Many guys go out on the lake, drop their lines and troll around hoping to catch fish. Then when they don't catch anything they complain that the fishing was no good or the lake is worthless and they should have gone elsewhere.
To put this type of fishing into perspective let me ask you a question about hunting. If I were to take you out into a 500 acre freshly mowed pasture, set you in a rotating chair, put a blindfold on you, started to spin you and then told you to shoot at anytime you wanted. How many of you would expect to hit a deer?
Fishing is no different than hunting except that the fish are under the water. Take away the water and what do have? Structure.
To be successful at fishing you have to approach it the same way you do when you go hunting. You need maps of the lake or you need sonar so you can see the structure. Using both maps and sonar is the best option. Learning where fish live is a whole lot easier when you can see their habitat and fish it accordingly. Fish have areas that they hide in, areas that they rest in, areas that they feed in, just like deer do.
Learning to fish structure can take time and effort on your part but the results will be worth it. Instead of spending money on new lures trying to entice a bite, invest in learning about structure and the equipment to see the structure.
2 comments:
I am continually surprised how many fishers neglect to realize that fish, like any other animal, use structure. Good post hopefully fishers will learn from it and become more successful from it.
-Othmar Vohringer-
this is sound advice for anyone whether they fish or hunt and one more aspect of sucessfull fish and hunting is the barometric pressure which causes the game and fish to move and feed.great post I really lke this one keep up the great work.
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