightest chance of hooking a fish. Everything else is secondary. But many fishermen seriously cut their chances by using baits many others have caught fish on before, not realising how much harder fish on such baits unfortunately can be to catch; having been hooked on them previously! (So many overlook this top priority warning!) It should therefore make absolute sense that making your bait different to previously successful baits is a big key to consistent big fish success.
Many baits simply tantalise the fish and evoke a curiosity response rather than provide anything nutritional and many angler get confused thinking that baits absolutely must be an perfect square meal to get takes, but this is completely untrue. Any change you make to a bait can induce a curiosity response from a fish regardless of any other olfaction or other chemoreception stimulation which might be present in the bait. Carp feed using far more senses than merely taste and smell and all can be exploited for improved and prolonged more consistent results!
Many anglers love to use flavors and others steer clear of using them. But one thing for sure is that the majority of anglers are only aware of a tiny fraction of forms of flavors and flavor substances and components available to use in our baits. The concentrated solvent based flavors so commonly used to change the smell and taste characteristic of a bait are a minor part of what you can leverage for great results!
Your bait will have a smell and taste even though it may have had no flavors added. Every ingredient you put into a bait has some impact upon it and bait ingredients do not work in isolation but together synergistically and this is how they affect fish senses and fish digestion too. Fish are totally aware of all this and can even detect the components of flavors in their instinctive search for potential food that might provide essential dietary requirements or simply an energy requirement; energy is essential for all life. Intrinsic flavors and smells exist in baits long after our own human senses cannot detect them. Flavors will act differently in air compared to water and this is very significant for example in regards solubility, use through the seasons and rate of diffusion of attractors through the water to pull fish towards your bait.
Whether you prefer food baits or flavors or even artificial baits like plastic corn or pellets, all can lose effectiveness after repeated captures of fish on any particular water. This is why constantly tweaking or altering your baits in minor or sometimes major ways can extend your catch results on them. The fishing bait industry is all too aware of exploiting this by offering multitudes of new products every year.
When you realise that carp will pick up anything between its lips to more fully sample and identify its potential a food you can understand why practically any bait will hook a carp at least once or never again. This means that fake baits are not the super baits many seem to think as over time these bait forms too will lose their initial advantages and edges through over-use and repeated capture conditioning of fish. Just by handling them you are tainting them with substances carp can detect and associate with danger if hooked on them and encountering them in the future.
Food ultimately comes down to the supply of energy and its efficient use in our bodies and fish are just the same. Any aspect of bait which can provide more efficient use of energy, or at least appear to can be fantastic to use in baits and many are waiting to be discovered and exploited. As big fish have a greater energy requirement it stands to reason that these respond to such substances rather well. If you consider that oils, betaine and even amino acids have a tendency to promote growth and have significant relevance in the use or supply of energy, it is not a surprise they are potent fish feeding triggers!
The natural foods which carp have survived and evolved to exploit in their natural environments have had more than just impacted upon the senses which detect these foods. Even the carp body itself has evolved physically in order to best detect, consume, digest and extract the maximum essential nutrition and energy it needs for survival. Betaine is found in many natural foods from root crops like sugar beet to molluscs and crustacean and fish themselves and even we humans contain betaine and it is a real essential!
Betaine even rivals many essential amino acids carp require in their natural diet and its effects upon food palatability and synergistic interactions with amino acids in baits and in the carp body demonstrate how important this substance is in carp baits! Betaine is a bit like sugar and salt and even flavor components like malic acid which really intensify the effects and profiles of other substance like amino acids and other flavors etc at carp receptor sites all over its body from lips, face, fins, flanks, in the throat and gill areas and even in the gut itself. Yes betaine is a big fish substance for sure!
