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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Advanced Fishing Tips : Using Buzz Bait for Fishing: Advanced Angling Techniques

Catching Bass on Buzz Baits

Fishing Lure Tips - Buzzbaits

Fishing Lure Tips - Willowleaf SpinnerBait

Fishing Lure Tips - Crankbaits

Crankbait Techniques

 A crankbait is very useful in covering a wide amount of water in a short period of time, which is very helpful if you are fishing a body of water that you are not familiar with, or when you need to cover a lot of water while finding where the fish are.A lot of emphasis is placed on what depth a crankbait should be worked at. In general, the heavier the line you are using, the shallower a crankbait will run. The more rapid you reel in a crankbait, the deeper it will go.Keeping your rod tip up will make it go shallower, placing your rod tip down will make it go deeper.
In general, the shallow zone for a crankbait could be defined as shallower than 6 feet. A crankbait used at this depth of water should have a smaller, more vertical lip. Crankbaits worked at medium to deep depths should have large and more horizontal lips. The deepest running crankbaits may have a lip as long as the body of the bait, and it will be almost horizontal to the body.

Even though a faster retrieve will make a crankbait go a lot deeper, you should consider finding the speed at which the fish will strike the bait, what that means is you need to find a crankbait designed to run at the depth that you want,and at the speed the fish wants. If you need to slow down your presentation to trigger a strike, you should use a crankbait designed to run deeper to keep it in the "strike zone" depth. If the fish are striking at a faster bait, you should run a crankbait that is designed to run more shallow.

It works best if you have crankbaits bouncing off things, this will most always anticipate a strike.Crankbaits bouncing off of structure and rocks causes a change in direction and speed, this change is what triggers a fish into striking the crankbait. When their is no change in direction, this encourages a fish to follow the lure. When you're in open water, try to encourage a strike by changing speeds, and directions of the lure.

In clear water, most likely fish are relying on their sight for finding food. A fast moving bait with a natural color should be used. For less clear water, fish rely a lot more on motion (vibration) to find their food. You should use larger crankbaits with rattles to create the motion.

You can tweak a crankbait to run straight, and there are times you want to tweak it to run to the side. If you are fishing along a dock for example, it would be best to try and push the crankbait further under the dock than a straight-running crankbait will go. To change the direction, slowly bend the line tie wire one way or another. Make small adjustments rather than large ones, and test run the crankbait in open water so you can see what change you've made to it. Keep tweaking until you get it to react the way you want.

Gone fishin'

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Recipe Of The Week

Grilled Bass with Mango-Basil Relish
2 mangoes, pitted, peeled and chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
2 pounds bass fillets, rinsed and patted dry
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preheat grill to medium-hot. Mix together mangoes, bell pepper, orange juice, lime juice and basil; set aside.Brush fillets lightly with oil. Place on grill and cook, turning once, until done, 3 to 6 minutes per side. Remove from grill and serve with relish. Season to taste. Serving Size: 8

Joke Of The Week

Worlds Shortest Fairy Tale
 Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, "Will you marry me?" The girl said "NO" And the guy lived happily ever after and went fishing a lot, and went hunting a lot, and went golfing a lot, and drank beer a lot, and left the toilet seat up, and farted whenever he wanted..........THE END!

Another Joke

Two old fishermen were sitting on a bridge catching a few crappies when a hearse went by.  The first man put down his rod and removed his hat. After the hearse was gone his friend said "Bill that was real nice showing respect for the dead like that". To which Bill replied "It was the least I could do, we would have been married 40 years next month".




Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Bass Fishing Tips and Techniques - Lucky Craft Pro Staff

Monster Bass caught on FROG Lure

Seven Pound Bass on a Buzzbait. Topwater Largemouth Bass Fishing.

Stay Hooked up!

Ever have fish constantly "short striking" or missing your lure altogether leaving you standing their scratching your head while that massive swirl on top of the water slowly disappears. Frustrating isn't it! Well here's a simple solution for that, remove the end hook and add a 3 or 4 inch leader to the end of your lure and re-attach your hook to the other end of the leader . When fish are coming up behind the lure with their mouth wide open, the hook is in their mouth before they even know it.
This trick works for me every-time putting more fish in the live well.

Good Luck!

Gone fishin'

Pesty House Flies Be Gone!

Ever sat at your picnic table to have a nice meal, sitting around on your deck or just relaxing at your campsite only to have those @#X&@# house flies constantly landing on your food or yourself taking over your "sanity!"

Well here"s a simple solution to your rescue!

Take a (any brand) sweet apple and push in about 20 or so cloves into it. Cloves have a little tail on them which  makes this quick and easy to do.

Place on picnic table or anywhere near you and VOILA! .......@#X&@# house flies are gone!

Works great everytime.

Please don't forget to invite me for dinner for sharing this tip with you.

Enjoy!

Gone fishin"

Sunday, January 24, 2010