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You want to make homemade baits as successful as the most popular brands of boilies right! I spent 5 years full-time researching this whole subject and I have to bring to your attention many mistakes far too many anglers are making! Ensure that your own homemade and readymade baits are genuinely irresistible! If you never read another article on bait read this one! Find out how to make top professional carp baits right now!

Over the past 35 years I have read articles on bait and bait making but the most potent information I have found in very many ways has come from my own research and real-life bait testing, and conversations with aquaculture feed designers and some of the leading fishing company bosses some of whom I knew back before commercial baits came along. Like I said I want to point out some mistakes even seasoned experienced anglers do in regards to making homemade baits and even in regard to how they treat readymade baits to attempt to maximise their performance so they catch more fish.

Rule number one is to be different; and bypass pre-conditioned negative behaviours towards your baits to make them massively easier to catch! It is so simple to be different; just throw out the rule book OK! There is absolutely no point making bait that is similar to baits fish have been hooked on and have become expert at avoiding the majority of the time for decades and decades!  Read more...

Going out on a boat with a friend

Thank them for taking you out. Boats are very expensive to run, so be willing to chip in on gas, food, drinks, boat ramp fees and anything else needed for the trip. Honestly, the more you chip in on the trip, the more likely that they will ask you to go out again.

The number one rule on the boat is that the Captain makes the rules on their boat, not you. If you want to make the rules, go buy your own boat.
Ask where the owner/Captain of the boat wants you to fish. For instance, in the case of flats boats and bass boats, the Captain has the right to the front.
Don’t tell the Captain where to fish, or it may be a long swim back to shore! If they ask you for your advice, and you actually have some knowledge of the fishing area, then go ahead and give it; but do it in a nice way, and educate them on what you know. On the other hand, if you don’t know the area, then keep your mouth shut. Let them be the Captain – For the good of all the fishermen on board!
Never take control of the boat unless you are asked to. Remember the store adage that if you break it, you buy it!

Charter Boats

The Captain makes the rules, but you don’t buy the gas and pay the ramp fees. It is still a good idea to bring some drinks and food, unless the boat supplies these things included with the fee you pay.
Always tip at the end of the trip. These guys work their butts off to try and get their customers on some fish every day, and have spent countless hours getting their boats ready for your fishing trip.  Read more...

Wade fishing can be a great way to catch fish at a very small cost, but there are things you better know if you never have tried it before. If you ask other fishermen about wade fishing, I am sure that you will hear all kinds of stories regarding why many of them will never try it. So, before we get into the things that can happen, let’s get into what you should have before you go wade fishing.

Fishing Equipment

There are a few pieces of equipment that you need to ensure a good, and safe, wade fishing experience. First, you should have a good fishing rod, anywhere from six foot to seven and a half foot, with medium to heavy action. Next, you’ll need good saltwater reel. Why a saltwater reel? It’s going to get wet…Well, more like it’s going to spend some time underwater. What I like to do is to pack my reel with good reel grease. This helps to keep the saltwater out, and will make the reel last a lot longer. I do not recommend using any high dollar reels for this style of fishing, unless you just like to spend money. Also, when you’re done fishing, instead of rinsing it off with fresh water, steal some lemon Pledge from the house and spray it on the rod and reel. Something in this stuff counteracts the saltwater. Just wipe it off when it dries, and put it away.

Bait vs. Lures

Do your homework before you go out. In other words, think about what species of fish you are going after and what their natural prey is. Shrimp is always a great all-around bait or if you have a cast net, whatever bait you find/catch around the area you will be fishing is definitely part of the natural diet of the fish in the area.  Read more...

Many people now choose to fish because it will match the personality of every fisher in the world.  Some people would fish for relaxation. They are those fishers who wait for people who love to wait for fishes to bite their bait.  But aside from fishing for leisure fishing, some would like to have a more active type of fishing like catching heavy fishes that have the ability to snap their fishing lines.  Whatever fishing action they want to have, they can always visit an Alaska fishing lodge to meet their needs.

But aside from this type of fishing action, other fishing options available for every avid fisher include the location or type of water where they will fish.  Here are the fishing options you can have.

Freshwater fishing

Coming from the term itself, you will fish in on freshwater.  Examples of these are rivers and waterfall areas.  This good thing about this type of fishing is they can cruise with the water flow and can be another trip option for you.  Just think of it as an additional cruise package and see nature this close.  The common fishes you can catch on these freshwaters are salmon and trout.  In fact you can fish all day and try to compete with your friends or family members.  You can do several types of action fishing on freshwater like fly fishing, drift fishing, and of course lure fishing.  You can also fish on a float tube or boat aside from just staying along the water edges.

Saltwater fishing  Read more...

A lot of people think that you have to have a boat to fish, especially to fish for snook. This is just not true. I have spent the last 5 to 6 years fishing for snook on shore. I have also fished for them in a boat, but I have found out that I am more successful when fishing for snook from shore.

The trick is to know where they will be; I have found over the years to look in the places that other people just go right by. In the summer months, for instance, when the water temperature is in the 80′s, you will find a lot of snook cruising the beaches. I have watched people fishing from the beaches in hopes of catching a big snook, but they fail to realize that the snook are right in front of them. They are so focused on casting their bait as far out as they can, and the snook are only feet off the beach. I also have seen where someone is fishing on one side of a sandbar and the fish are just sitting on the other side. The truth is, these people did not do their homework. They heard somewhere that they can catch snook off the beach so they went and got some fishing gear and some bait and think that’s all there is to it. If you have tried to fish for snook, you know that there is a bit more to it than that. Not to say that you won’t catch one, just not on a regular basis.

In this article I hope to open your eyes some, to look a little differently at the waters around you. You may find that you have been passing up some really great fishing spots.  Read more...