You can help your bait enhancing and bait making efforts enormously by looking at how the food we eat is formulated. The food industry go to great lengths to get substances in our food which make you eat more of it, even to the extent of training our taste buds with all that sugar, salt, yeast extract, and the vast number of other healthy and unhealthy additives hidden away in long ingredients lists. When I began writing books and articles many scoffed (please excuse the pun,) at my claims that there are many addictive substances to exploit for use in baits for big fish; just 2 clues are the capsaicin receptors found in carp, and the addictive effects of certain cereal gluten substances which release feel-good but addiction forming endorphins in carp brains! Fishing blends well with other outdoors recreation and sport activities like hunting, camping, boating and other such hobbies and but so knowing as much as possible about your improving your fishing baits will ensure you always have better results; guaranteed!
This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait edges; just one could impact very significantly on your catches!
By Tim Richardson.
For the unique new expert bait making and bait secrets bibles :
"BIG CATFISH AND CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And: "BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And "BIG CARP FLAVOURS AND FEEDING TRIGGER SECRETS!" Visit:
http://www.baitbigfish.com
Tim Richardson is a homemade carp and catfish bait maker and proven big fish angler. His unique bait making and enhancing fishing secrets guides are catching big fish for readers in 45 countries so get yours NOW!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_F._Richardson
The most successful baits are different to ones that have caught them previously so the biggest point is to make your bait alternative and new to versions of baits which have been previously successful! All fish have a strong survival instinct and will relate baits they have been hooked on before with danger, with enough exposure. To keep using a bait just because it worked previously is not necessarily the best thing to do when your fish may already be feeding far more warily on it, making hooking them far harder!
The purpose of a fishing bait is not to smell like a banana, nor be an eye-catching colour, nor shine in the dark like a beacon, or taste like a banquet. It is merely to get your hook in the fish's mouths for the split second it tasks to have the slightest chance of hooking a fish. Everything else is secondary. But many fishermen seriously cut their chances by using baits many others have caught fish on before, not realising how much harder fish on such baits unfortunately can be to catch; having been hooked on them previously! (So many overlook this top priority warning!) It should therefore make absolute sense that making your bait different to previously successful baits is a big key to consistent big fish success.
Many baits simply tantalise the fish and evoke a curiosity response rather than provide anything nutritional and many angler get confused thinking that baits absolutely must be an perfect square meal to get takes, but this is completely untrue. Any change you make to a bait can induce a curiosity response from a fish regardless of any other olfaction or other chemoreception stimulation which might be present in the bait. Carp feed using far more senses than merely taste and smell and all can be exploited for improved and prolonged more consistent results!
Many anglers love to use flavors and others steer clear of using them. But one thing for sure is that the majority of anglers are only aware of a tiny fraction of forms of flavors and flavor substances and components available to use in our baits. The concentrated solvent based flavors so commonly used to change the smell and taste characteristic of a bait are a minor part of what you can leverage for great results!
Your bait will have a smell and taste even though it may have had no flavors added. Every ingredient you put into a bait has some impact upon it and bait ingredients do not work in isolation but together synergistically and this is how they affect fish senses and fish digestion too. Fish are totally aware of all this and can even detect the components of flavors in their instinctive search for potential food that might provide essential dietary requirements or simply an energy requirement; energy is essential for all life. Intrinsic flavors and smells exist in baits long after our own human senses cannot detect them. Flavors will act differently in air compared to water and this is very significant for example in regards solubility, use through the seasons and rate of diffusion of attractors through the water to pull fish towards your bait.
Whether you prefer food baits or flavors or even artificial baits like plastic corn or pellets, all can lose effectiveness after repeated captures of fish on any particular water. This is why constantly tweaking or altering your baits in minor or sometimes major ways can extend your catch results on them. The fishing bait industry is all too aware of exploiting this by offering multitudes of new products every year.
When you realise that carp will pick up anything between its lips to more fully sample and identify its potential a food you can understand why practically any bait will hook a carp at least once or never again. This means that fake baits are not the super baits many seem to think as over time these bait forms too will lose their initial advantages and edges through over-use and repeated capture conditioning of fish. Just by handling them you are tainting them with substances carp can detect and associate with danger if hooked on them and encountering them in the future.
