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| Did you know that |
About 60% of US Anglers practice catch and release.
Women make up about 33% of fresh water anglers and
about 85% of fresh water anglers begin fishing at 12 years old. |
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Sep 6, 2005; 04:06AM
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Category: Sportfishing Charters
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Name for Contacts: Steve Goodhew
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Phone: +677 38888
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E-mail: info@lalae.com.sb
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City: Honiara
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State: Guadalcanal
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Country: Solomon Islands
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Time to head into new territory?
Lalae operates out of Honiara, Solomon Islands. Pretty much untouched waters for the sportsfisherman to explore and enjoy. Less than 3 hours from Brisbane, Australia but a world away.
For further info, check www.lalae.com
Dont miss out!
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Jan 2003 Best Photo
$50 worth of fishing equipment for the photo with the most votes by January 31st, 2003
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Joey 14lbs Coho Salmon |
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Aug 5, 2003; 08:48PM - LOCAL HANGOUTS
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt
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Author E-mail: Swvbbass@aol.com
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Local Hangouts
By Steve VonBrandt
All experienced anglers know that on specific bodies of water, there are always certain spots that produce the best bass year after year. When you have fished your best spot, and it is unproductive, do you move to another spot, or stay there hoping for the bass that you know are there to start hitting?
In my 35 years of experience, I have found that you should leave a reliable spot only after you have tried your best, with a variety of time proven baits. This has been proven to me over and over, on a variety of Lakes and Rivers in the country. More times than I can remember, we came right in behind another angler and caught bass right out of the area that they just worked with only one bait, and moved on.
The top places to catch bass on almost any lake in the country are Docks, Sloping Gravel/Sand Points, Shoreline Drop-offs, and Dense Cover near deep water.
The dense cover such as hyacinth, milfoil, Hydrilla, different varieties of pads, reeds and other grasses, are one of the best areas to big bass. The drop-offs with rocky, sandy, and/or gravel points running into deeper water, with some other structure mixed in at the ends of the points, seems best, and of course boat docks and piers. Never overlook the docks and piers. We have had many a slow day on the Sassafras and Nanticoke, only to switch lures and presentations, in the marinas and boat docks, and catch that one kicker fish or sometimes the biggest bass of the day.
If you check most any pro bass fisherman's outfits, you will usually see these 5 lures tied on, (provided you can get a look at them). They will be a buzzbait, a crankbait, a spinnerbait, a Carolina and/or Drop-Shot rig, and a Jig. There will be many other rods, and other lures ready to use but, these are the mainstay of baits for most any situation in the country. The following strategies should help you thoroughly cover the water from top to bottom.
DROP-OFF SHORES / GRAVEL POINTS: I always look at the way the land around the lake goes into the water. That land usually continues out into the water the same way. Move to within about 25-35 feet from shore, and cast directly to the area with a buzzbait, cutting the water like a piece of pie, over and over, at different speeds and angles. Next, cast the spinnerbait against the shore and work the area at different depths and speeds. Then do the same thing with the crankbait. I use a deep diver for this so it can get down quickly and bounce off rocks, sand, stumps, on the bottom, or mid-depth. I then cast the same area with a Carolina rig, with a French Fry worm, a cut-tail worm, or a Senko. I change boat positions often to work this and the other baits at many angles to the drop-off shore. I stair-step the jig down any rock ledges, and crawl/hop it down the edge of the point where it meets deeper water. I use a smaller Terminator jig for this. On the Gravel/Sandy points, I do the same thing as when I'm Drop-off shores. The color of the water should dictate what color baits to use. If the water is muddy, use louder baits, in black,black/red, Black/Brown combinations; if the water is clear, I pick more natural colors for the baits, and a less noisy model.
DENSE COVER: This is my favorite type of cover to work. First I cast a buzzbait wherever possible, working it in and out of cover at varies angles and retrieves. When the water is really calm, I throw a real small buzzbait that works very slowly on the surface. I have clear skirts, pearl skirts, and other subtle natural colors that I can easily switch. I then throw the spinnerbait, working it in and out of the pockets in the pads, making it turn quickly, then flutter down, and even bulge the surface. I work it a variety of ways until the bass dictate what they want to me. When in the River I make sure I bump into every limb of the tree with the bait at every angle before going to the next bait. If they don't hit a Fat bodied crankbait around the edges, or dead sticked in the open pockets, then I switch to a Tournament Frog, or Rat, and work this in a variety of conventional and unconventional ways. If this is a good area, and I don't get any hits with these baits, then I would throw the Carolina rig and the jig around the edges of the cover, and right into any pockets in the cover.
