| In the fall of the year, many outdoors people | | | | important. A great technique is to use fishing |
| begin to concentrate on things other than fishing | | | | that's as light as you can. The lighter your fishing |
| and this is a mistake. The fall is the best time of | | | | line, the more bites you will receive, it's as simple |
| year for catching fish and in this article I'm going | | | | as that. Do you realize that whatever pound test |
| to outline some fishing techniques that will help | | | | your fishing line is is the amount of dead weight |
| you do just that. While many people are focusing | | | | that line will hold without breaking. This means if |
| on activities like sitting on a couch watching | | | | you're using six pound test fishing line your line will |
| football, stomping around the woods hunting or | | | | hold six pounds of weight without breaking, and |
| performing menial yard work you need to be | | | | this doesn't take into account the fact that your |
| spending your fall fishing. | | | | rod and drag help to take pressure off of you |
| Sports vary from season to season, but the | | | | fishing line as well. The point is that you should |
| beautiful thing about fishing is that as long as you | | | | lighten your fishing line as much as possible. |
| vary your fishing techniques you can continue | | | | 3. Use Mother Nature To Your Advantage - When |
| fishing and catching fish in any season. As fall | | | | it comes to fishing techniques this may be the |
| approaches and kicks into high gear, many species | | | | most important. So, how do you use Mother |
| of fish tend to "stock up" on food before long | | | | Nature to your advantage? This is easier than you |
| cold days of winter. This is why fishing can be so | | | | might imagine and when it comes to fishing |
| productive in the fall of the year. The following | | | | techniques this one is as good as it gets. What |
| fishing techniques will help you catch more fish. | | | | you need to do is learn the simple ways the |
| | | | weather and moon impact fishing. These two |
| 1. Use Live Bait - In the fall of the year, live bait is | | | | forces of Mother Nature have as much to do |
| extremely effective. The fishing technique is to rig | | | | with you catching fish as what kind of bait or lure |
| your live bait on gang hooks. This is a great | | | | you use. Use Mother Nature to your advantage in |
| technique when fishing in the flowing water of a | | | | the fall of the year, and your catch rates will |
| river or stream with a live worm as bait. The | | | | increase dramatically. |
| gang hooks are attached to your line using a small | | | | When it comes to catching fish in the fall, these |
| barrel swivel and small split shot sinkers are added | | | | tips will help you tremendously. Use one or all of |
| for weight above the barrel swivel. The goal is to | | | | them sooner rather than later and find out for |
| have your offering bounce along the bottom as it | | | | yourself just how effective these fishing |
| flows naturally with the current. This fishing | | | | techniques are. The fall of the year is not only a |
| technique is effective for both trout and | | | | great time of the year for fishing, but the |
| smallmouth bass. | | | | scenery in most area's is as good as it gets as |
| 2. Lighten Your Line - This is important at all times | | | | well. |
| of the year, but in the fall it seems even more | | | | |