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Popular Freshwater Fishing Lures

Today I have a guest post that was written by Elaine Hirsch. Hope you all enjoy it!

 

Popular Freshwater Fishing Lures

Nothing beats freshwater fishing for yearlong sport. The fishing gets even better in the spring when the fish are beginning to spawn, and if you’re bogged down with work, communicating online, or your PhD program, few things make for a better break. There are many great fresh water lures you can choose from to catch the big fish. These are just three of the most popular ones:

Topwater
Early in the morning or late in the evening and the water is still, pull out this lure at your favorite lake or pond. These lures come in many varieties. Some topwater lures rattle when you jerk the line, some have spinners on the tail section that vibrate and spin when reeled in, and still others will zigzag from side to side while you reel. Whichever you choose, all of these types of lures are designed to attract fish to the surface of the water where they will hit the lure first before taking it down.

Soft Plastic Worm
Using a worm in combination with a Carolina Jig or a Texas Jig will keep the fish biting all year long. There are a variety of colors and even scents that come with this kind of lure. The reason for this is that fish are attracted to one particular color or scent more than another depending on where you’re fishing or even what time of year it is. Use a weedless hook with your worm so you can get your lure where the fish are, in the weeds and under the logs.

Diving Jig
Another popular freshwater lure is the diving lure or jig. This particular lure usually comes as a minnow or a grub and will dive down to a depth or your choosing before slowly ascending back to the surface. When you first cast this lure it will remain floating at the surface. Quickly reeling it in will cause it to suddenly dive below the surface and descend until you stop reeling, when it will rise back to the top. This very closely mimics the behavior of many fishes’ natural prey.

These lures should be good ones to start with, and are worth a try for experienced anglers who haven’t used them before. Use them to take your first steps into the sport, or to expand your repertoire of fishing techniques. Either way, happy fishing!

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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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Commodore Club on Great Moose Lake in Hartland Maine

Hey Folks!

Hope you’re all doing well. Today I’ve got a guest post from Michael Norton. He wrote me a note and I thought I’d let you all in on this nice place to grab some fresh water fishing!

So here’s his post:

The Commodore Club on Great Moose Lake in Hartland, Maine is available for weekly fishing trip rentals in May and June every year. Originally built in 1888, this is a one-of-its-kind, post-and-beam sporting club. You can accommodate a group of 20 at the off-season rate of $1,500.

Great Moose is a bass and pickerel lake. There are brown trout for the gifted. This lake also makes a good base to jump off to other lakes and streams. The only challenge is that the Club amenities and slices of history will keep you there — full kitchen (microwave, electric and Garland gas grill, circa 1930, for the big feeds), 10 bedrooms, billiard table, poker tables, a rambling porch overlooking Great Moose, all on 15 private acres.

Here’s a vistor post from the Boston Herald blog a couple years back:

“We were fortunate to discover Great Moose Lake three years ago and will be arriving on Sunday at THE COMMODORE CLUB…A 10 bedroom hunting and fishing lodge on 15 acres, billiard room, ping-pong and card tables. It has a triangular fireplace that fills a small portion of the huge great room. My husband worked with one of the siblings that owns the club, and this will be our 3rd year renting. Enjoy your vacation,….and pull up a kayak and say hi!”

Until this year, renters have been July/August primarily and, as the post indicates, closely associated with our family. Most come back year-after-year. One fishing group came for about 20 years every June until everyone had retired to Florida. Our goal is to find some new people who like to fish, enjoy good times with friends and appreciate this gem of Maine sporting history that is off the track and not off the rack.

You can find pictures and contact information to rent the Club at VacationRentals.com

You also can email one of the owners, Michael Norton, at [email protected] Deposit and references are required.

There’s also a book on Amazon.com called Around Great Moose Lake (ME) that features several vintage photos of the Club and describes some of its history. Take a look and consider the Club if you are bringing together friends or family.

Sounds great – eh? Check them out!

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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2 Questions in 1 for Fresh water fishing in NJ?

Here’s a question posed by a fellow New Jersian!

I made a last minute decision to take my two boys (9 and 7) fresh water fishing tomorrow morning. I live in Union County and was wondering if anyone knew of a lake or pond near by. (Seely’s pond and surprise lake? This is a last minute Idea and I don’t want to travel to far, any ideas?
Second question- I do not plan on fishing with them I just plan on helping with tangles, Knots and baiting the hook. It is extremely rare that I go fresh water fishing, do I need to purchase a license if I do not intend to fish? I am an avid saltwater fisherman because I have never had any real luck fishing the lakes. Any tips would be helpful.

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New Fishing Hooks

All I can say is … Wow! I met Ron Baskett on Twitter and he told me he had some new hooks to try out.

So I gave him my e-mail and home address and Ron, being the generous guy he is, sent me some free hook samples as well as a free T-shirt and some free bait holder straps! What a nice guy! (Thank you Ron!)

What is so special about Ron’s new hook? Well it’s not really the hook so much as it’s how you “tie” your line to the hook. You actually don’t tie the hook onto your line – you kind of wrap the hook on. It’s fast and easy and the best part … you retain 98% of your line’s strength by “tying” it this way. Very nice!

The hooks are well made and have very sharp points, but the ease and simplicity of getting the hook on your line are almost unbelievable! He has a video on his site that shows you the hook and how easy it is to use. OK – So do yourself a favor and go check these out now!

http://www.outdoorspecialtyinnovations.com/index.php/hooks.html/

Tell him Mark at the FreshwaterFishingBlog.com sent you!

Catch you later!

-Mark

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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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FRESHWATER FISHING TIPS & TECHNIQUES – Paperback

FRESHWATER FISHING TIPS & TECHNIQUES - Paperback

FRESHWATER FISHING TIPS & TECHNIQUES is a 222 page book designed to teach everything from Ice fishing to fly fishing. There is an excellent knot tying section along with facts about various game fish species. Expert angler Gene Kugach offers hundreds of tips and techniques for catching all types of freshwater fish based on his years of onstream experience. Filled with easy-to-understand illustrations, and geared for both the novice and the more experienced angler, Freshwater Fishing Tips and Techniques covers every aspect of freshwater fishing! 300 drawings throughout the book.