bait boat fishing tips

By Dog Lane Fishery Summer Talk to any angler and they can expound for hours on the joys of carp fishing, whatever the time of year, but summer has got to be a favourite time. It’s tranquil, relaxing and exciting all at the same time. Here are some tips to help make your carp fishing even more enjoyable. • Summer is a good time to try out new baits, rigs and ideas of your own • If you are a regular at a particular water, study the fish movements to see if you can establish any patterns that might give you a clue as to where to fish on future occasions • Look for obvious feeding grounds, for example, beneath overhanging trees and amongst weed beds • Carp are very active in the summer months, enjoying the sun as much as we do, so eventually they will give themselves away • Try choosing a bait which is similar to the natural foods that are around in abundance at this time of year, such as fruit and nuts Winter The once plentiful natural food will disappear during winter, so carp will try to gain as much weight as possible to help them survive the harsh weather. As with any cold blooded animal, low temperatures will slow them down a great deal, so it’s a good idea to locate the carp before you set up and start fishing. As far as baiting is concerned, try to adopt the little and often approach, offering about 15-30 baits over a session. Loose feed these a couple at a time at regular intervals of about 30 minutes and try not to spread the bait around too much. As in the summer, it’s a good idea to try using bait which is similar in flavour to what is around naturally. Swan mussel and crayfish are still active at this time of year so if your venue contains these, try something like this. About the Author: Dog Lane Fishery, near the village of Napton in Warwickshire, has a carp lake which responds well all year round to anglers looking to catch big fish. They have comfortable pegs and ample car parking. Visit their website now by clicking on carp fishing lakes Source: www.isnare.com Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=82098&ca=Recreation

So my friends and I love to fish. We fish on a river about everyday. We never fished at a lake before so we are going tomorrow to lake michigan. We don’t have much money to get a boat so we are fishing off the shore. The only question I have. What type of fishing line is best used to catch those big fish in the lake?

this is my ome made bait boat great for small lake fishing for carp

By Cary Z. Francis Northern Canadian Pike are reputed to be among the wiliest fish around the globe. You can be sure that the huge Northern Canadian Pike at the end of your rod, thrashing away, is giving you among the hardest and most challenging catches you have ever experienced in your angling career as an adventurous fisherman. These fish sure know where to hide and how to fight. Where and how do you find them throughout the fishing season? If you can find the Pike in a less belligerent mode or when you are fishing areas of lakes that where the water is “stained”, a prop bait like a Splash-Tail that will sputter across the surface will cause the Pike to make that stab. Pop baits can also be deadly when the killer Pike are resting beside isolated forms of cover such as giant deadheads poking their nose above the waters. If you wait until the water is good and cold, such as may well occur in the late fall season or in the early springtime you may well have great luck with the Pike of the seas. The Pike can best be found around rock structures. You might well try to catch a jerkbait during these cold water spring or late fall time fishing expeditions. The jerkbaits are not snagless, but you can throw a hard jerk, if there are only a few feet of water over the top of those deep weeds. Some fishing experts will recommend soft jerkbaits rigged Texas style. If the water vegetation is relatively sparse these can be deadly especially if there are plenty of open pockets on the lake water. If you have to retrieve a hard jerkbait, try to do so as close to structure as possible. Wind the lure down and jerk it three or so times and pause. Generally the colder the water gets the longer you should wait. Nick the tops of the weeds, scrape the rocks and tick the logs and stumps. Pike usually strike when the when the lure suspends, rises slowly or starts its next series of jerks. If your fishing trip takes you during the mid summer time periods – you will promptly find that the Northern Pikes go deep and deeper. Troll hard jerkbaits around rocky main lake points and over the tops of mid lake humps. Contour trolling behind three way rigs can be among the most deadly hot weather tactics for attracting and landing those “big ones”. You can also try rigging a large soft 9 inch Shad on a stout 5 offset hook without any other additional weight. Let it flutter toward bottom after casting. Then hop. Pop, twitch and pause your lures continually to imitate a baitfish that is more than in trouble and indeed may be in its death throes. Along weed edges swim the lure through the grass deflecting it off any stalks that you can feel. Do the same when you are fishing an open corridor of lake water between the tops of deep and deeper weeds and the surface of the water? Let if fall and then let it pop back to the water’s surface. All in all Northern Canadian Pike fish are among the wiliest fish that you will run across in your fishing expeditions – whether it be at any time during the year – spring, summer or fall. About the Author: Lake Manitoba Chalet Northern Manitoba Cottage Pike Manitoba Narrows Source: www.isnare.com Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=193887&ca=Sports

Terry Hearn is quite possibly the most famous carp angler in the UK. Fishing the estate lake at Eynsham Hall in Oxford he shows just why he appears to catch more carp than anyone else….providing he can get past the tench. After a couple of tinca’s took his bait, right at the death a lovely 20lb+ mirror carp came along to appear in front of the cameras.