| As anglers, it seems to me that we can always | | | | and smoke (from smoking). A good practice is to |
| use another tip that's going to help us catch more | | | | grab a handful of dirt or grass and rub it into your |
| fish. In this article I'm going to reveal some fishing | | | | hands before baiting up. This will eliminate any |
| tips that will help any angler be more successful | | | | unnatural or foreign scents that might be on your |
| out on the water. These tips aren't rocket | | | | hands. |
| science, and are actually quite simple. One of my | | | | This fishing tip is true for almost any angler as |
| theories is that the simpler an idea is, the better it | | | | well. Always pay attention to the weather and |
| is. This rule holds true for many areas of life, and | | | | moon, and plan your fishing trips around these |
| fishing is no exception. | | | | two factors of Mother Nature. This might sound |
| The first fishing tip is to make sure you aren't | | | | strange, but its nonetheless true. The weather |
| using fishing gear that's too heavy for the fish | | | | and moon play a big factor in the behavior and |
| you're attempting to catch. When I refer to the | | | | activity level of fish, and knowing how is definitely |
| term 'fishing gear', I'm referring specifically to your | | | | an advantage in your favor. Knowing how the |
| rod, reel, and fishing line. There are many | | | | weather and moon affect fish behavior is of the |
| instances in which I've been out on a trout | | | | utmost importance to you as an angler. |
| stream, and found used fishing line laying around | | | | If you are a live bait angler (especially live worms) |
| that's heavy enough to fish for large Steelhead! | | | | it's a great idea to use gang hooks to fish with |
| Pay attention to your rod, reel, and line and make | | | | those worms, and a bait bag to carry your |
| sure you aren't using gear that's too heavy for | | | | worms. You see, gang hooks are the most |
| your quarry. The pound test of your fishing line | | | | effective and natural way to present live worms |
| should correspond with the largest fish you think | | | | as bait. They allow you to present said worms in |
| you'll catch out of that particular waterway. In | | | | an outstretched and natural manner. And a bait |
| other words, if your trout fishing in a small | | | | bag is simply a small pouch that hangs from your |
| stream or river, anything over 6-pound test is | | | | fishing vest and carries your live worms while |
| complete overkill. | | | | you're fishing. This way you always know right |
| The next tip is to pay attention to your hands. | | | | where your bait is, and it's always at your |
| This is especially true for live bait anglers. When | | | | fingertips, waiting to be used. This saves a |
| we use live bait, we want the live bait to have | | | | tremendous amount of valuable fishing time. |
| the scent of the bait itself, and as few foreign | | | | Begin using one or all of these fishing tips sooner |
| scents as possible. Our hands carry and thus | | | | rather than later, and you will be a much more |
| transfer any foreign scents that might be on | | | | successful angler. How am I so sure of this? |
| them, onto our live bait. If our live bait has | | | | Because I've been using these simple, yet |
| unnatural or foreign scents on it, fish are much | | | | effective tips to help me catch more fish for |
| less apt to bite. Some of these scents would | | | | more than 20 years. I know they will do the |
| include gasoline (from putting gas in your vehicle) | | | | same for you. |