08-18-2009, 03:31 AM
Hey SteveH,
welcome to the wonderful world of BFT and fishing...i'm somewhat new to fishing so i'll try and answer to the best of my ablities.
i do no know anything about boats because i don't have any, but i would guess that if u go over the fish it would spook them...
as for trolling the minnows..if ur trolling, i would suggest hooking through the lower/upper lip. of course if ur just letting them stay there, then u can hook through the lip, behind the dorsal fin. i've never trolled minnows, i've left them alone...but i'm guessing if ur trolling them, do it not too slow, but at a slower speed.
and no, u won't miss the fishes mouth if u hook the minnow through the mouth. no need to worry....well at least from my experience, and i usually always fish with live baitfish. if i'm not feeling like using lures that day, and just feel like relaxing more.
about putting something on ur hands. it would help because fish have a powerful sense of smell, i think. so if they smell the scent of you, then they will most likely not take the bait. what i do occasionally is (if u have the scent with u). first of all, wash ur hands before u go fishing. then i'll rub my hands with the scent so some of that scent will get rubbed off onto the bait, and won't have the human smell.
for ur lures. i started off with crankbaits, worms, and topwater lures (poppers). of course, u can always try other things like spinnerbaits and jigs...but these were a good start. when deciding on ur crankbait/topwater lure, find one the closest color to the baitfish in the water you are fishing. for worms, for murkier/darker waters, darker colors...for clearer waters, lighter colors. for crankbaits and topwater lures, no weight is necessary. just tie them on the line and cast. then when u retrieve it, i usually retrieve around 1-2 feet then do a light twitch with the rod and stop for a couple seconds..then do it over again. for worms, you can do many things, i normally use the texas rig or the dropshot. here is a link to the rigs:
...i read up till there on ur post, and then started to feel tired...so i'll finish up tomorrow. sorry, and hope i helped
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welcome to the wonderful world of BFT and fishing...i'm somewhat new to fishing so i'll try and answer to the best of my ablities.
i do no know anything about boats because i don't have any, but i would guess that if u go over the fish it would spook them...
as for trolling the minnows..if ur trolling, i would suggest hooking through the lower/upper lip. of course if ur just letting them stay there, then u can hook through the lip, behind the dorsal fin. i've never trolled minnows, i've left them alone...but i'm guessing if ur trolling them, do it not too slow, but at a slower speed.
and no, u won't miss the fishes mouth if u hook the minnow through the mouth. no need to worry....well at least from my experience, and i usually always fish with live baitfish. if i'm not feeling like using lures that day, and just feel like relaxing more.
about putting something on ur hands. it would help because fish have a powerful sense of smell, i think. so if they smell the scent of you, then they will most likely not take the bait. what i do occasionally is (if u have the scent with u). first of all, wash ur hands before u go fishing. then i'll rub my hands with the scent so some of that scent will get rubbed off onto the bait, and won't have the human smell.
for ur lures. i started off with crankbaits, worms, and topwater lures (poppers). of course, u can always try other things like spinnerbaits and jigs...but these were a good start. when deciding on ur crankbait/topwater lure, find one the closest color to the baitfish in the water you are fishing. for worms, for murkier/darker waters, darker colors...for clearer waters, lighter colors. for crankbaits and topwater lures, no weight is necessary. just tie them on the line and cast. then when u retrieve it, i usually retrieve around 1-2 feet then do a light twitch with the rod and stop for a couple seconds..then do it over again. for worms, you can do many things, i normally use the texas rig or the dropshot. here is a link to the rigs:
...i read up till there on ur post, and then started to feel tired...so i'll finish up tomorrow. sorry, and hope i helped
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