Food ultimately comes down to the supply of energy and its efficient use in our bodies and fish are just the same. Any aspect of bait which can provide more efficient use of energy, or at least appear to can be fantastic to use in baits and many are waiting to be discovered and exploited. As big fish have a greater energy requirement it stands to reason that these respond to such substances rather well. If you consider that oils, betaine and even amino acids have a tendency to promote growth and have significant relevance in the use or supply of energy, it is not a surprise they are potent fish feeding triggers!
The natural foods which carp have survived and evolved to exploit in their natural environments have had more than just impacted upon the senses which detect these foods. Even the carp body itself has evolved physically in order to best detect, consume, digest and extract the maximum essential nutrition and energy it needs for survival. Betaine is found in many natural foods from root crops like sugar beet to molluscs and crustacean and fish themselves and even we humans contain betaine and it is a real essential!
Betaine even rivals many essential amino acids carp require in their natural diet and its effects upon food palatability and synergistic interactions with amino acids in baits and in the carp body demonstrate how important this substance is in carp baits! Betaine is a bit like sugar and salt and even flavor components like malic acid which really intensify the effects and profiles of other substance like amino acids and other flavors etc at carp receptor sites all over its body from lips, face, fins, flanks, in the throat and gill areas and even in the gut itself. Yes betaine is a big fish substance for sure!
You can help your bait enhancing and bait making efforts enormously by looking at how the food we eat is formulated. The food industry go to great lengths to get substances in our food which make you eat more of it, even to the extent of training our taste buds with all that sugar, salt, yeast extract, and the vast number of other healthy and unhealthy additives hidden away in long ingredients lists. When I began writing books and articles many scoffed (please excuse the pun,) at my claims that there are many addictive substances to exploit for use in baits for big fish; just 2 clues are the capsaicin receptors found in carp, and the addictive effects of certain cereal gluten substances which release feel-good but addiction forming endorphins in carp brains! Fishing blends well with other outdoors recreation and sport activities like hunting, camping, boating and other such hobbies and but so knowing as much as possible about your improving your fishing baits will ensure you always have better results; guaranteed!
This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait edges; just one could impact very significantly on your catches!
By Tim Richardson.
For the unique new expert bait making and bait secrets bibles :
"BIG CATFISH AND CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And: "BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And "BIG CARP FLAVOURS AND FEEDING TRIGGER SECRETS!" Visit:
http://www.baitbigfish.com
Tim Richardson is a homemade carp and catfish bait maker and proven big fish angler. His unique bait making and enhancing fishing secrets guides are catching big fish for readers in 45 countries so get yours NOW!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_F._Richardson
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Carp Bait Making Made Simple For Much More Economical Big Fish Captures!
These days saving money on fishing baits is very important and anything you can do to get better results for less money is worth doing so making your own unique homemade fishing baits is a fantastic example and need take very minimal time doing it unconventionally! There are a few basics to know about making baits and once you have these you can go ahead and make very unique and successful baits economically for the rest of your life. Making your own baits will save you're a shocking amount of money and not just in the long-term; so imagine what else you could be spending your hard-earned money on instead!
Carp live in an aquatic world where most of the food they eat is based on proteins which can also contain important essential oils which also provide extremely efficient energy and do not predominantly eat carbohydrates as with so many races of humans. Carp have evolved to extract the most energy as possible from the foods available; and this means from proteins especially. Making fishing baits which contain protein ingredients is so important and is in line with carp natural dietary (and naturally stimulatory bait requirements.)
Proteins are composed of amino acids which carp can easily detect and find stimulating; and there are around 10 plus essential ones which carp cannot synthesise in there own body and must consume in their food to survive. The carp essential amino acids list includes: Histidine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, tryptophan, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine and arginine and carp will eat foods and baits containing any of these as they are essential to them. Exploiting protein ingredients in your baits is obviously a good thing as you are offering something fish need to survive.
