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- Approaching
New Water
- For those of you who
regularly travel to new water, or fish tournaments that
frequently bring you to unfamiliar impoundments, you
are probably familiar with the overwhelming feeling
of; "what do I do now?" Well, to offer some
consolation, there are several steps you can take to
combat this all to familiar problem, many of which are
much easier than one might anticipate...
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- Reading
Water
- How many times do you
have to fish in an area or new body of water and wish
you could see the bottom? I bet if you could you wouldn't
be as afraid of fishing new bodies of water. The ability
to read water is not a mystical power or a special talent
it is just being observant to the lay of the land. When
we are driving to our fishing destination do we pay
attention to the surrounding land hills, bluffs, mountains,
or swamps, we should...
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- Boat
Positioning and other Keys to Success...
- Put a bunch of Bassfisherman
together and you are likely to hear about good day’s
bad days, what is the hot bait, rod, reel, line or favorite
way to fish but you will never hear about the way they
run their boat. Boat positioning falls into the often
completely missed category or is taken for granted until
a very windy day. The only press boat positioning gets
is whether or not a guy was front seating or...
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- Dangerous
Boating
- Recently,
a good friend of mine, Murray Fasken, and I went out
to Richland-Chambers for an evening of fishing. We arrived
at Clearview Marina around 6:30 pm., bought some ice
and launched the boat. It had been a couple of weeks
since I had been fishing, and I was looking forward
to some quality time on the water.As we idled
out of the marina’s no wake zone ...
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- Where
ya' Puttin' In ?
- Last evening, my oldest
daughter, Megan, and I went to a friend's boathouse on
Richland-Chambers reservoir to try and catch a few crappie.
We didn't catch a bunch of fish, but we got a few. More
importantly, we got to spend some quality time together.
After the fish quit biting, we headed over to Oak Cove
Marina for a bite to eat. We ordered our usual favorites,
a club sandwich with fries for Megan, and tater tots for
me. As usual...
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- Boat Control
- The proper selection of tackle, and the correct technique are always important to fishing success. Perhaps even more important is good boat control. Without this the greatest lure and technique in the World cannot be presented to the fish in a productive manner. One of the most frustrating things to fish is current, which can be either wind or water related. Water current usually stays in one direction and speed, while wind can be variable in all respects. In either case the fish are usually facing into the current, as they are feeding on food being washed to them....
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