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what are some good bass and catfish fishing tips?

I am going fishing for bass and catfish in a pond in the morning about 6 or 7. I am going to use night crawlers on the bottom and bread at the top for the catfish (4 sum reason bread always seem to work for catfish in this pond) and I am going to use top water lures like the torpedo and the popper for the bass. Any ideas or tips is really appreciated thanks.

for the bass. if you are going that early in the morning try a plastic worm or lizard near the bank. i use a tequila sunrise 7" worm by Berkley you can find them at your local wal-mart catfish try to use some liver, stink bait, hot dogs, bream, and bread like you stated i don’t know what it is that attracts them to bread but i have caught them on bread also if the person who owns the pond feeds the fish that may cause them to eat bread but i don’t know

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Fresh Water Bass Fishing In New Jersey!

Hi folks,

Just received an e-mail from the NJ Dept of Fish and Wildlife and thought you all might like to read it. So here it is:

When it comes to bass fishing, the Garden State may very well have the nation’s greatest diversity of bass waters and bass fishing opportunities. Mike Iaconelli, a Jersey boy who made it big on the B.A.S.S. pro circuit, credits much of his success to the many different types of New Jersey bass waters he fished as a kid.

Backwoods Angler TV came to New Jersey last summer for bass fishing on two very different bass waters, the Salem Canal in south Jersey and north Jersey’s Lake Hopatcong. The show’s host, Blaine Mengel, fished with NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist, and B.A.S.S. tournament angler, Chris Smith. Chris knows where the bass are in New Jersey and knows how to catch them. The New Jersey Bassin’ show is a must see for serious bass anglers to hear and learn what our state bass fishing expert knows.

Backwoods Angler TV’s “New Jersey Bassin” show can be viewed on their Web site at http://www.backwoodsanglertv.com/Web_Broadcast.htm.

There’s no better way to spend time in the outdoors than enjoying the fabulous fishing New Jersey has to offer. Don’t miss out this year! Visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/fishing_fresh.htm  for freshwater fishing information and to buy and print your fishing license online.

So what are you waiting for?  🙂  Go check out that bass fishing show now!

Catch you later!

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Freshwater Fishing Tales and Lies

It’s common knowledge that fisherman, especially freshwater fishermen tend to stretch the truth a bit. Those less educated in the ways of fishing might even call it a lie.

You know that right? Well apparently it’s so very well known that the IGFA has to resort to polygraph testing when certifying a fish as a record catch! Oh the IGFA is the “International Game Fish Association” which is tasked with the job of keeping records for fish caught. When a possible new world record fish is caught, they go about certifying the catch and making sure all appropriate rules were followed when the catch was made.

If you’ve been under a rock for the past few months, you probably didn’t hear that a potential world record largemouth bass was caught in Japan this past year. (I also wrote another post about it here: new-world-record-largemouth-bass.)

Anyway, back to the IGFA. It turns out that since it’s been 77 years that the world record largemouth was caught, they wanted to be very careful about certifying the latest record catch. Now the fish that was caught was only 2 ounces bigger than the previous world record, and as such, it does not qualify as a new world record … but it does qualify as a tie for the world record under IGFA rules. That is, once it gets certified.

Good news is that the catch a was certified. But you should read this article in the “Shreveport Times” to see what the fisherman went through to get it certified!

A Fish For The Ages

The guy had to take a polygraph for goodness sake! Now that’s taking your certification process VERY seriously!

So how about we all start a new trend and try telling the truth when it comes to our fish stories? That way, maybe we won’t need to take polygraph tests when we catch a new world record fish! Can we make it work? Or is it just too much to ask of us?

OK – OK. So we like exagerating a bit. Don’t ask too much of us!

Here’s to hoping you all catch the fish of your dreams this year!

Happy New Year and I’ll catch you later!

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How many different kinds of worm rigs are there? What are they?

Here’s a question I found on yahoo Answers that I found interesting and thought I’d share it.

I get to do a project on fishing which is cool so give me all the information you have on Bass fishing with artificial worms. I already know the basics concerning a Texas, Carolina and Wacky rigs.

I need as much info about this for a project so be generous.

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The Secret Improves Freshwater Fishing Results

Your Attitude Can Affect Your Fishing results!

With all this talk about “The Secret” and calling positive energy into your life, it reminded me of an article I read years ago on how to improve your catch while fishing. I believe it was an article in “Field and Stream” but I’m not 100 percent certain of that.

Anyway, what I remember from the article was that the writer was talking about his friend and how he approached fishing. His friend didn’t really act like he was going to catch anything when they went fishing together and most often, he wouldn’t. He didn’t expect to catch anything, though he had high hopes of doing so.

