05-12-2008, 02:58 PM
Hey Ploe,
What he means, I am sure, is that they plant fish in certain lakes and streams because they can not produce enough fish to sustain a decent fishery. The planters are normally what the call "put and take" fish. The Fish and Game plants them just to give people an opportunity to catch a fish or two. They are not really big usually, but it gives pretty much everyone a fish to take home.
When I use a crawler I will normally use just half of it at a time and as was mentioned I will most times use a marshmallow or a small gob of Powerbait to help to float the worm a little bit off the bottom. It also adds scent and flavor.
Do not worry too much about using too big of a bait. I have seen fish hit a bait near as big as they are and the old saying has some truth to it, "Big bait, big fish."
The important thing is to experiment, watch other fishermen and copy the successful ones. There is a wealth of information on the net to help you. Go through some of the old threads on this forum and see what you can glean from it. I know I have learned a lot about fishing since I have been reading here. Mostly little things about tying knots or rigging bait, but that is what fishing is about, a whole lot of little things that make or break the day.
The more you know about your prey the more successful you will be in subduing it.
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What he means, I am sure, is that they plant fish in certain lakes and streams because they can not produce enough fish to sustain a decent fishery. The planters are normally what the call "put and take" fish. The Fish and Game plants them just to give people an opportunity to catch a fish or two. They are not really big usually, but it gives pretty much everyone a fish to take home.
When I use a crawler I will normally use just half of it at a time and as was mentioned I will most times use a marshmallow or a small gob of Powerbait to help to float the worm a little bit off the bottom. It also adds scent and flavor.
Do not worry too much about using too big of a bait. I have seen fish hit a bait near as big as they are and the old saying has some truth to it, "Big bait, big fish."
The important thing is to experiment, watch other fishermen and copy the successful ones. There is a wealth of information on the net to help you. Go through some of the old threads on this forum and see what you can glean from it. I know I have learned a lot about fishing since I have been reading here. Mostly little things about tying knots or rigging bait, but that is what fishing is about, a whole lot of little things that make or break the day.
The more you know about your prey the more successful you will be in subduing it.
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