| Many of Americas anglers choose to use live | | | | worms? For many anglers this doesn't change as |
| fishing bait. Not only do they choose to use live | | | | they gain experience either. Most people grab a |
| fishing bait, but they choose to use one particular | | | | worm and thread it onto a large hook or the |
| bait more than all the others. This variety of live | | | | hook a worm over and over again, thus creating |
| bait is called the worm. There are different | | | | what a like to call a worm ball. This is the |
| species of worms, but the point is that when it | | | | technique that most anglers use for fishing a live |
| comes to live fishing bait many anglers | | | | worm. And because fish like worms, it works for |
| automatically think of the worm. And rightly so, | | | | catching small inexperienced fish. But to present a |
| seeing as how fish of all kinds like to eat worms | | | | worm in a completely natural way, not only |
| and therefore bite worms. As a matter of fact, | | | | means more fish, but also means catching bigger |
| you would be hard pressed to find a freshwater | | | | more experienced fish as well. How does one go |
| fish that doesn't eat live worms. | | | | about presenting a live worm in a natural manner? |
| The interesting thing about using live worms as | | | | By using a set of gang hooks. Gang Hooks are |
| fishing bait is that most people use the same | | | | simply two small hooks tied in tandem, and are |
| techniques that they did when they were children. | | | | the only way to present a live worm, as well as |
| For example, take the act of carrying your | | | | other live bait. Because the hooks are smaller, |
| worms while fishing. Most anglers but a container | | | | they are less visible to the fish, and therefore |
| of worms and then carry that container with | | | | result in more bites. |
| them while fishing. This is fine, but not very | | | | If you use live fishing bait (especially worms), a |
| efficient, and leads to worm containers being left | | | | set of pre-tied gang hooks should be employed. |
| all along our rivers and streams. Nowadays a bait | | | | Gone are the days of simply threading a worm |
| bag can be employed to carry your live fishing | | | | onto a hook or creating a worm ball. Not only do |
| bait (worms) while fishing. The angler simply | | | | worm containers not need to be left along the |
| removes the worms from their container and | | | | banks of our waterways anymore, the act of |
| places them into the bait bag. Now the worms | | | | using large hooks and threading a worm onto |
| are literally at their fingertips and the need to | | | | them for bait isn't necessary either. One of the |
| carry containers is gone. A bait bag is a beautiful | | | | best quotes that I ever heard about fishing was |
| system for anyone that uses live fishing bait, | | | | this, "anyone who does not know how to catch a |
| especially worms. As a matter of fact a bait bag | | | | fish, should not be able to disgrace a fish by |
| could easily be called a worm bag. | | | | catching it." This quote goes for live fishing bait as |
| What about the act of actually fishing with | | | | much as it does about any fishing technique. |