| As the weather begins to get warmer and we | | | | change to worms or Powerbait. If blue Powerbait |
| start thinking about things like fishing, many | | | | hasn't produced a bite in an hour, change to a |
| anglers pursue trout in the early spring. Although | | | | different color. Making a small change can make all |
| there are many ways to catch these fish I | | | | the difference. |
| wanted to go over a few tips that may increase | | | | Have A Little Patience - I realize that having a little |
| you catch rate. I personally find the spring to be a | | | | patience is no great realization in the sport of |
| difficult time to catch trout, especially as the | | | | fishing, but it's still important. Fish can't be caught |
| water begins to rise and rivers become high and | | | | on every cast or even every time we go out |
| muddy. If you can catch the rivers before the | | | | fishing. Give a certain technique or lure a half hour |
| high water, you'll be okay; otherwise you may be | | | | or forty five minutes, and then switch to a |
| reserved to lake fishing. Either way, here are | | | | different one. Don't be changing things up every |
| some tips to help you catch more trout | | | | five minutes. Give things a chance to work and |
| Use Gang Hooks - If you don't know what gang | | | | then change. |
| hooks are, they are simply two small hooks tied | | | | Clean You Hands Before Baiting Up - The human |
| in tandem. This enables the angler to present a | | | | scent isn't appealing to fish at all. Fish have a |
| worm or minnow in an incredibly natural way. | | | | tremendous sense of smell and if they smell |
| Gang hooks also enable the angler to present | | | | something foreign on your bait or lure, they are |
| double the dough bait (such as Powerbait). Think | | | | much less apt to attempt to eat it. I like to grab |
| about it, don't you think that having two balls of | | | | a handful of grass and rub it in my hands. This |
| Powerbait floating off of the bottom would be | | | | covers the scent of my hands, and I believe, |
| better than just one? | | | | increases the amount of bites I get. Cleaning your |
| As The Current Increases, Increase The Length | | | | hands is especially true if you are a smoker (as I |
| Of Your Rod - In the spring when the water is | | | | used to be). |
| higher than normal I use my six foot ultra light | | | | Beginning to employ these tips will increase the |
| rod, rather than my four footer. The extra length | | | | amount of bites that you get while fishing, it's as |
| makes fishing in heavy current that much more | | | | simple as that. These Tips will help with the bites, |
| effective. The heavier the flow of water, the | | | | but the catching is up to you. You're the one that |
| longer fishing rod, that's a rule I live by. | | | | actually has to set the hook, and reel the fish in. |
| If A Bait Isn't Working, Change It - This is | | | | The bottom line is that these tips will, at the very |
| especially true for those of you fishing lakes with | | | | least, help you get more bites. Good luck and |
| some sort of bait, including Powerbait. If you've | | | | good fishing! |
| been fishing maggots for an hour without a bite, | | | | |