Archive for February, 2010

Fishing with waders can be a very fun experience, but to be honest with you it can be a very dangerous experience as well. You know what it's like to get stuck in muck underwater? I've heard of horror stories of fisherman getting stuck in muck and then losing their lives because of it. The last thing you want to do is accidentally sacrifice your life while fishing. So fisherman, please be safe. Think things through before you go on a big fishing expedition. Waders is a good way to fish, but it might not be the safest. I suggest either getting a low cost boat like I bought such as Bass Raider or just stay fishing from the shore, it's your safest bet. Plus reeling in your fish in a set of waders can be offly hard. And then there's accidentally dipping your reel into water, you know it's going to happen. This can be a pain because if you go wader fishing a lot you're going to have to keep your reel greased up afterwards to keep it running smoothly and not rust out. Like I said, you're best bet is to stay fishing from off shore or in a boat. I say save your money and don't by fishing waders, this is from personal experience, fisherman friends, and other fisherman around the internet.

Young Bassmaster pro angler Jonny Schultz discusses how valuable Strike King's new soft plastic bait Rage Tail Bait is. He goes through the Baby Rage Craw, the Rage Hawg, and the Smokin' Rooster. After seeing this fishing video, I definitely want to give the Rage Tai a try. These soft baits might work really good at the lakes near me.

New to the soft plastic world is the rage tail bait by Strike King. Strike King claims this is the next generation of action and innovation for soft plastic baits. I still haven't tried one yet, but the long squiggly tail could be promising. Strike King also has a large selection of colors and sizes of the Rage Tail bait, which is great when you have to diversify while fishing. I for one would love to try out there Rage Tail Lizard, this would be great for the ponds I fish at up north in Michigan. Also I think this would be dynamite at Kent Lake on largemouth bass.

So do you fisherman think the fishing state records are getting harder to break for the future? I think they are, it's getting very hard to find a record size bass, piker, or walleye. I think it's mainly due to a larger population or fisherman and pollution. These species of fish aren't able to achieve a large size. Now maybe I'm wrong, but there are a lot of state records that haven't been broken for many years.

One of the weirdest things you can catch ice fishing is a Mudpuppy, don't be alarmed when you catch one these large aquatic salamanders. A lot of these fisherman catch them in the Lake St. Clair near me. They truly look like something from the X-Files, my girlfriend would run out of the ice shanty screaming if she saw something like this. I never caught one these things, thank god, have you? Looks like they could be a pain in the butt unhooking.

So what's your favorite setup for smallmouth bass fishing? You can post your own setup down below in the comments section. My favorite setup is using a:

• Six Foot Size Medium Action Rod
• Quantum Spinning Reel
• Clear 8lb Berkley Trilene Fishing Line
• Lure Wise: Bomber Crankbait, Gitzit, Beetle Spin, or Berkley Powerbait

This is pretty cool, an up close picture shot of a bluegill. This fish species is definitely one of my favorites, mainly because of the tasty fish flavor. If you haven't tried any bluegill yet, you should try cooking up a dozen bluegill for your next dinner. They absolutely taste great!

Check out this picture of the ugly snakehead fish, I guess it's beautiful in it's own way, but I'm not a big fan of the species. I still haven't caught one yet, a lot of fisherman say these fish put up one hell of a fight. They are definitely one of the strongest fish species in freshwater. This snakhead in the fish weighed around four pounds. I have to say, the fish truly looks like a snake from this view angle. I've seen other pictures and wondered why they call it a snakehead fish, now I exactly now why, man is the thing ugly!

Have you guys ever heard of Mattlures Ultimate Bluegill Series lure? It's pretty cool looking, it exactly looks like a bluegill, pectoral fins and all. When the bait swims through the water the fins lay back against the side. And now the tail has been improved to get great action out of the lure. A lot of fisherman on the bass forum have been ranting about this lure, I definitely want to give one a try at Kent Lake this summer. I bet this would work really well in the deep area of the water. Mattlures also makes a crappie style bait as well, I have all the different types of colors and models down below.

Ultimate Female Blue Gill

Ultimate Bedding White Male Blue Gill

Ultimate Red-Ear Sunfish

Ultimate Pumpkinseed

Ultimate Crappie

Ultimate Green Sunfish

Ultimate Male Blue Gill

Ultimate Talapia

One fisherman pointed out this lure to me on a bass fishing forum, it's called the Shyster spinnerbait. Quite a funny name to say the least. It sure looks like a great spinnerbait to use on trout and bass, you might want to look into getting a few of these. I usually buy Mepps spinnerbaits, but these Shyster spinnerbaits have unique colors and wobble to them. After doing a search on Google, I notice there's only a few fishing stores carry them.