| As fall starts to "kick into high gear", as they say | | | | happen. |
| I think it's time to discuss some fall fishing | | | | Start by taking the end of your line and tying on |
| techniques. In many cases techniques don't | | | | a small barrel swivel. The swivel is the best way |
| change a ton during the fall fishing season, but a | | | | to attach the gang hooks to your line and it will |
| little refresher course is never a bad idea. There is | | | | help prevent line twist. On the other end of the |
| little doubt that fall fishing can be some of the | | | | swivel, tie on a set of pre-tied gang hooks. Now |
| best fishing of the year, and the techniques | | | | split shot sinkers are added for weight above the |
| outlined in this article will help most any angler | | | | barrel swivel. The number and size of your split |
| catch more fish. | | | | shot will vary depending on water conditions. The |
| Let's begin with the fact that the fall provides a | | | | goal is to have your offering "roll" along the |
| unique opportunity in many areas of the country. | | | | bottom, as it flows naturally with the current. You |
| As the weather gets colder, in many cases fish | | | | will need to add and/or remove split shots as |
| become much more apt to feed. The fish | | | | needed. At this point add a worm (either live or |
| inherently know that winter is approaching, which | | | | synthetic) to the gang hooks to complete your |
| means that temperatures will plummet, thus | | | | rig. |
| slowing down their metabolism and making them | | | | This rig is now cast into the current, parallel to |
| much less apt to eat. This means that many | | | | yourself, the bail is closed and the rig is allowed to |
| species of fish become very willing to eat in the | | | | drift naturally with the current until it is directly |
| fall, which is obviously great for us anglers. | | | | below you. At this point the drift is over, you reel |
| The first fall fishing technique that I'm going to | | | | in, and re-cast. This fall fishing technique is very |
| describe makes use of live bait. Although many | | | | effective and works in other seasons as well. The |
| types of live bait will work with this particular | | | | key to this technique is practice. The more time |
| technique, few types of bait are more effective | | | | you spend fishing it, the better you will become. |
| than worms. Live worms are an extremely | | | | Eventually telling the difference between the |
| effective bait for this technique, and at the end of | | | | bottom and bites becomes easy. |
| the day synthetic worms such as Berkley Power | | | | The next technique isn't a "technique" per say, it's |
| worms and Gulp night crawlers work equally as | | | | more of a rule. This rule involves using Mother |
| well with the technique. The other "must have" | | | | Nature to your advantage. When it comes to fall |
| item for this technique is pre-tied gang hooks. | | | | fishing, using Mother Nature to your advantage |
| Gang hooks are simply a pair of small hooks tied | | | | (specifically the weather and moon) can increase |
| in tandem and Pre-tied gang hooks are simply | | | | your catch rates dramatically. Simply by knowing |
| gang hooks that are already tied and ready to | | | | the simple ways the weather and moon impact |
| fish. Gang hooks are the most natural and | | | | fishing can help you make sure that you're on the |
| effective way to present a worm, whether that | | | | water when the fish are the most active. And |
| worm is living or synthetic. When fishing in the fall | | | | when the fish are active, guess what happens? |
| of the year, you want your worm to appear as | | | | Yep, they are much more apt to bite whatever |
| natural as possible and gang hooks allow this to | | | | you happen to be offering. |