Our bodies and carp bodies have evolved and adapted to extract energy in the most efficient ways from food found in our natural environments. With carp we can simulate or even boost the natural attraction and stimulation of substances found in their natural foods in our baits. The range of ingredients, extracts, liquid attractors, flavors etc we can use to exploit carp natural food detection senses is phenomenal and ensures we can always make unique homemade baits!
Amino acid needs of carp are important because we can exploit them even in very simple baits to induce better feeding on baits and more bites. But these essential are not absolutely necessary to catch fish on homemade baits; far from it in fact and you can very often catch fish on competitive pressured fisheries on simple carbohydrate wheat and soya type baits which are extremely economical to make! To keep ahead of the fish you might simply just change certain aspects of the bait like attractors such as flavours or even treacles, honey, molasses, cordial syrups, or liqueurs etc.
In the UK many fishermen have the attitude that carp baits not made from very expensive protein ingredients are crap baits and catch few big fish, but the truth is that you can catch as many fish on carbohydrate based baits if you know what you are doing and have enough experience of other ingredients and how to fish such baits well and save yourself a fortune, which is what I have done successfully for decades. You just keep adjusting levels and types of stimulatory and attractive substances to create new baits regularly, so keeping ahead of the fish; and many big fish often fall to new unfamiliar baits with good reason...
These days there is an abundance of over-stocked carp fisheries to choose from and your bait, whatever it may be is generally regarded as natural food by these hungry fish. This is one big reason why homemade simple baits will catch anywhere, but then any bait fished correctly will catch the biggest, wariest fish on the richest of waters. When you know a bit more about bait and how to really make it work for you efficiently are far reduced costs, the rewards will shock you; I have made homemade baits for decades and saved myself a fortune and caught enough big fish on readymade dominated fisheries to say that 80 percent of all my homemade baits over the years have caught big fish whatever they have been based on!
Many carp fishermen get confused between the nutritional aspects of bait as opposed to the stimulatory aspect and assume that a bait absolutely needs to be totally nutritionally attractive and stimulating as a complete food in order to do the job, but this is just not true. Many perceived simple ingredients may have very surprising nutritional attraction in any key aspect whether it be vitamins, or minerals, oils or some other aspect like simulating something which carp naturally eat confidently (many flavours do this but have zero nutritional value.) It is a fact however, that amino acids rank among the most highly feeding stimulatory substances for carp and so exploiting this aspect in your baits is advantageous, but then you have endless other possibilities and combinations to choose from, to save you money and hook you those dream fish; all you need is to know a bit more about bait!
This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait edges; just one could impact very significantly on your catches!
By Tim Richardson.
For the unique new expert bait making and bait secrets bibles :
"BIG CATFISH AND CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And: "BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And "BIG CARP FLAVOURS AND FEEDING TRIGGER SECRETS!" Visit:
http://www.baitbigfish.com
Tim Richardson is a homemade carp and catfish bait maker and proven big fish angler. His unique bait making and enhancing fishing secrets guides are catching big fish for readers in 45 countries so get yours NOW!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_F._Richardson
Carp live in an aquatic world where most of the food they eat is based on proteins which can also contain important essential oils which also provide extremely efficient energy and do not predominantly eat carbohydrates as with so many races of humans. Carp have evolved to extract the most energy as possible from the foods available; and this means from proteins especially. Making fishing baits which contain protein ingredients is so important and is in line with carp natural dietary (and naturally stimulatory bait requirements.)
Proteins are composed of amino acids which carp can easily detect and find stimulating; and there are around 10 plus essential ones which carp cannot synthesise in there own body and must consume in their food to survive. The carp essential amino acids list includes: Histidine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, tryptophan, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine and arginine and carp will eat foods and baits containing any of these as they are essential to them. Exploiting protein ingredients in your baits is obviously a good thing as you are offering something fish need to survive.
