| For anyone leaning about fishing, baiting a hook is a | | | | fishing naturals such as Nightcrawlers, bait fish, |
| key part of that knowledge. For experienced | | | | leeches, crustaceans which include crayfish, |
| fisherman there is a constant trial and error process | | | | scuds,freshwater shrimp,saltwater shrimp,mud shrimp |
| that occurs, and what works is documented for | | | | and ghost shrimp, also salamanders such as |
| future fishing trips. Seeking new bait fishing methods | | | | waterdogs,spring lizards, mudpuppies and leopard |
| and techniques to improve your fish catch is very | | | | frogs. We also turn to fishing with live insects such as |
| important. The real challenge to fishing with bait is | | | | aquatic insects which include may flies, stone flies, |
| keeping your baits looking natural to the area you are | | | | caddis flies,crane flies, dragon flies. and dobson flies ( |
| fishing. the closer you can match your bait fishing | | | | hellgrammites). And we cant forget terrestrial adult |
| presentation to the natural food source of the fish | | | | insect types such as crickets and grasshoppers as |
| you are targeting the more successful you will be. | | | | well as larva forms of catalpa worms, waxworms, |
| We all love fishing with artificial lures, we check out all | | | | goldenrod grubs, mousees, spikes, euro larvae, and |
| the latest artificial bait imitations, we purchase them | | | | meal worms. To be honest , it is estimated that 75 |
| just to say we have the latest and greatest in new | | | | percent of all fish caught with a hook and a line are |
| artificial bait fishing lures or plastics. But when fishing | | | | caught with live bait. We hope that our bait fishing |
| gets really rough and artificials just are not getting it, | | | | information will help you when the fishing gets tough |
| Guess what ? we turn to the real thing live baits! Bait | | | | and you need to turn to natural baits. |