DOCKS: These areas always produced for us on sunny days, whether it was in the river or a lake, especially in the summer and early fall. You should approach the docks quietly, and start to work them from farther away with each lure type. Only when they don't hit these other baits first, should you then move in with the jig and Senko, and flip each piling on the dock, then skip the Senko under the dock as far as possible. There are many more tactics you could try if you aren't getting any takers from your best spots, but these are the basics that you should practice every time you go to get into the habit of doing these things. It will become second nature, and you will notice the results in your local or club tournament wins, or your recreational fishing alike.
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May 19, 2005; 07:10PM - Special Overstock Pro Bass Boat Covers
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Category: Boats
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Price: varies
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Name for Contacts: Terry's Outdoors
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Phone: 417-300-6605
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City: Nixa
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State: Missouri
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Country: USA
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E-mail: terrysoutdoors@yahoo.com
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Description 1:
I have a great buy on a Pro17, Pro18, Pro19, and Pro20 overstock covers...email me for details |
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Sep 6, 2005; 05:44PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
Cabo Fish Report
August 27-Sept. 2, 2005
WEATHER: This week we had high temperatures in the mid to high 90’s with our night time lows in the low to mid 70’s. a little more comfortable than we had last week, but not by much. I was gone for the first part of the week but was told that we did have a few sprinkles on early Monday morning.
WATER: The water on the Sea of Cortez has been in the 84-88 degree range this week and that warmer water has been working its way around the cape toward the Pacific. On the Pacific the water has mostly been in the low 80’s with most of it right at 81-82 degrees. The water on both sides of the Cape has been very comfortable for fishing with swells slight at 2-3 feet and very little wind chop since the wind has stayed down all week.
BAIT: Mostly Caballito from the boat boats at the normal $2 per bait but there has also been Sardinas available up around the Palmilla area at $20 a scoop. There have also been Mackerel available for the “catch it yourself crowd” if you were up around the Golden Gate Banks.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We have been seeing a variety this week as Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin as well as Sailfish have been biting fairly well depending on where you have been fishing. Several areas have put themselves in the spot light this week. One of the was the Golden Gate Banks early in the week, especially if you hit it during the tide change. There were tons of Mackerel schooling on the bank and they were being very actively fed on by the Striped Marlin. Catching your own bait and then sending them into the depths resulted in many boats catching ands releasing up to six fish per boat. Lures worked well also with anything in the “petrelero” color bringing on fast action. The 95 spot was consistent in providing action from Sailfish, Striped Marlin and Blue Marlin with most of the strikes coming on lures and a few on drifted live baits. Most of the Black Marlin action came for boats working closer to shore, mostly within the 100 fathom curve, and there were fish up to 600 pounds jumping on lures. Also there were a few nice fish taken by slow trolling live Skipjack across the drop-offs along the points. Sailfish were at the 95 spot and also found at the Gorda Banks as well as up around Punta Gorda. They were falling for feathers in dark colors and also biting on slow trolled Sardinas. All in all, a good week for Billfish. Oh, there were also some very nice Blues found along the Pacific canyons!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A mix this week with school fish reported to be on the bite around the Gorda Banks, both the inner and the outer, but they seemed to be fixated on small baits, most of the action coming to boats drifting Sardinas. I did see a few nice fish in the 100+ pound range brought in on Friday, but I was not able to work loose any information on the where, when or how. Jeeze, come on guys, it’s not like I am going to tell the whole world! (He-he)
DORADO: I saw a lot of Dorado flags this week and while there were a few nice fish to 50 pounds caught, most of the fish seemed to be in the 15-20 pound class. Close to shore, mostly within 2 miles was where most of the action took place with the exception of several boats that were able to find a piece of floating wood that held a decent school.
WAHOO: Not very many but a few boats did get lucky with fish in the 30-50 pound class. I also heard of a few boats getting bit off by fish reportedly to 100 pounds. Guess that happens when you use light leader for picky Dorado. The action was pretty evenly divided between the Pacific side of the Cape and the Sea of Cortez.
INSHORE: Inshore action was a bit slow this week but I did have a couple of guys who had a blast catching some Roosterfish to 40 pounds then got lucky on a nice Wahoo. Most of the normal inshore action was slow so the majority of the Pangas were heading off shore. Nice water and decent Billfish action made that a good option for a lot of anglers.
NOTES: You may notice that this weeks report is a bit abbreviated and is coming out a bit early as well. We picked up a virus on the home machine and it will not be back from the computer hospital until Tuesday. I think they are performing a lobotomy on the darn thing. I did not get back to Cabo until Wednesday night so most of the early week information is secondhand. By the way, the IGFA Certified Observer course held at Newport Beach last Sunday was excellent, and many thanks to all the guys I met there for making it a great event. And finally, Linda, I hope you family in New Orleans is all right! Until next week (an hopefully not from a $6 per hour internet café), Tight Lines!
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