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Showing up to a pond, lake, or river as a beginner, you’ll often ask yourself two questions: Are there fish in there? And if so, where are they? In addition to learning things like casting and rigging, it is important to learn how to “read the water” to find fish. First off, the answer to “are there fish in there?” …
Grilled catfish is an easy, delicious, and simple way to cook the hard fighting, abundant but often underappreciated bottom-dwelling catfish. Catfish throw their weight around equally, in the water and on the table, providing anglers with bulldog battles with the rod and reel and follow that up with dinner plates full of delicious meat. How To Grill Catfish We’ll show …
Want to know the easiest way to catch a big freshwater fish? Put a worm on a hook, attach a few weights, and then bomb that sucker out into the fishiest looking spot you can find. Then, all you need to do is get comfortable and wait. Fishing With Live Worms: High Passion, Low Production In the video above, I …
Whether your favorite fishing spot is a lake, pond or river, fall is the ideal time to fish your spot from the bank. The cool weather of fall causes water temperatures to drop, which triggers baitfish to move into the shallows. Predator fish such as panfish, bass, trout and catfish also move to the shallows to feed on the baitfish. …
David Anderson reeled in a catfish of a lifetime after his buddies decided not to join him for a night of bank fishing along the Tennessee River. It was 9:00 p.m. and he invited friends to fish with him. No one accepted. Now, everyone wished they’d been there to see the 103-pound blue catfish he reeled in alone.Around 11:45 p.m., …
A high-dollar bass boat rigged with high-tech electronics is the rage of bass fishing today, but there is a less expensive way to catch bass: Bank fishing. Bank Fishing Advantages If you can find the right location, you can catch bass fishing from the bank better than you can from a boat. Some of the advantages of fishing from the …
Whatever your current interest in fishing, there’s a good chance your first foray involved a can of worms at least somewhere along the way. There’s a good reason for that too… Worms flat out catch fish. All day. No matter where you live. The truth is that even though your fishing may have come a long way from that bucket …
Often maligned by angling purists as a “bottom feeder”, catfish are experiencing a renaissance of angling fame in recent years. The reasons for that are simple – catfish are abundant, fun to catch, they grow really big, and they are excellent on the dinner plate. Catfishing tips, however, are hard to come by. The bottom line is, if you’ve never …
Don’t let the lack of a boat prevent angling success this season. There are lots of quality bank fishing opportunities in almost every community. Places like subdivision ponds, quarries, golf course water hazards, marinas, and bridges offer savvy anglers the chance to catch the fish of a lifetime, without the expense and hassles of boat ownership. Just as in other …
