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The article reports that Carolina-rigged lizards, jig and pig in black, red/Brown; 3/8- to 1/2-ounce white spinnerbaits with Colorado blade are the best baits for Largemouth bass in Lake O' the Pines. Bass use the deeper water in this area to begin staging for the spawn. Part of staging is putting on the feedbag, so the fish can be aggressive. Spinnerbaits do the trick when fish are active; a jig/pig combo or black lizard will do the trick when bass are sluggish. Bass use the old riverbed as a thoroughfare to get to their feeding grounds. They will also be using it to stage for the spawn. Work a jig and pig along the dropoff to find bass, or a crankbait along the flat to locate active fish.

The article presents information on Whiskers Guide Service. It presents the catfish fishing experiences of several people with Whiskers. Chummed backs of coves in Isles Du Bois State Park area with soured wheal, left the area for a period of time, then returned and tight-lined with Whiskers catfish bait. As early afternoon approached, people switched to deeper water using the same technique. Every trip is exciting when one feels a tug on the end of the line.

Presents information on the Bird Dawg bait from Kicker Fish Bait Co. Features; Tournaments where the Bird Dawgs were tested; Colors of flipping matts.

This article presents information on fishes. The European bass, a saltwater fish, is a prized catch for British anglers. Thresher sharks use their long tail fins like a whip to stun or injure baitfish, which they circle back to eat at will.

Likely holding locations for walleyes are easily identifiable in the form of rock piles, points and underwater contours that the fish travel like highways. Since Great Lake walleyes hold off the edge of distinct humps and bumps instead of directly atop them, an excellent strategy is to set up a troll that nips off edges and covers gaps between underwater promontories, where the fish suspend to feed on baitfish. Fish locators with integrated mapping capabilities are revolutionizing fishing strategy. INSET: Find Fish Fast.

The article presents the author's views on how to build ones own fly box for practically nothing. Old VCR cassette cases make perfect saltwater fly boxes. These plastic hulls are lightweight and water resistant. The smaller Beta boxes are perfect for petite baitfish patterns like silversides and sand eels. And the VMS cases are ideal for medium to large streamer patterns. If one is creating a box for very small flies, say shrimp or crabs, one can add a third piece in the center to fit even more patterns.

If one takes the boat into open-water situations, one must attach a strong string to the end of the elastic kill-switch cord on the outboard motor and mount it under the gunwale along the full length of the boat. Now any passenger can pull it to shut off the power in an emergency, should the operator fall overboard or be unable to stop the engine. If gamefish are driving bait but it is difficult to get them to nit, one must make sure to use a lure similar in size to the baitfish. Predators tend to become keyed to the size of the baitfish in the schools they are attacking and refuse larger baits or lures.

James Birrell was the kid down the lake who set traps with them for sand shiners on the beach and then released the little baitfish just before supper. Then in September, 2003, Rick Amsbury, the executive director of the Canadian Sportfishing Association and the driving force behind National Fishing Week in Canada, passed away at the age of 57. The book "Freshwater Fishes of Canada," which he wrote with Bev Scott, is the bible of fisheries in Canada. He was the deity of fisheries biology in Canada, who walked and talked with ease with anyone connected to fishing and fish.

Focuses on the Cowen Baitfish Calculator designed by Umpqua fly designer Henry Cowen for East Coast saltwater fishermen.

Presents arguments on the use of live or artificial bait in fishing. Advantages and disadvantages; Expensiveness of baits and lures.

Each spring, a dramatic change takes place at Lake Fork in Texas: The bass simply stop hitting spinnerbaits. Bass become accustomed to seeing or hearing certain lures and start ignoring them, acknowledges Richard McCarty, the senior guide on Lake Fork. Spinnerbaits, especially, are very flashy and noisy and instantly make themselves known to bass, points out Kelly Jordon, another longtime guide on Lake Fork. Anglers can change this tendency by employing severaldifferent tactics. The easiest change to make is in lure presentation, and the very first change should be to slow down and try to create a more natural effect.

Presents a rigging technique using a dead ballyhoo as bait for fishing.

Features the Tuff Hoos soft plastic imitation ballyhoo, intended as bait for fishing, from Moldcraft Lures.

Provides answers to several questions on bait fishing, fishing equipment and type of fishes. Fishing rod that can be used for pike fishing; Characteristics and availability of deep water fish, Blue pike; Reason behind the existence of shallow water fish, Smallmouth bass in deep waters; Suggestions on baitcasting and line twist to avoid line caused casting problem.

Emphasizes the need for fishermen to match the hook size with the size of the bait.

Provides tips for jerkbait fishing in the U.S. Importance of water visibility; Features of effective jerkbaits; Advantages of floating jerkbait.

Provides tips for fishing and hunting. Sign for the presence of a baitfish; Guide for filling a spinning reel; Steps in properly lighting a gasoline lantern.

Describes oval-bodied forage fish, and their uses as baitfish.

Describes the fishes that fall under the category of deep-sided, thin-bodied silvery forage fish, and their uses as baitfish.

The article reports on the decline in emerald shiner minnows and yellow perch fish species along the Lake Erie shoreline in Ohio as of July 2017. Topics discussed include the baitfish species bait dealers are importing since shiners are not available, comments from Mike Fedorka of Shine's Bait & Tackle on the effects of the proliferation of invasive zebra mussels and quagga mussels on the decline, and comments from Fairport Fisheries Unit Research's Janice Kerns on the effects of hypoxia.

Describes a way of pinning a live ballyhoo to a hook when sailfishing. Use of a piece of surgical tubing; Advantage of using the tubing instead of other materials.

Offers some bait-catching tips. Use of bread as bait; Tips for smallmouth fishing; Casting of nets.

Presents a tip on the use of baitfish. Most baitfish as having natural color camouflage; Placement of fish in white buckets so the fish adapt; Visibility of light color of fish to predators.

Investigates why fish ate spoons, spinnerbaits, stickbaits, twister-tails and hoochie-coochies which do not really look like baitfish. Techniques on how to catch more fish; Some proofs on how vision plays a key role in bluefish predation; How to tease a fish's sense of sight.

Provides information on how Dusky Amateur helped fisherman tired of waiting in line at the bait shop. Problems with baits; Information on the baits provided by David Smith.

Recommends the Tackle Master, a portable livewell for live fishing baits from Anderson Tackle Products. Description of the livewell; Price.

Reports that researchers from California State University in California have observed an undescribed species of fish whose bait resembles a small, swimming fish. Characteristic features of the discovered species known as Antennarius; Other species which use food luring as an energy-saving strategy.

The article provides information on fishing activities in New Zealand as of May 2010. The number of fish captured by the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club, known in recording most gamefish captures, in 2010 was only half its record in 2009. Among the prevalent fishes were mahimahi and small baitfish. Among the legal baits in the country are worms, crickets, cicadas an saltwater softbaits.