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Keeping impatiens alive indoors through the winter isn't necessarily difficult, but it will require you to have access to a few important things. Keep impatiens alive and indoors during the winter with help from a gardening professional in this free video clip.
You don't have to pay an arm and a leg for a solvent that well help keep a rose alive for longer periods of time. Make a solvent that will keep a rose alive with help from a floral design industry professional in this free video clip.
Soft plastic fishing worms are typically made out of a few basic types of material. Find out what material is used for soft plastic fishing worms with help from a public speaker and the Executive Director of Recycled Fish in this free video clip.
Crawfish lures are useful for catching bass, trout, perch, walleye and catfish. Soft-shelled crawfish are particularly well-suited for catching fish, but hard-shelled ones also work, according to Mike Toth, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fishing Basics." You may be able to find crawfish at your local bait shop, but if you can't find them, catch your own by searching along the shallow rocky bottoms of cool creeks and lakes.
A MIDI patch bay is a specialized tool for routing MIDI data between multiple MIDI-compatible synthesizers, samplers and other devices. In a standard setup, a “master” device – usually a MIDI keyboard – connects to a “MIDI In” port on the patch bay; all other devices, called “slaves,” are connected to the patch bay’s “MIDI Out” ports. The user switches between slave devices by selecting their associated channels on the patch bay. In a live performance context, your chief concern will be knowing exactly which channel to use at any given moment.
Painting homemade lures enables you to make custom artificial fishing baits that will attract fish or just look great in a case. You should select two colors that blend well together, such as yellow and green or red and blue. Ultimately, the color choice will be a matter of preference and your own experience of what colors work best. However, studies have shown that fish are attracted to colors such as blue and yellow.
Easy cast reels allow novice and advanced fisherman to easily spool new fishing lines and prevent a bird's nest, which is when the line becomes so tangled it resembles the twigs in a nest. These types of reels feature an anti-backlash system that stops the line from flying back into the spool when you cast the line. Most easy cast reels are designed for beginning fisherman, so installing a new line is simple and straightforward.
While you're out on the lake, there's little patience for a dry, gummed up baitcasting reel. Over time, reels can become clogged up with dry lubricant and dirt, causing slow, ragged casting and reeling. In a worst case scenario, the dry gears may even snap your fishing line, causing you to lose your biggest catch of the day or a prized lure. Regular cleaning and lubrication can extend the life of your reel and ensure smooth operation for years to come.
Turtles are notorious bait stealers. Using a trotline -- a long fishing line suspended on the surface of the water with several hooks attached -- often attracts turtles, due to the amount of bait placed on each line. In most cases, turtles are a protected species and should be returned to the water as quickly as possible if caught. Proper planning can help you reduce the chance of catching turtles on your trotline.
No matter what the occasion, a living wreath is a decoration that keeps on giving. Unlike wreaths made of cut branches or dried flowers, living wreaths continue to grow and thrive when you care for them properly. A living wreath contains succulents planted in a growing medium that fills the core of the wreath. Living wreaths need to be cared for just like any other growing potted plant. With the right amount of light, water and fertilizer they will reward you with lush greenery for a long time.
Crawfish is a smart baiting choice for freshwater fishermen since it tricks fish into biting something that is already a part of their natural diet. A crawfish is a crustacean with a hard exoskeleton, pincers and ability to breathe underwater. Live and artificial crawfish bait is available to purchase at bait and tackle shops. Fish generally hunt soft-shelled crawfish that have just molted their skin. However, fish also dine on hard-shelled crawfish.
Elluminate Live! is a premier service in Web conferencing that brings people across distances to communicate in a virtual classroom. Some people use one of the versions of product that were released before Elluminate merged with Blackboard in 2010, while others use the new version of the product called Blackboard Collaborate. All versions enable students and instructors to utilize real classroom simulations that go beyond traditional phone conferencing or online discussion boards.
Colleges, universities and other academic institutions are empowered to stream their classes on YouTube, a popular video sharing website. This technology is possible thanks to YouTube Live, which is the site's live stream tool. The site lists currently streaming videos, along with the schedule for the following day. Therefore, you can watch your school's live stream by visiting YouTube Live. Your instructor may or may not give you the direct URL to the stream.
