| I'm sure most of you have heard it said that 90% of | | | | fish live bait properly? The answer to that question is |
| the fish are caught by 10% of the anglers, right? | | | | simple. Gang Hooks are the best way to present live |
| Much of the reason that anglers don't catch fish is | | | | bait (especially worms). Gang hooks are simply two |
| because they employ the wrong techniques. The | | | | hooks tied in tandem, and normally the hooks are |
| 10% of the anglers that catch fish employ the | | | | smaller than you may be accustomed to using. The |
| proper techniques. I want to speak specifically of live | | | | reason that they're smaller is because there are two |
| bait fishing in this article. Live bait is one of the most | | | | of them and with the smaller hooks the bait can be |
| effective fish catching tools mainly because live bait is | | | | left as it naturally is. For example, try throwing a live |
| what the fish are used to eating. The problem most | | | | worm into the water. What does it look like? If said |
| anglers have, while live bait fishing, is their technique. | | | | worm had a set of size 10 gang hooks in it, it would |
| For example, if you're one of the many anglers that | | | | look exactly the same as if it didn't have hooks in it. |
| "thread" a worm onto a hook, creating a worm ball, | | | | That, in a nutshell, is why gang hooks are so |
| you're part of the 10% and don't catch nearly as | | | | effective. The same deal goes for minnows. Using |
| many fish as you should. | | | | size 10 gang hooks as an example again, if you hook |
| Fishing is about technique, and in no area of fishing is | | | | the top hook through the minnows lips and leave the |
| it more prevalent than when fishing with live bait. This | | | | second hook alone, said minnow can swim around |
| may seem overly simplistic, but when you're fishing | | | | naturally as if there were no hooks. |
| with live bait you want that bait to look as natural as | | | | If you want to start catching more fish, begin using |
| possible. This is obviously so that the fish thinks it's | | | | gang hooks, it's as simple as that. With a little |
| feeding just as it normally would. When the fish | | | | research of fishing knots, you can tie them yourself, |
| thinks your offering is the same thing as it's used to | | | | or you can go somewhere like JRWfishing and buy |
| eating, this simply means that you'll catch more fish. I | | | | them. It makes no difference, what's important is |
| don't care what other people have told you, when | | | | that you add gang hooks to your fishing techniques. |
| live bait is fished properly, no other lure or bait will | | | | You'll be glad you did, and probably almost never use |
| out fish it. | | | | single hooks for live bait again. |
| So the question becomes, what is the best way to | | | | |