Maybe you got hooked on the idea of fishing from watching a bass fishing tournament on television, or maybe that rainbow trout you absolutely loved eating at dinner got you interested in learning how to trout fish. Regardless of how you come to a desire to learn how to fish, it can be a bit daunting to sort through all the tackle, species, baits, lures, techniques and places to fish if you really want to catch fish.
Regardless of what you hear, fishing soon loses its allure and is no fun if you are not catching anything. Even catching a bunch of small ones that you throw back can be fun, but simply sitting on a bank with a “hook in the water” can become boring pretty quick.
If you apply the following five pieces of advice when you begin learning how to fish, your beginning fishing experience has a much greater chance of resulting in the fun and enjoyment that drew you to the sport to start with.
First, pick the fish you want to learn to catch based on what is available in waters close to where you live. For example, don’t start out trying to learn northern pike fishing when you live in Florida. Instead, choose from among the sport fishes that you have available within a short drive. Like anything, learning to fish means actually doing it – in essence, practicing it. And this means having fish available to you in water that is readily accessible by you.
Second, learn the water where you will be fishing. Good maps that show the underwater contours and structure of local fishing lakes are not expensive and can be found in most retailers that have a sporting goods section that carries fishing equipment.
Third, use the lake map effectively to learn where to find your chosen fish in the lake. To do this, pick up a good book and read about the habits and feeding patterns of your fishing quarry. You will learn the type of structure they hang out in and what type of natural bait they eat. With your map in hand, you will now have an idea of where in the lake you need to be fishing.
Fourth, stop by a local bait shop close by your lake. Ask the proprietor or people working there what natural baits or artificial lures the fish you are going after are biting well. Now you know where the fish will hang out in the lake and what bait they are striking.
Fifth, pick a method of fishing, i.e. fly casting, spinning or bait casting. Most fish can be taken with either method, even though spinning is recommended for beginners to learn a technique quickly. Whichever you choose, learn the basics of the technique, choose only a few lures or one or two natural baits known to work for your chosen fish in your chosen lake, and get skilled at using the lures or natural bait with the rod and reel for the technique you have chosen to learn.
By following the above advice, you “keep it simple” and focus on the basics of catching fish. Once you get a handful of basics down that start to catch fish, you can move on to learn other techniques, lures, baits, species and water.
And here is a bonus tip – get up early. You will almost always have better luck fishing when you are one of the first people on the water for the day. Being there first means yours might be the lure that gets the first strike of the day from that old trophy fish!
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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