Functional and effective ecosystems consist of producers, consumers and decomposers. A snail, which is appropriate for water ecosystems, is considered a decomposer, since it functions to keep the environment of the ecosystem clean by eating and discarding of the waste. It is important to have the necessary plant life in order to keep them alive in a closed ecosystem. Since you don't want the water in your ecosystem to evaporate, you must secure the vents and air passages of the cage, which means that without the proper oxygen-producing plants, your snails can suffocate.
Crayfish are crustaceans that look similar to small lobsters. Crayfish at the bottom of a fish tank can help keep the tank clean and free of algae. On rare occasions, crayfish may eat or attack fish in the tank. There are several ways to prevent this.
Fishers, also called fisher cats are mammals that are a member of the weasel family, and wont typically venture into residential areas. The most likely reason you may see a fisher cat around a person's property is if the fisher has been displaced by the deforestation and development of their habitat, or if their local food supply has been depleted and they are looking for their next meal. If that's the situation, you can catch the fisher cat if you use the right bait.
The iPhone supports the ability to connect to the Internet through a virtual private network. To keep a VPN connection alive, you will need to set up and activate the VPN connection on your iPhone. Once the setup is complete, you can automatically connect to the VPN in the future through the iPhone's main Settings menu.
Poinsettias flood the market during the winter holidays, claiming the title of best-selling potted flowering plant. These plants produce brightly colored bracts -- modified leaves -- that turn red, pink or white during the holiday season. Color is initiated by exposing the plants to complete darkness for 12 hours a day, starting in October. After the "blooming" period of six to eight weeks, poinsettias often lose their foliage as they enter dormancy. Many people cast the plant away, mistakenly believing it has died. Poinsettias can be grown for years with proper care.
Maintaining your business or social network is important because it lets you connect with other people like yourself. However, networking is about more than just the exchange of business cards. The Small Business Trends website explains that the point of having a network is to be able to make meaningful exchanges with people so that each provides some type of benefit to the lives or businesses of the others. Keeping your network alive is not difficult if you decide to make networking a priority for your business or personal life. With practice, it becomes easier to connect and communicate with…
An equalizer is a great tool to use, even when recording live vocals. Use an equalizer for live vocals with help from a pianist and vocalist in this free video clip.
With more than 200 species, hollies come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, ranging from 18-inch dwarf varieties to the American holly tree, reaching up to 50 feet in height. Holly bushes can be deciduous or evergreen, with dark-green, blue-green or variegated leaves. Providing your holly bush with adequate water, sunlight and fertilizer during the first couple of years will help it grow into a thriving, low-maintenance shrub. Once they become established, holly bushes are generally hardy plants that need little attention.
Fishermen know the importance of using the correct bait, or lure, to catch fish. An inline spinner lure is a bait that uses a reflective metal spoon that provides color, flash and motion as the bait is pulled through the water, triggering fish into taking more bites. The inline spinner is a bait for catching various fish species, including largemouth bass and northern pike. Making an inline spinning lure allows you to be creative and match the bait to the target species and lake conditions in your area.
People often consider carp trash fish even though they are a delicacy in some parts of the world. Carp are also considered sporting fish because they are challenging to catch on hook and line and put up a strong fight. Fishermen use a variety of bait to lure carp, including rice. But in order to use rice to catch carp, anglers must make it rubbery and able to stay on the hook.
Whiting are small shore fish that live over sandy bottoms, according to McClane's New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia. They are common in bays, but migrate out toward deep water when the weather is cold. The fish are bottom feeders that eat shrimp, crabs, and mollusks. The angling value of whiting is not very high with large game fishermen because adult fish are small, usually less than a foot. But since the fish is tasty, it is taken for food worldwide and is fished commercially in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Save your favorite sculpture or your prized catch by making a fish mold. One method is to use inexpensive and simple-to-use latex. Depending on the manufacturer, rubber latex typically comes in a straight solution that does not need to be mixed with anything else. If you are creating a mold from a clay, glass or metal fish, you do not need to do anything to it before applying the latex. However, if you plan on making a mold from a real fish, it needs to be frozen solid first.
