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First, determine what type of trout you are likely to encounter in the waters you intend to fish. Different species of trout exist in different river systems, so it’s important to know what kind of fish you should be targeting. This can help you select the right tackle, bait, and lures when you hit the water.

Second, select the right location along the river. Trout are typically found in locations where there is an abundance of food, shelter and deep holes. When scouting a spot, look for eddies, tailouts, undercut banks, and other deep pools of water. Also, keep an eye out for areas where the current is particularly slow, as these are often prime spots for trout.

Third, figure out what type of bait or lures to use when fishing for trout. Knowing what the trout in the area like to eat will help you narrow down your choices. Live bait such as worms, insects, eggs, and even small fish can be effective.

Salmon are migratory fish that spend most of their lives in freshwater, but migrate to the ocean to spawn each year. This makes them an excellent target for anglers, as they are plentiful in many areas and can be targeted at various stages of their life cycle.

When it comes to salmon fishing, the most important factor is knowing when and where the fish are running. Salmon runs will vary throughout the year depending on location, water temperature, and other environmental factors. For example, in the Pacific Northwest, summer months are typically the best for Chinook salmon, while winter months are ideal for Coho salmon. Additionally, different techniques should be used for targeting salmon in different seasons — trolling waters in the spring, for instance, and using spoons and spinners in the summer.

Check out the resources below to hone your skills for this years season.

• Things Not To Do While Fishing

• Fishing Tackle for Beginners

• Artificial Bait

Some friendly reminders while jockeying for position on the lake.

• Be courteous to your fellow anglers – I have had many days ruined by an obnoxious fisher.
• If all your peers are floating bobbers on the top, don’t run a crank bait over their lines. That’s just rude!
• Be sure to refrigerate the worms and the beer. Not sure which is worse, warm beer or smelly dried up worms.

Below are some pics of our 2016 season.

LURE COLOR AND WATER CLARITY

The clarity of the water is a key factor in determining what color lure to use. In slear water, that is les than five feet deep, bass can see colors extremely well. In thses conditions lures that mimic the baitfish available, such as spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and crankbaits, should be used in silver and gold finishes. The silver and gold flashing more closely resembles a baitfish in this type of water, and as they wobble, and flash, they attract bass from long distances.

When you are using lures such as ligs, tubes, worms, or anything that is designed to resemble a crawfish or an eel, then the best colors would be a subtle breen or brown in the clear waters. In stained water, which is what we have the most of here in the Northeast, that is water with a visibility of around one to three feet), different colors may come inti play. Brighter colors such as firetiger, charteuse, citrus shad are better producers here. In muddy water, (that is water that has a visibilty of one foot or less), dark colors produce the best. Bass will hit on crawfish patterned crankbaits, brown jigs with orange trailers, black and blue plastics, etc.

SKY CONDITIONS AND COLOR

Many people don’t pay enough attention to the sky conditions during the day.The changing conditions of the sky dictate what color you should be using.
When fishing minnow type lures, keep in mind that shiney colors like silver and gold loose their effectiveness under heavy cloud cover. In clear water, silver or gold can be rendered nearly invisible when the sun goes behind the clouds, because they reflect the grayness around them instead of the sunlight. When this happens we always switch to a bone or a pearl-white color. Jigs, Creature baits, and other bottom type lures can be hard for bass to see under dark skies. When this happens we use the same browns and blacks that we use in the muddier water, even if the water is clear, but it has become cloudy or very dark.

Chartreuse is another excellent color when its cloudy. We found that Chartreuse is more effective on small lures such as grubs and small crankbaits. We just use it as a secondary color on the larger baits in these conditions. Just the right amount of a bright color such as orange or chartreuse can attract bass, just as too much of a bright color can sometimes turn them off! The best thing to do as a rule is to add bright colors to the baits a little at a time until you determine what the bass want. Once, in Virginia, the bass absolutely wouldn’t hit any lig you had unless it had a small fleck of Chartreuse on the trailer. Too much and they ignored it.