Our bodies and carp bodies have evolved and adapted to extract energy in the most efficient ways from food found in our natural environments. With carp we can simulate or even boost the natural attraction and stimulation of substances found in their natural foods in our baits. The range of ingredients, extracts, liquid attractors, flavors etc we can use to exploit carp natural food detection senses is phenomenal and ensures we can always make unique homemade baits!
Amino acid needs of carp are important because we can exploit them even in very simple baits to induce better feeding on baits and more bites. But these essential are not absolutely necessary to catch fish on homemade baits; far from it in fact and you can very often catch fish on competitive pressured fisheries on simple carbohydrate wheat and soya type baits which are extremely economical to make! To keep ahead of the fish you might simply just change certain aspects of the bait like attractors such as flavours or even treacles, honey, molasses, cordial syrups, or liqueurs etc.
In the UK many fishermen have the attitude that carp baits not made from very expensive protein ingredients are crap baits and catch few big fish, but the truth is that you can catch as many fish on carbohydrate based baits if you know what you are doing and have enough experience of other ingredients and how to fish such baits well and save yourself a fortune, which is what I have done successfully for decades. You just keep adjusting levels and types of stimulatory and attractive substances to create new baits regularly, so keeping ahead of the fish; and many big fish often fall to new unfamiliar baits with good reason...
These days there is an abundance of over-stocked carp fisheries to choose from and your bait, whatever it may be is generally regarded as natural food by these hungry fish. This is one big reason why homemade simple baits will catch anywhere, but then any bait fished correctly will catch the biggest, wariest fish on the richest of waters. When you know a bit more about bait and how to really make it work for you efficiently are far reduced costs, the rewards will shock you; I have made homemade baits for decades and saved myself a fortune and caught enough big fish on readymade dominated fisheries to say that 80 percent of all my homemade baits over the years have caught big fish whatever they have been based on!
Many carp fishermen get confused between the nutritional aspects of bait as opposed to the stimulatory aspect and assume that a bait absolutely needs to be totally nutritionally attractive and stimulating as a complete food in order to do the job, but this is just not true. Many perceived simple ingredients may have very surprising nutritional attraction in any key aspect whether it be vitamins, or minerals, oils or some other aspect like simulating something which carp naturally eat confidently (many flavours do this but have zero nutritional value.) It is a fact however, that amino acids rank among the most highly feeding stimulatory substances for carp and so exploiting this aspect in your baits is advantageous, but then you have endless other possibilities and combinations to choose from, to save you money and hook you those dream fish; all you need is to know a bit more about bait!
This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait edges; just one could impact very significantly on your catches!
By Tim Richardson.
For the unique new expert bait making and bait secrets bibles :
"BIG CATFISH AND CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And: "BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!" And "BIG CARP FLAVOURS AND FEEDING TRIGGER SECRETS!" Visit:
http://www.baitbigfish.com
Tim Richardson is a homemade carp and catfish bait maker and proven big fish angler. His unique bait making and enhancing fishing secrets guides are catching big fish for readers in 45 countries so get yours NOW!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_F._Richardson
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What is the Best Bait For Blue Catfish
I am going to make this plain and simple; your best bait for Blue catfish is cut bait. That is if you want the big ones, the trophy cat. They can and have been caught with other baits but nothing will perform as well as cut baits for the trophy size blues.
When they are young Blue catfish are very similar to channel catfish. They are not finicky eaters and can be caught on anything you would normally use to fish for channel catfish. Earthworms, shrimp, chicken livers, hot dogs, cheese baits, blood bats and many other varieties of homemade baits all make good choices. You may even catch a few good size blues with these baits.
If you are trying to get that trophy catfish your chances of catching a big blue are slim with the above baits. As blue catfish grow and get older they get more selective in their eating habits. They become much more of a predator and much less of a scavenger. Cut bait and live bait both work but the fluids seeping from the cut bait make for powerful attractants.
