how to hook bait

Hear is the best explanation on how to hook all kinds of bait its how i do it it just explains stuff a lot better than i do                                How to hook your favorite bait

Walleye

Walleye

Tips for catching walleye:

        Walleye prefer water temperatures between 65° F and 75° F. They will move into colder waters to find food but you will seldom find walleyes above 80° F. They also like water that is muddy or read because of their low tolerance to light. Walleyes love a bottom with gravel and rock and will seek out areas with a light current. Most fishermen agree that the weather can affects walleye behavior but there are many different opinions as to how it affects them. The most common view is that a choppy surface reflects away a great amount of the natural light. This will often bring walleyes into shallower water and start them feeding. A similar result occurs when skies are dark and overcast. On windy days, walleye will often be found on the windward shores while they are few and far between on the lee side of the lake.

         Walleyes usually eat on other fish such as yellow perch. They will also periodically feed on insects, leeches, crayfish and frogs. When it comes to fishing walleye, live bait is generally more effective. At times when artificial lures are not attracting strikes, a switch to live bait may do the trick.For night shore fishing walleyes I used live bait about 99% of the time. Casting was just to much guess work when fishing from shore. Considering I was fishing walleyes it was very rocky and snag filled where I fished. Live bait and lighted bobbers worked very well for night fishing. One of the things that may surprise you the most about shore fishing at night is the fact that you don't have to cast out very far at all. Walleyes see very well in the dark and some nights you can actually see their eyes reflecting light from flashlights.

 

Northern pike

Northern pike or just plane northern

 Northern pike

Tips on how to catch Northerns:

        Where are they northerns usually chill in the weeds like lilly pads or cattails. The bigger they get the farther and farther away you get from the weeds but they tend to stick close so not to far. Big pike generally do not bother with small minnows, frogs and bugs. Their main food is Walleyes, small hammer handles, Suckers, Chub and Whitefish.

        Pike usually go for just about any lure from spin masters to spoons where ever there is walleye there is usually pike. But i have always had luck catching them on spoons and small crankbait when you cast out your spoon make it slap and for all you fishermen out there that dont know what i mean, is cast up high where you want your lure to land and when its about 2 to 3 feet above water pull back and if you do it right you will here the spoon slap the water i dont know why but pike love it.

        



Granddaddies gun

Cooking

 

I got this Video off of Youtube its a great video on how to fillet fish 

Filleting fish 

When filleting fish it is best to have a fillet knife they work the best always keep it sharp you will use it more than just filleting fish. You might use it to cut the fish right the on the bank or boat to use as bait.

1.  First grip your fish by the head or clamp it down 
2. Make a small cut down the back spine of fish the whole length careful not to cut to deep and not to shallow
3. make a cut around the head down to the bone 
4. carefully peel the already cut fish back and make small cuts and save as much meat as possible
5. flip flap of skin over and cut meat from skin 

Bluegill

Bluegill

Tips on how to catch Bluegill:

 

Bluegill is the most common fish in Iowa. They are everywhere from rivers to ponds to creeks. Bluegills are exceptionally good eating and its good because you can catch a lot of them fast. Bluegills spawn when the water is around 75 F so early spring late summer is great. and they spawn in flooded areas so where ever there is a flood usually there will be bluegill

        

        Bluegill are fun to catch they put up a nice fight for their size but best of all they are not picky eaters they eat just about anything I only catch them on worms and nightcrawlers because ill save my bigger better bait for bigger better fish. Bait is expensive you can catch bluegill on even jigs just about anything will work.

 

         

Crappie

Crappie

Tips for catching Crappie:

Crappie are the best for eating hands down. They are tricky suckers to catch though you have to find a place to catch them before you even start and sometimes this can be very tiring and frustrating. But if you go out and you find a pile of brush or fallen tree in the river start fishing around that don't use your best hooks and lures and what not until you figured out where all the snags are and if they are even there. This technique worked great for me for a while during early summer and early winter. When the water is around 62 F to 65 F is when they spawn the most.

        Crappie eat smaller fish usually so minnows or chubs or perch work great jigs don't work that well but some people think they do, remember fishing is all about personal experience it takes time to find what works for you and what don't.

        Crappie are shallow fish they tend to stay up near the top about 6 to 8 feet when the water is warm around rocks brush and banks.

Catfish

Channel Cat

Flat head or Mud Cat

Catfish 

Tips for catching Catfish:

Catfish are fun fish to catch they taste good and easy to catch you just got to find the right spot. Catfish are night feeders so its best to go at night you can catch them during the day but its harder. There are a lot of different ways to catch catfish a lot of people do different things i personally go at night when the current isn't strong and use worms minnows crawdads. (they love crawdads and minnows)

        Catfish spawn when it is warmer our when the water reaches about 66 F to 75 F around late spring or early summer is best. Catfish are bottom feeders and they tend to stick near the bottom of the river or lake i usually use a bullet sinker and clamp sinker about a foot to a foot and a half up from the hook and i usually use a jig or crawdad, minnow, worm,carp, perch, (the best) shad something that moves or floats. Because when the sinker hits the bottom the bait hook or whatever you are using floats up just above the vegetation.

        Catfish usually hunt with smell and touch that's why they have them whiskers so live bait or moving bait works best. Perch lives a long time on the hook so you ant throwing it a way all the time. You can go out and get smell bait that has a little treble hook on the bottom with a little tube on the top you fill with this stuff that smells.

Carp

Carp

Tips for catching Carp:

I have been fishing  my whole life and its gotten to the point i really don't try to catch carp any more they come and go they are great fish to catch they are a lot of fun it don't matter what kind of carp it is they always put up a fight. If your looking for a fish to eat personally i wouldnt go fishing for carp you cant fry them like you can the other fish you have to smoke them in a smoker. It is really good but it takes forever.

        The best time to fish for carp would be when they spawn. Carp spawn usually in rivers in grassy areas but not deep just around two to three feet deep and around spring Eairly April through August works best. A carp becomes sexually active after two years.

        Carp are bottom feeders so after they spawn they are hungary and they eat everything. I use a simple bullet weight and clamp down sinker about a foot away from the hook. I use night crawlers or minnows they seam to like that.

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4 nice smoking sized carp 4/20/2011



8 Carp



Hear is what i cought last night