It has been 30 years since I started fishing, and during that time, systems and baits have changed so much that it has become difficult to carry on with them. There has been a huge amount of development in fishing tackle which enables even the most inexperienced angler to catch a great amount of fish particularly in a lot of new fishing locations throughout the country. Nowadays, if you have some land and want to make some cash, just dig it out, fill it up with fish and charge between 5 and 10 a day. Don't get me wrong as some of these venues are furious. You may be able to catch a lot of fish going there but I have seen the best and I would rather go to a natural lake, river or stream to go fishing as I get more satisfaction and enjoyment catching my fish from a natural situation.
So, going back to what I have mentioned above on how the fishing world has changed a lot over time, there may be times that you may even look as if you need to have a degree in science just to catch a fish but this is certainly not the case. There may be new ways when it comes to fishing but the principle will never change, giving the fish tasty bait, combined with the proper technique, and you'll surely catch a lot of fish.
Over the years, I have read many books and articles about fishing. What surprises me is that I seldom hear people talking about the significance of plumbing the depth when it is in fact one of the most significant things you must do when you start fishing. Consider this, you are starting to put baits in the area you are going to fish in, the bait you are throwing in falls through the water and sinks to the bottom, once the fish finds the bait it will start eating it and the more bait you throw the greater the number of fish that it will attract. Be careful not to overfeed though. I usually feed a small amount of bait every 10 minutes after I start to get bites, just to keep the fish in my area and keep them from leaving to search for other offerings which is usually someone fishing next to me.
About plumbing the depth, this is a relatively simple thing to do and yet I see so many new anglers totally disregard it. They just go and start fishing at any depth. They go to places where their hooks are actually nowhere near the bottom. And they do not realize that they are actually fishing mid-water, and throw in large amounts of bait which sinks to the bottom which as a result is where the fish will go but their hook will not.
This is the right way of plumbing the depth. First we connect our float, hook and nothing else. We do this for us to be able to estimate how deep the water is, for the reason that we should always go shorter than what you think the depth of the water is. Now, we get a plumb bob which is basically a weight with cork in the bottom where you can attach your hook in. if you do not have a plumb bob, use a weight that is heavy enough to sink the float. In most instances, a big swan shot will do the trick.
Now, we throw in the plumb bob attached to our hook and check what happens to our float when the water is about 2 feet deep. Check to see if it sinks to the bottom. Also, check if the float disappears when the water is deeper than the two feet that we set from the float to the weight. Reel in the line and try again. Check if your float is sitting on top of the water. If not, reel in and try again as that means that you are to shallow. Continue repeating until you see your float sitting nicely on top of the water. HINT: you are too deep if the float lies flat on the water. In that case, move the float down and throw it again for what we need is to see the just the float tip showing in the water. Once you are able to perfect this, you know that you are fishing right at the bottom where the fish and your bait really are.
So, going back to what I have mentioned above on how the fishing world has changed a lot over time, there may be times that you may even look as if you need to have a degree in science just to catch a fish but this is certainly not the case. There may be new ways when it comes to fishing but the principle will never change, giving the fish tasty bait, combined with the proper technique, and you'll surely catch a lot of fish.
Over the years, I have read many books and articles about fishing. What surprises me is that I seldom hear people talking about the significance of plumbing the depth when it is in fact one of the most significant things you must do when you start fishing. Consider this, you are starting to put baits in the area you are going to fish in, the bait you are throwing in falls through the water and sinks to the bottom, once the fish finds the bait it will start eating it and the more bait you throw the greater the number of fish that it will attract. Be careful not to overfeed though. I usually feed a small amount of bait every 10 minutes after I start to get bites, just to keep the fish in my area and keep them from leaving to search for other offerings which is usually someone fishing next to me.
About plumbing the depth, this is a relatively simple thing to do and yet I see so many new anglers totally disregard it. They just go and start fishing at any depth. They go to places where their hooks are actually nowhere near the bottom. And they do not realize that they are actually fishing mid-water, and throw in large amounts of bait which sinks to the bottom which as a result is where the fish will go but their hook will not.
This is the right way of plumbing the depth. First we connect our float, hook and nothing else. We do this for us to be able to estimate how deep the water is, for the reason that we should always go shorter than what you think the depth of the water is. Now, we get a plumb bob which is basically a weight with cork in the bottom where you can attach your hook in. if you do not have a plumb bob, use a weight that is heavy enough to sink the float. In most instances, a big swan shot will do the trick.
Now, we throw in the plumb bob attached to our hook and check what happens to our float when the water is about 2 feet deep. Check to see if it sinks to the bottom. Also, check if the float disappears when the water is deeper than the two feet that we set from the float to the weight. Reel in the line and try again. Check if your float is sitting on top of the water. If not, reel in and try again as that means that you are to shallow. Continue repeating until you see your float sitting nicely on top of the water. HINT: you are too deep if the float lies flat on the water. In that case, move the float down and throw it again for what we need is to see the just the float tip showing in the water. Once you are able to perfect this, you know that you are fishing right at the bottom where the fish and your bait really are.
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