If you don't know what cut bait is the simple definition is a live fish that has been cut into pieces. The size of the catfish you want helps determine the size of the pieces you make. To give you and idea I will cut a bluegill the size of my hand into three pieces not counting the tail fin as I will discard that. My favorite piece is the head. I will put a 6/0 hook though the top part of the fishes mouth and out through the bottom of the head. Any cut bait will work but the best is from fish native to the waters you are angling in. Also be sure it is legal to do so. I know that in some states you can not use bluegill for bait.
Doug Burns is founder of CatfishAngling.com - A leading source for tips, tricks and information on catfish fishing. Doug has been an avid angler for 35 years and a steady contributor.
Have a Question? I will be happy to answer it. CatfishAngling.com
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When they are young Blue catfish are very similar to channel catfish. They are not finicky eaters and can be caught on anything you would normally use to fish for channel catfish. Earthworms, shrimp, chicken livers, hot dogs, cheese baits, blood bats and many other varieties of homemade baits all make good choices. You may even catch a few good size blues with these baits.
If you are trying to get that trophy catfish your chances of catching a big blue are slim with the above baits. As blue catfish grow and get older they get more selective in their eating habits. They become much more of a predator and much less of a scavenger. Cut bait and live bait both work but the fluids seeping from the cut bait make for powerful attractants.
If you don't know what cut bait is the simple definition is a live fish that has been cut into pieces. The size of the catfish you want helps determine the size of the pieces you make. To give you and idea I will cut a bluegill the size of my hand into three pieces not counting the tail fin as I will discard that. My favorite piece is the head. I will put a 6/0 hook though the top part of the fishes mouth and out through the bottom of the head. Any cut bait will work but the best is from fish native to the waters you are angling in. Also be sure it is legal to do so. I know that in some states you can not use bluegill for bait.
Doug Burns is founder of CatfishAngling.com - A leading source for tips, tricks and information on catfish fishing. Doug has been an avid angler for 35 years and a steady contributor.
Have a Question? I will be happy to answer it. CatfishAngling.com
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Bass Fishing Bait
There are many different type of bass fishing bait that are used in different conditions, depending on the depth of the water, the clarity of the water, whether the bottom is rocky or clear, if you will go through reeds and other water plants and how deep you want to lure and bait to go. This article will cover the most common bass fishing baits and lures.
Live bait is a very productive way to catch bass. The movement of the worm or fish attracts bass to the bait, and can land very big fish. It is very simple to use, however live baits has a short lifespan so often has to be replenished. It is important to make sure the bait is secured to hook well and still has room to catch a hold of the bass. Live bait is best used in clear water where the hook won't get attached to anything, and should not be used near the bottom of the lake. Live bait is most commonly used with bobbers.
Another type of bass fishing bait is topwater plugs. Topwater bait means that the bait is floating on the top of the water. This type of fishing is very exciting when you get a fish that is interested, because you can see the fish strike and know what size it is. Topwater bass fishing baits come in a large variety, so they can be used in many different situations.
Spoons are another common bass fishing bait. The weed-less type of spoon is great in heavy weed and grass. The flashing color and the jigging action attracts strikes. It is important to know the depth of the water when using spoons, because they sink and can often latch on to things at the bottom of the lake and can cause you to lose a lure.
Spinnerbait attract a lot of strikes and are great for trolling or covering large areas in a short period of time. Spinnerbait look like baitfish, which is one of a bass' favorite foods.
Crankbait is a great bass fishing bait because they are easy to use and cast and come in many different varieties. They are great for fast fishing and when you want to cover a lot of water. Crankbait look like crawfish or baitfish, which bass love to eat.
There is no best bait for bass fishing, it all depends on the conditions of the lake you fish in. For the best results go with many type of baits and try out a couple until you find one that works well.