ADD FLASH WITH FLAKES

There are many soft plastics that come with different flakes built it. A Yamamoto “IKA” tube in smoke , is a good example. This worked extremely well for us this year in all the rivers and lakes where there were a lot of shad, and the”Sweet Beaver” worked well also, but seemed much better than the Kreature on several occassions when there were not as many shad but more crawfish in the areas we sampled.
Flake colors usually work best when it is sunny in clear to stained water. On cloudy days, or in muddy water, try using different plastics with black flakes, or pepper, mixed in for contrast. There are many other color combinations that work well in various waters all over the country, but if you learn these simple basic techniques for color matching you can’t go wrong.

Submitted By:  Steve V.

Submitted By: Kai S.

 The following fish story was submitted to our weekly fish story contest for the week of 1/30/2010. If you would like to enter next weeks fish story contest for a chance to win fishing related prizes (Tackle, Rods, Reels, Electronics and other Fishing Gear) please submit your fish story or become my (Adam Fisher’s) friend on facebook by clicking the button below and ask about the contest. 

Submitted By:  John B.

 The following fish story was submitted to our weekly fish story contest for the week of 1/30/2010. If you would like to enter next weeks fish story contest for a chance to win fishing related prizes (Tackle, Rods, Reels, Electronics and other Fishing Gear) please submit your fish story or become my (Adam Fisher’s) friend on facebook by clicking the button below and ask about the contest. 

I made enough noise in the living room to disturb the biggest one! In my mind, if I was able to convince the biggest dog of our little pack to go fishing, I knew the rest would follow. So he wandered into the living room, rocking a crazy hairdo and he definitely had the one eye going on. I smiled and bid him a good morning, knowing that he secretly hated my morning enthusiasm. I waited patiently as he groaned and settled into the easy chair. I allowed him a good 10 minutes of watching a fishing show on VERSUS before I suggested that we go rustle the rest of our group up and urge them to a quick breakfast and then onto the lake! To my delight, he agreed and finally sprung to life, ready for the day.

Eagerly, I burst into my husband’s peaceful bliss and announce that he has 20 minutes to get showered and out to the front lawn to be ready to go fishing today. I didn’t have to convince him. As he slowly got his bearings, remembering the events of the night before, he quickly stepped into high gear as he remembered we had a house full of guests.

Within the hour – we were climbing aboard, my best friends pontoon boat, The Lady Cooper. No sir! Today was not the day for the 21ft Triton that we left behind in the garage – it was definitely a day for The Lady Cooper. I was quite proud of myself for not tripping my way onto the boat from the dock, as I often do. I contribute the new found graceful steps to me being half asleep and not really caring if I fell or not – at least we were getting on the boat!
We found our first spot – it was just under 400 diving birds off of a point on the upper end of Lake Murray. The waters of Prosperity, SC were icy looking and clear. It was only the second cast when Abbott pulled in the first Striper!

Everyone gawked at its beauty while simultaneously and immediately throwing at the same spot Abbott just pulled this striped girl out of. I quickly snapped a picture then made my next cast. Our buddy caught one from the front of the boat. I could see the top of the water churning; bait fish were trying to swim on top of the water! I cast in the middle of them and in no time, I set the hook! I pulled up a nice striper as the heavy overcast skies begin to rain down on top of us. We ran for shelter and waited the shower out for about an hour. Then we hit the water again! Neither cold nor rain would keep us on dry land for long. We ended the day by catching a few crappie and dinner with wonderful friends. Happy New Year!

Submitted by: Annette A. 

 The following fish story was submitted to our weekly fish story contest for the week of 1/30/2010. If you would like to enter next weeks fish story contest for a chance to win fishing related prizes (Tackle, Rods, Reels, Electronics and other Fishing Gear) please submit your fish story or become my (Adam Fisher’s) friend on facebook by clicking the button below and ask about the contest.