Recreation

The kokanee is a land-locked sockeye salmon that thrives in deep, cold mountain lakes and their tributaries. They are sporting to catch and delicious to eat. Although they have been caught by...

Bait fish tanks allow you to keep bait fish alive during long fishing trips. Homemade bait fish tanks are easy to construct and can save you the hundreds of dollars that large, store-bought bait...

The drag system on saltwater fishing poles is especially important since there is no telling when a saltwater angler could hook a huge fish. Absent a drag that lets out line when a fish applies...

Different types of materials can make up a standard fishing net, also called a landing net, with these materials composing the mesh, handle and "hoop" of the net. The net's composition depends on...

Dauphin Island is a 14-mile long barrier island located south of Alabama's Mobile Bay. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, its year-round population was 1,579 in 2007. With its easy access to the...

Growing up there were many lures that I used when going bass fishing. A lot of them I still use today. From plastic worms to spinner baits to the focus of this article, the Cocahoe Minnow. With...

Many variations of lures can be utilized to land your targeted species of fish. From drop-fishing for snapper or grouper to jigging for mackerel and amberjack, there are literally hundreds of...

Lane snapper are one of the smallest fish in the snapper family, with the average size being about 1 lb. The lane snapper is silvery-pink to red in color and has a black spot on its side, just...

Stink bait is one of the few things in life that truly lives up to its name. The two words deliver a precise description of a food lure for catching fish with an indiscriminate appetite. For the...

One of an angler's best bait options is a smaller fish that a bigger fish will attack and try to eat. These types of bait fish have proven to be excellent enticement for many species of game fish,...

Fishing for freshwater panfish is fun. Panfish such as bluegills, sunfish and crappies can provide hours of non-stop fishing action. Where you find one, you will generally find dozens. Panfish can...

The New Jersey shoreline is the home of a multitude of bird species, with no better place to see them than the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Birdwatchers have the opportunity,...

Every year salmon migrate from the ocean, up the rivers of the Pacific Northwest to spawn providing some exciting fishing action. There are several ways to fish for spawning salmon, however spin...

Salmon are a typically large type of fish that lives in both saltwater and freshwater. They need cool water that has clean gravel at the bottom to suffice for spawning. Salmon also seem to flock...

The Beetle Spin has been popular for half a century for catching the more aggressive predatory fish such as bass, walleye, bream, crappie and perch, but it also can work for larger trout, salmon...

A fishing vacation can be more than a break from work; it can be a way of life. If you take fishing vacations often, you want to remember the locations, guides, accommodations-and of course, the...

Anglers who consistently catch big fish know where to locate them, an important aspect of coming home with what fishermen refer to as a lunker. This involves studying a lake, pond or river and...

Trout eggs will catch a variety of trout species, but are most often used to catch steelhead trout. Anglers catch trout on eggs any time of year, but spring and fall are the best times to use eggs...

Live bait angling produces the largest catches in size and number whether you are fishing in fresh or salt water. Using prey fish, such as anchovy or herring, taps into the normal feeding patterns...

During a camping trip or just for fun, you might want to go fishing. Fishing is a good activity if you are camping by a river or a lake, where you can catch your fish and grill it up for dinner! ...

The expression "either fish or cut bait" is a classic command to get someone to do something, anything, besides sitting around while others work. Yet in the sport of fishing there is an...

Raccoons are a wildlife pest that get into household garbage and destroy garden plants. Despite their amusing, bandit-like appearance, which some people might even consider cute, raccoons are also...

Fish finders use sonar technology to bounce sound waves off underwater objects. Developed during World War II to track enemy submarines and underwater mines, the technology is now used by anglers...

Surf fishing with lures is a great way to enjoy angling with minimal expense. A surf-casting rod and reel, an assortment of lures and a fishing license, if required, are the only items needed for...

There are some fish that just love to see a maimed or injured fish swimming on the surface - it is an easy grab! Well this only works when you are elevated at least 14 ft above water ie. a tall...

