guide to fresh water fishing

This is a guide to fishing in fresh water bodies of water such as ponds, lakes, rivers, creeks, and other small bodies of fresh water. This guide includes most all my common used tactics.

Step 1 Step1:dress the part

when fishing I always dress in layers. also never fish with out some form of head gear such as a hat or bandana
+my preferred layer system+

1st :base-    t-shirt and shorts or pants

2nd :insulation-    long sleeve shirt

3rd: over wear-    jacket or hoodie

4th: outer wear-    rain coat, poncho, and waders

Comments

[Josehf Murchison]

I would add sunscreen and bug repellant for exposed skin the black flies are out where I am and they bite. This is what I caught in two hours slack lining on a river near my home last weekend.

[arthurelizondo]

SirMames09, that Blue Gill is a good size fish. They don't get much bigger. As far as the taste, sorry but Blue Gill tastes better than Bass, of any size. Once you have eaten a Blue Gill you wont go back to Bass. Well you will still eat Bass, but you will wish it was a Blue Gill ;)

[SIRJAMES09]

nice. them fish a wee bit small for my taste, but that's just me...the bigger the better. :)

[SIRJAMES09]

carp have been known to hit on canned corn....so have catfish. I go thru about 2 cans of corn a week....plus I have a minnow trap & a crawdad trap

[SIRJAMES09]

I prefer a bait casting reel...but to each his/her own.

[SIRJAMES09]

for carp I have a Bass Pro Shops CATMAXX CMX3 with a Shakespear Medium Action Ugly Stick 6 footer.

I catch other things with it too, but I bought it mainly for carp.
If it is under 15 pounds, I throw it back....15 - 20 pounds, depends on the fight it gives me as to weather I'll keep it or not. Anything over 20 pounds will end up in my freezer.

[Conqured]

lol i love carp fishing just for the fight but i use sweet corn on a straight hook i catch them all the time.

[spenfisher12]

i hear ya i know a lake with carp ranging from 2 or 3 lbs to 30 lbs the small ones are soooo fun on light tackle (4 to 8 pound line) and i fish with corn 2

[wakojako]

what rod is it?
pm me

[fisherman96]

wich one
theres a zebco legacy wich i recently gave away
a rapala rapsxi combo
aabu garcia silver max with a berkly rod
a shimono with a shimano rod
a pen spinner reel
and a diawa spinner reel