The author went on to explain that since his friend didn’t expect to catch anything, each time he would get a strike, he would miss setting the hook and would ultimately miss catching the fish. The author then extolled the virtues of expecting to catch a fish – how you would cast a certain way and how when you got a strike, you’d be ready to set the hook and this would improve your chances of catching a fish. He also said to envision that a fish was following your lure and was about to strike at any moment.

I was young at the time I read it but I thought about it and put that piece of advice into practice. It has proven itself time and time again! I would almost always out-fish anyone I happened to be with and usually caught the biggest fish when a group of us would go fishing! Was it this “secret’ that caused me to be more successful? I can’t say for sure, but I can certainly tell you that it didn’t hurt!

Think about it – seriously – and it should make sense to you. If you’re ready to catch a fish, you’re more likely to do just that!

I had occasion to share this article’s idea with my sons when we went fishing over this summer. It was a hot sunny day and my older son was saying “there’s no fish here – we won’t catch anything!” I explained to the two of them how your attitude can affect many things in your life … including fishing! I then told them about the article and it helped my older son turn around his thinking.

Did we catch any fish that day? Sure we did! And I’ll bet that our attitudes had something to do with that!

Here’s hoping your attitude helps you catch more fish as well!

Catch you later.

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what is the best book for bass fishing tips?

i want a book that gives you some tips to fish freshwater bass written by a pro

expecting everything in one book is thinking one person knows it all and if one person did know it all wouldn’t they be the best in the world? I have read all these, every issue of B A S S , In -Fisherman, Western Outdoor News and I’m sure many more. These are the books I have at home. I tell many people wanting to take up fishing here on answers to go to the library and check out books written by tournament winning anglers they all know things others don’t and in their books they share it all.
Rick Clunn’s World Championship Bass Fishing
Think Like a Fish: The Lure and Lore of America’s Legendary Bass Fisherman
The Field & Stream Bass Fishing Handbook
Jimmy Houston’s Bass Fishing Tips ‘N’ Tales
Roland Martin’s 101 Bass-Catching Secrets
Hannon’s Field Guide for Bass Fishing
Catching Bass Like a Pro
Bill Dance on Largemouth Bass
Kevin Vandam’s Bass Strategies: A Handbook for All Anglers
Mike Gardner’s Fish Have No Hands

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Can Texas Produce A New World Record Largemouth Bass?

With the recent entry of a possible tie for the world record largemouth bass from Japan, there has been specualtion form many fishermen that the new world record largemouth bass will probably come from Japan or California.

Lots of opinions have been put forth, but still the old record holds!

With that in mind, I read with interest something that the Texans have been doing the past 23 years. They have a “ShareLunker” program where largemouth bass that are caught weighing 13 pounds or more are kept alive and given to the state for breeding purposes. Very nice idea!

Toyota is the main sponsor of the program this year and the revenue the program generates from advertising helps to ofset the operating costs.

With all those big fish being kept for breeding, Texas will surely have close to a world record sometime in the future – don’t you think so?

I found this article in the “Tyler Paper”. If you’d like to read more about this whole program, just go to:

Texas Sharelunker Program

There’s even a contest for catcing the largest fish where the winners can get some special clothing and the grand prize is a lifetime fishing license.

Wouldn’t it be nice if all the states had something like this?

Until next time … I’ll catch you later.

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The Bass Krusher Rig

Watch This video to learn my secret rig for catching largemouth bass when I go freshwater fishing.

I previously posted about my favorite way to rig a rubber worm when I go bass fishing. You can read it here:

Bass Krusher Rig

The video below will show you exactly how I rig my worms!

Try rigging a few of your worms this way and just watch the bass come running!

Hope that helps you.

Catch you later.

-Mark

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New World Record Largemouth Bass?

I was reading through some fishing news and this topic caught my eye!

The current IGFA world record largemouth bass weighed 22lbs and 4 oz. The 77-year-old world record bass was caught in June 1932 by George Perry at Montgomery Lake in Georgia. Now apparently someone in Japan caught a fish and had it weighed on certified scales and it was 1 oz more than the current world record. But guess what? It isn’t a new world record!

Bass Masters has the story on this and explains why it’s not a new world record. You can read their article, listen to a discussion and watch a video on the fish and the lucky fellow who caught it by clicking on the “New World Record Largemouth Bass” link below:

New World Record Largemouth Bass

(Editor’s Note: Steve VonBrandt of Delaware Bass Fishing just informed me that he has much more information, photos and videos on the new world record largemouth bass at his website. You can check out his information at:
http://delawaretrophybass.com)

Enjoy! (Wouldn’t it be nice to catch a world record largemouth?!?)

I’ll catch you later!