From the warm waters off the Florida Keys, Texas coast, or Carolinas, to the diverse waters of the Pacific, anglers across the United States coastal regions can find a wide array of saltwater...

Salmon spoons are a form of artificial bait that attracts fish by imitating the actions of wounded bait fish. The two most popular forms of spoons are casted spoons, which allow fishermen to...

Mullet is a species of small saltwater fish commonly used for bait in surf fishing, from a pier and for trolling behind a boat. Hooking mullet for flounder fishing requires a rig and sinker weight...

The Atlantic Croaker (aka "croaker") and the Spot (aka "Norfolk Spot") are Atlantic coastal fish whose habitat extends from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. Atlantic croaker fish grow to around 18 to...

Humans have been fishing for as long as they have lived near water, but big-game fishing only really began to take shape near the end of the 19th Century. The increasing popularity of the motor...

So, you want to fish for the giant lake trout you're always hearing about, but you have never used a downrigger, a trolling device that uses a large weight to keep a fishing line and its lure at a...

A very common complaint with anglers against the Norther Pike is its difficult Y bone. The bones can be difficult to remove and are too large to eat, making Northern Pike a more difficult fish to...

Bass lures are often adequate for muskie fishing. Muskies are opportunistic predators that readily eat many of the same things bass eat. Although muskies are much larger than bass and prefer one...

There are two types of plugs --- topwater plugs and diving plugs. These lures at one time were hand-made from wood but nowadays are typically plastic. Plugs resemble something that a hungry game...

Seining is a great technique for catching your own bait fish, rather than buying expensive live bait at a tackle shop on the way to the fishing hole. Seining is similar, though on a much smaller...

Soft bait gives an angler several advantages over artificial lures. Soft baits feel more natural in the mouth of a wary fish, which means they are less likely to spit soft baits out. The baits...

In many instances, people go fishing to put food on their table, targeting specific types of game fish. Among the fish that make an excellent meal when filleted and cooked are all types of trout,...

Keeping fish alive during a fishing tournament is very important to your success in the tournament. Dead fish can rack up penalty points and drop you right off the leader board. Don't take any...

Northern pike are edible, but many anglers despair of ever getting all the small bones out of them. Most of the bones you'll find in a pike fillet are the Y-bones; if you were to look at the fish...

The spinning rod and reel is a widely used type of reel that anglers employ to catch fish such as crappie, trout, bass, pickerel and bluegill. The spinning rod and reel works under a simple...

Fishing for bass at night offers a few advantages over daytime angling. These predatory fish actively feed during low-light periods, when they have a vision advantage over many of their prey...

Being able to determine a lake’s water clarity quickly and easily can make a difference in catching fish or just spending time on the water wetting your fishing line. Water clarity is the...

The rooster tail was invented by Worden's lure company in the 1950's. A rooster tail is an artificial fishing lure with a colored and weighted body, a spinning blade, and a hackle-covered treble...

The game fish that inhabit the rivers, streams, lakes and ponds across the nation provide thrilling action for the many anglers who fish for them. These fish differ in size, types and elusiveness,...

The best way to catch big fish is to target the largest species of fish where you live during different times of the year. This means that you need to focus on fish such as channel catfish, carp...

Striped bass are fun to try to catch on a lazy day of fishing. They love to eat live bait--and so to catch them, you have to be able to catch the live bait as well. Stripers love eels, river and...

Many types of fish--including perch, bluegill and crappie--are adept at nibbling a worm until they are able to remove it from the hook while avoiding capture. You can turn the table on worm...

Night fishing around underwater lights can be a productive and exciting way to catch fish. The submerged lights around piers, buoys and offshore rigs provoke the curiosity of baitfish, which are...

There are ways to catch fish without a rod. I learned this summer that you dont need much gear at all to reel in a bucket full of fish in nearly an hour.

Catfish trapping is a method of catching catfish by tricking them into entering a trap which has a funnel-shaped entrance. The funnel allows the fish to swim into the trap, but prevents them from...