Catfish are scavenger fish that eat just about anything. They are known to eat the rotting flesh of dead fish, including other catfish, and are generally attracted by the stench created by the rotting fish. Fisherman who know this have been using stink baits for years with relative success. Chumming places where fish, such as catfish, are known to be found is a good and usually inexpensive way of attracting catfish to the area where they have baited their hook. There are a number of products, many available at your local feed store, which can be used to bait a…
You've probably seen nature shows where people bait large sharks with cut up pieces of fish called "chum." Not only does this method of attracting fish work for sharks, it works for many different sea creatures, including crabs. With the right chum, you'll draw out many crabs, and because they aren't the fastest of sea creatures, you'll catch many of them fairly quickly.
Crab baskets, sometimes called crab traps or crab cages, are used to capture crabs. Crab pots, nets and trotlines are also used to catch crabs, but for beginners, crab baskets are an effective and inexpensive way to start crabbing. The simplest crab baskets can be bought for $10 to $20 online or at outdoor stores. Crabbing is common in the U.S. along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, with many different species of hard-shell crabs being the popular catch.
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) originated in Mexico, where they were utilized by the Aztecs as early as the 14th century. These Christmas-time favorites, which offer a showy display of brilliantly colored bracts in shades of red, pink, white and yellow, didn't earn their name until Joel Poinsett, the United States Ambassador to Mexico, found the plant and sent cuttings back to the states in 1828. Today, with over 100 varieties available, poinsettias account for more than 85 percent of potted plant sales during the Christmas holiday season. However, this perennial beauty can add life and color to your home throughout the…
Paperwhite narcissus is a type of daffodil flower that blooms from bulbs, usually during spring. Paperwhites also bloom during winter when forced, making them popular holiday plants. Many gardeners like to grow paperwhites in bowls of gravel, but they also grow well in pots with soil. The flowers usually bloom for up to three weeks. After they bloom, most gardeners discard the bulbs. However, they can be kept alive as houseplants and then stored as bulbs to bloom at a later time.
When making fish bait lures, it is important to note the differences in weight and hardness between the different types of wood available. Typically, basswood is used by beginners because it is easy to work with, but cedar, balsa, pine, oak, maple and walnut are also common woods to try when attempting to carve fish bait lures. The weight and hardness of the wood will affect the buoyancy and action of the lure, as well as increase or decrease the level of difficulty to carve and shape it.
Grouper are large bottom dwelling fish that offer an action packed fight from the bite to the landing. Their depths vary depending on the ocean and the time of year and they can be found in shallow water 30 feet deep to depths of over 300 feet. The best grouper bait changes according to fishing method and depth of the fish you are targeting.
There are a lot of fish in the sea, but anglers who want to use one bait that has the capability to catch many of them choose shrimp. Shrimp are readily accessible to fishermen who want to catch their own, though they also can be bought in bait shops and sporting stores. There are a variety of ways to rig shrimp for catching saltwater fish.
The best bait for catching tuna is a topic of debate amongst anglers. The bait must be good at catching the attention of tuna, but also hold up under rough waves. A few bait options are readily available for luring and catching all types and sizes of tuna.
A downrigger is a kind of auxiliary fishing line used mostly for fishing oceans and large bodies of water. It is used for “trolling,” in which a slow-moving boat pulls a baited fishing line through the water. The movement of the boat and the tension on the fishing line tend to make the bait rise to the surface. So to prevent that and keep the bait at depth, fishermen clip the baited line to a downrigger, which is simply a “rig,” or apparatus, the keep the bait “down.” A downrigger can be as simple as a piece of piano wire…
Chumming or baiting a catfish hole is a time-tested method for catching catfish. This technique requires throwing floating bait such as grain or range cubes into the hole and waiting for the fish to feed. Baiting and chumming for catfish is not legal in all waters, so check regulations with your local or state department of natural resources before fishing.
Ribbit Frogs, made by the Stanley fishing lure company, are soft plastic frog baits that anglers fish on top of the water, primarily for bass. The lures, which are 3.5 or 4.5 inches long, have thick feet that gurgle and make noise in the water when retrieved. While Ribbit Frogs are especially effective when fished on the surface, anglers can use other techniques, too.
Two of the main types of fishing reels are bait-casting and spin-casting reels. While any fishing enthusiast can use them, bait-casting equipment is typically used by experienced fishing enthusiasts, and spin-casting equipment is often favored by novice and beginning anglers. The primarily reason is because spin-casting reels are easier to learn to use than bait-casting reels.