Read more guides to bass fishing and bass fishing tips that will have you catching more fish every time you go out at http://www.bass-fishingtips.com
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Live bait is a very productive way to catch bass. The movement of the worm or fish attracts bass to the bait, and can land very big fish. It is very simple to use, however live baits has a short lifespan so often has to be replenished. It is important to make sure the bait is secured to hook well and still has room to catch a hold of the bass. Live bait is best used in clear water where the hook won't get attached to anything, and should not be used near the bottom of the lake. Live bait is most commonly used with bobbers.
Another type of bass fishing bait is topwater plugs. Topwater bait means that the bait is floating on the top of the water. This type of fishing is very exciting when you get a fish that is interested, because you can see the fish strike and know what size it is. Topwater bass fishing baits come in a large variety, so they can be used in many different situations.
Spoons are another common bass fishing bait. The weed-less type of spoon is great in heavy weed and grass. The flashing color and the jigging action attracts strikes. It is important to know the depth of the water when using spoons, because they sink and can often latch on to things at the bottom of the lake and can cause you to lose a lure.
Spinnerbait attract a lot of strikes and are great for trolling or covering large areas in a short period of time. Spinnerbait look like baitfish, which is one of a bass' favorite foods.
Crankbait is a great bass fishing bait because they are easy to use and cast and come in many different varieties. They are great for fast fishing and when you want to cover a lot of water. Crankbait look like crawfish or baitfish, which bass love to eat.
There is no best bait for bass fishing, it all depends on the conditions of the lake you fish in. For the best results go with many type of baits and try out a couple until you find one that works well.
Read more guides to bass fishing and bass fishing tips that will have you catching more fish every time you go out at http://www.bass-fishingtips.com
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The Old School Catfish Bait Secret
Today's market offers an untold number of differing catfish baits. From stink baits to cut shad, fisherman are trying all different types to land the "big one." However, there is an old school catfish bait secret that out performs them all.
Florescent lights. Discovered in the the early 1900's, a certain type of florescent light will create a feeding frenzy when placed in the water at night. The frenzy allows any fisherman in proximity to the light to land more fish then he or she can handle.
The science behind the frenzy is simple. Bait fish are first attracted to the light and begin to swarm around the area of the water that is illuminated. One can easily see hundreds if not thousands of bait fish swimming around their boat after the light is turned on. Catfish, who feed at night, are drawn into the area to feed on the bait fish.
This is when things get exciting. You can literally catch one after another due to the fact the catfish have shifted into hunger mode and will bite at anything and everything in the area. Some call it cheating, but it is definitely the most exciting type of fishing you can do.
Now that you know the secret, you can tell others or keep it to yourself. I've taken a few friends out at night on the lake and they are all blown away by it. Never before have they seen fish so hungry and violent to take the hook. And best of all, you'll have plenty of meat to fry or freeze when you're worn out!
For more information on how you can get your hands on the catfish bait secret light, please visit my website at http://catfish-bait.blogspot.com/
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Florescent lights. Discovered in the the early 1900's, a certain type of florescent light will create a feeding frenzy when placed in the water at night. The frenzy allows any fisherman in proximity to the light to land more fish then he or she can handle.
The science behind the frenzy is simple. Bait fish are first attracted to the light and begin to swarm around the area of the water that is illuminated. One can easily see hundreds if not thousands of bait fish swimming around their boat after the light is turned on. Catfish, who feed at night, are drawn into the area to feed on the bait fish.
This is when things get exciting. You can literally catch one after another due to the fact the catfish have shifted into hunger mode and will bite at anything and everything in the area. Some call it cheating, but it is definitely the most exciting type of fishing you can do.
Now that you know the secret, you can tell others or keep it to yourself. I've taken a few friends out at night on the lake and they are all blown away by it. Never before have they seen fish so hungry and violent to take the hook. And best of all, you'll have plenty of meat to fry or freeze when you're worn out!
For more information on how you can get your hands on the catfish bait secret light, please visit my website at http://catfish-bait.blogspot.com/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Chris_Storm