Fishing reel

Situated on about 1,000 acres of land and about 2500 acres of water, Portage Lakes State Park in Ohio is a wonderful park for fishing, camping, or to just get away from it all. Featuring a number of lakes for boating, fishing, and wildlife watching, Portage Lakes is a unique state park offering something for everyone in the family to enjoy. Portage Lakes State Park touches both Akron and Canton making it an ideal place to escape the hustle and bustle of city life in this serene area. Portage…

people have stress relievers, whether it be running, music, or even retail therapy. However, for me, nature is where I can be myself, the place I can forget about life’s problems and struggles. Although you can do many things in nature, fishing suits me the most. Fishing is calming, stress relieving, and overall therapeutic. Waking up at 4:30 in the morning is something few people will do no matter the reason. As often as I am able, I wake up an hour before sunrise. I get out of bed and make…

Bass Fishing Tips and Tricks “If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime”. Fishing is a fun and challenging sport whether you're fishing in a bass tournament or just out on the boat with some friends. There are a lot of tips and tricks to catching bass and there are lots of things you need to be prepared for and know before going out on the water. When planning a bass fishing trip you always need to know the water conditions, like…

these folks would follow me to the Snake River for a fishing trip, I think they’d change their minds. If they were to join me on the river, they’d hear the sound of motor boats traveling up the water, and they’d smell the engine exhaust and hear the laughter of the fishermen. They’d be able to look across the river to the Idaho side and see a white pick-up truck parked in the mudflats next to the water. They’d see the family casting their fishing poles and hear them joking as the dad…

For freshwater bass fishing a Carolina-Rig is one of the utmost complicated setups for throwing soft plastic baits. Therefore, it is important to know the right gear to use and equally important how to set it up for the conditions of water an angler would be fishing in. To begin the process a crucial part is to know which type of line to spool the reel with, although this could vary depending on the conditions of the body of water being fished. For shallow along with lightly obstructed waters,…

I thought that this day of fishing would be like every other; I get lots of practice casting but I catch nothing. This day turned out to be a whole lot different however. The lake we were fishing at in Bruneau Sand Dunes, Idaho has bluegill, catfish, and large mouth bass. I got taken out on a small kayak with my brother and an experienced fisherman named Kevin Schroeder, I had never caught any kind of fish before, and he devoted much of his time to help me land my first one. Throughout the…

Being a BassMaster. Fishing and money. Bass Fishing professionals get both! The job of a professional BassMaster can pay off, literally "pay off". In his first year as a BassMaster Greg Bohannan earned $130,000 by just catching fish! Not everyone is blessed enough for that though. (“Interview with Professional Bass Fisherman Greg Bohannan”). Being a BassMaster requires specific knowledge, the right equipment, and experience that is learned on the job. Becoming a BassMaster requires the right…

A Lesson in General Musky Fishing My Experience and Knowledge Concerning Musky Fishing “There you go Austin, reel it in!” my dad said. We were fishing for walleye off a dock at Clear Lake, Iowa. I was only 9 years old. I knew that whatever I had on the line was big, but I had no idea that it would be the first musky I'd ever seen or caught. The fish was mediocre size, having a length of only 31 inches. Nonetheless, I was mesmerized by the musky’s beauty and grace as it swam away from the dock. I…

Finesse Fishing Finesse fishing is pretty much nothing more than "Down Sizing" a particular type of bait or lure. When it comes to winter fishing, or times throughout the year that are considered to be in-active, most anglers will find more success at catching bass by "Down Sizing" or "Finesse" fishing. Finesse fishing patterns are usually fished at a much slower rate as far as "pattern" or "technique" goes due mostly to the inactive bass during these periods. The biggest factor an angler…

The Best Bass Fishing Lures When fishing for bass you will need certain equipment which is essential if you are hoping to catch a bass. Long gone are the day where you could spear your fish and resort back to old fishing methods as these require excellent skills and training for long periods of time. In order to enhance the likelihood of catching bass, you will need fishing lures. Remember that if a lure works for a largemouth bass, then it might not work for a smallmouth bass, so keep that in…