Many people hear the word "anchovies" and think of either a small tin container packed with the small fish or a pizza loaded with them. People frequently eat anchovies, and so do game fish species. Anglers often use anchovies as bait when targeting striped bass living in freshwater rivers. Anglers have several choices when it comes to methods for hooking anchovies when fishing for striped bass and other species in rivers.
Soft plastic jerk baits, such as the Flapp'n Shad made by the Gambler lure company, have a seductive action when retrieved through the water. Anglers can retrieve soft jerk baits in a variety of ways, but nearly all will result in strikes, depending on the mood of the fish. An aggressive retrieve works well when fish are feeding actively, for example, while a slower retrieve is better when the water is cold. Soft jerk baits are especially productive when fished in shallow water.
When it comes to lubricating and greasing baitcasting reels, the biggest part of the task is cleaning the reel first. Baitcasting reels are exposed to salt, mud, grime and any number of lubrication-stealing elements. As accumulation increases, the reel becomes harder to use. Break open the reel, clean it thoroughly and then lubricate the small moving pieces of the device.
Most plastic worms sink, even without weight. The Zoom fishing company, however, makes the Trick Worm, which is a floating, 6 1/2-inch plastic worm with a straight tail. It is available in 48 colors. One of the most effective ways to fish with Trick Worms is to rig them on a plain hook without any weight, which allows anglers to fish them on the surface. Fishermen can skip floating worms under boat docks or trees that hang over the water's surface, and fish them over surface vegetation such as lily pads. There are two main methods for rigging floating worms.
Fishermen are always looking for that next big thing when it comes to baiting their hook. Experimentation is a key aspect when trying to find the right bait that will allow you to catch your limit of trout at your local lake or stream. Live baits work well, but are not always available. Artificial lures can be successful, too, but can be pricey. One trick some trout fishermen employ is making their own bait, such as homemade dough balls, which have been reported to be successful, too. Making your own dough bait, such as garlic corn trout bait, can be…
Polar Kraft boats use any of a number of live wells not only for keeping your catch fresh, but also for keeping the bait fish alive and swimming, as well. Polar Kraft's live wells fill via a water inlet switch and are drained in the same manner. The well's insulation helps keep the water cool even on the warmest days and can be cleaned out using nothing more than soap and water. It is important to note, however, that Polar Kraft boats are filled in slightly different ways, depending on the year of manufacture. Some require filling at each well,…
Wooden fishing lures or crank baits used to be standard fishing equipment. Just as with wooden hunting decoys, modern synthetics have taken their place. And, just like wooden decoys, old wooden fishing lures have become highly prized by collectors, spurring new interest in making them for decor as well as fishing. Rather than being hand-painted, the lures are often painted with stencils made from paper, or tape. Even tin foil is used to create patterns in the paint -- and they are deceptively simple.
Plugs are a popular lure of choice when fishing in either fresh water or salt water. These types of lures are designed to remain on the surface of the water when cast, but dive under it and move back and forth in a lifelike waving motion as you begin to reel them in. Cedar plugs, a common choice for tuna fishing, are a type of plug made of buoyant wood, designed to make fast vertical and horizontal movements in the water.
Ableton Live provides a robust workspace for musician to compose digital music sequences in both a live and studio environment. Users can generate project audio with digital synthesizers and MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) devices, but the sequencer can also handle audio samples as well. And if you have a studio microphone, you can even create your own live vocal samples to use Ableton Live.
The two most common types of rods that fishermen use are baitcasting rods, also known as casting rods, and spinning rods. However, the rods occupy different fishing niches, with baitcasting rods typically reserved for the more experienced anglers. On the other hand, anglers of all skill levels use spinning rods.
Trout chow bait is a homemade combination of trout chow -- a commercial fish food preparation -- and other ingredients. Anglers use it to catch trout, carp, catfish and other game fish. They press it around dry morsels of puffed corn on a hook and shape it into balls. The ingredients vary to accommodate changes in water temperature, current velocity and fish appetite. Other ingredient combinations enable the bait to partially disintegrate and disburse into the water to attract fish.
Live bait is always the preferred choice when trying to catch fish, but not always a viable option. Bait fish are usually easy to catch and are in plentiful supply at your local marina bait shop. However, if the shop is closed or their live supply has run out, dead bait becomes your next best option. Hooking the dead bait so that it appears to still be alive is the key to success.
