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LAKE FISHING you want to become skilled at fishing with
Eventually, I read somewhere that if
one particular type of bait, you need to leave
In Warm Weather everything else on the dock. So, that’s what
I did… I took only plastic worms with me
and a scent cover. This is important, because
I had handled gasoline, motor oil, foods, and
various other things. The scent cover masks
these various scents that may have gotten into
the soft plastic from my hands. I also paid
attention to the moon phases. I fished with
the plastic worms, and continued to fish with
the plastic worms because that was the only
bait on the boat. I tried
to imitate natural worm
action, and fished slower,
and then slower still, until I
caught fish.
When I wanted
to learn to fish deep
structures, I read up on
it and talked to others.
As always, I went fishing
according to the moon
phase, and fished only with
deep baits for structure; I
left all other baits on the
dock. This is the toughest
time of the year to catch a
lot of good bass, but if you want to run with
the big dogs, you need to know how to fish
in summer. If you ever have thoughts about
entering fish tournaments, be advised that
most tournaments are in the warm months.
Patience and persistence is the key
to success in fishing. Let that be your
mindset. As always, do not underestimate the
importance of fishing in accordance with the
moon phase. Stay in deep water the whole
by Bob King
time you fish. You can’t give up after a few
hours or even two days. If you want to be
successful, you go deep and stay deep, and
don’t leave.
I found a spot that became my favorite, but
After spending several days on the lake,
only after a lot of trial and error… and after
a lot of days of coming back with no fish.
Anything that is worth doing is worth doing
right. Learning deep water fishing requires a
lot of time and dedication, but it is well worth
the effort; the rewards are great. Once you
succeed, and learn to associate your choice of
lures with the actual bait that
you’ll find there, you will be
able to catch many other types
of fish.
With a good graph, you
will be able to relate fish
and structure. Use whatever
information you have. Things
are not always exactly as they
seem. On several occasions,
I have marked a lone fish on
a point, started jigging for it,
and caught several nice fish
from that one lone fish marked
on the graph. In other words,
when there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Remember the importance of the
moon phase. For fishing in day light when
you have had a moon the night before, skip
the first 3 hours after dawn, and then fish the
next 3 hours. When there is no moon the
night before the day you are fishing, fish the
first 3 hours and then skip the next 3 hours.
For a short time, the morning and evening
hours will be good. If fishing on the shore in
the morning and evening, always fish ahead of
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