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Freshwater Tips
Largemouth Bass
D. L., June 20, 2005: If you are bass
fishing in an area that is thick with grass or vegetation, try Texas rigging
a finesse worm on a 2-O hook with no weight. Find channels or beaver
runs in the vegetation and "slide" the worm across the top of the
water letting it fall occasionally. Use at least 12# line.
Good luck!
T. S., July 1, 2005: Try bending the barb down on your
worm hooks if you are using a small worm for bass. This will lower your chances
of killing the fish if they swallow the hook. An easy way to get the
hook out if it is low in the throat is to reach through the gills will some
long needle-nose pliers. Push and twist the hook back on itself.
It should twist right out if it is barbless.
D. L., July 7, 2005: When bass fishing
in the spring during the bedding time, cast a spinner bait over a bed area
several time before moving to another spot. Sometimes the large female
bass on the bed will not strike until she is "mad" that the bait is in her
bed. Also, the female could be away from the bed temporarily chasing
other small fish out of the bed. She might be swimming back to the bed
at any time. I have thrown a spinner bait into a bed up to 10 times
before I got the bite. When that happens, it is usually going to be a
big one!
B. B., July 8, 2005: A lizard or a worm left in
the bed for a while will also make that big girl strike!!!
J.W., Feb. 18, 2006: When water temps start to
rise in February, try a pig and jig in ponds or lakes for largemouth bass.
They can be found in the edges of deep channels near shallower water.
Try jig vertically very slow off the bottom bringing the bait up about 1-2
ft off the bottom each time. It is good to let it sit still for a
while too. Sometimes they will pick it up off the bottom when it is
not moving at all. You will not always feel a strong hit.
Sometimes the fish will feel like a dishrag that adds more and more presure.
It the line moves to the side, you know you have a fish on. Set up
firmly and hold on. Great fun after a long deer season. Good
luck! Lunkers forever. Remember to take measurements and
pictures, and through her back- dead fish don't grow- just like bucks!
Saltwater Tips
Redfish, Red Drum
R.B. Aug. 15, 2005: Redfishin anyone???
Look for the bright green grass on the edge of the marsh. Put a shrimp
in there at high tides just when the tide starts to go out- the reds
will be there- you don't have to move it much.
Flounder
J.S. Sept. 15, 2005: I just tried
chowder clams for flounders...it works...try it
B.B. Sept 17, 2005: Flounders like a
stingray grub and a piece of shrimp dragging on the bottom of sand bars near
channels too.
D.L. Sept. 18, 2005: ...flounders on gold
spoons over sandy banks on the outer edge of barrier islands with the spoon
just off the bottom.
Bow-fishing Tips
Long-nosed Gar
T.S. Sept. 17, 2005: I recently started
bowfishing. I have had a lot of fun in my small creek that is next to
a river that floods sometimes. There are big gar in there. I've
found that if I go in there during the middle of the day when the sun is
high, the gar come to the surface for air. You can get some great
shots. Just remember to shoot a little low. It is a fun change
of pace when the fishing slows down in the dog days of summer.
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