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Alaska Salmon Fishing Charters – For An Excellent Fishing Experience
Finding a guide service for Alaska Fishing, aren't you? Or perhaps you are interested as to spending your family's vacation through Alaska fishing. Well before you eventually go to the place and bring that suitcases, ...
Homemade Ice Fishing Shack
Ice fishing can be enjoyable, but the fun is often offset by bitter temperatures and winds. By fishing inside an ice shack, the experience can be as comfortable as outings in summer. Building a basic ice fishing shack does not require masterful carpentry skills. In fact, a makeshift shack can be bui
How to Snag Paddlefish
Paddlefish can grow to be very large -- 50 pounds or more -- but they do not eat other fish. Instead, these filter-feeders eat microscopic plankton in the waters in which they live. As a result, the fishermen who target them cannot employ conventional fishing methods. Rather, they use large, unbaite
How to Fish With a Crab Pot
Fishing for crabs using a crab pot is an efficient way to catch these delicious crustaceans. A crab pot is a wire trap with entrance funnels that allow crabs to go in and feed on bait. Once the crabs are inside the bait chamber of the pot, there is no way to escape. The use of crab pots allows you t
How to Fish From a Pedal Boat
Fishing from a pedal boat is a great way to access fishing spots that are usually hard to get to by motor craft. Pedal boating is also an excellent cardiovascular exercise that provides a workout for your legs, calves and thighs. Most pedal boats have two seats, with each passenger having her own p
How to Make Catfish Stink Bait Out of Pig Brains
This catfish stink recipe is used most often in Texas, but you can make it anywhere as long as it is warm outside. The heat is needed to sour the pig brains and ferment the mixture. Catfish stink is in high demand, so much so that one Texas producer refuses to sell it online as he is sure he could n
Day Fishing in Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska offers the prime destination for anglers looking for superb fishing conditions in a pristine environment with spectacular scenery. During the summer months the sun stays up for around 20 hours. The temperatures ranges from 60 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The average cost of fishing ex
How to Tie Down Snowmobiles
Winter sports enthusiasts enjoy the outdoors on over 1.5 million registered snowmobiles in the United States. Often, to get the sled to the trails, riders transport their snowmobiles on a trailer. Securing a snowmobile for transport can cause difficulties for the inexperienced, and is paramount for
How to Catch the Legendary Parrot Fish on Reel Fishing
“Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream” is the first game of the series to be introduced for the Wii gaming console. Featuring a 3-D engine, the player will be surrounded by lifelike lakes, rivers and environmental sounds. Players must pass through several levels and master the use of line
How to Make Bottom Rigs
The two most common catfish species that anglers target -- channel cats and flathead cats -- both live and feed along the bottom. Successful anglers target the cats where they live, using tackle that gets their bait to the bottom and keeps it there. The most common rig for doing so is a bottom rig,
How to Keep Fishing Minnows Alive
Minnows are shiny and attract various kinds of fish. Keeping your bait minnows alive on the way to your preferred fishing destination is crucial for a successful fishing day. Portable, battery-powered aerators are used to pump oxygen through a tube and into the transport tank or bucket; preventing y
How to Fish for Sockeye Salmon
Each year, typically from May through July, millions of sockeye salmon on an annual spawning migration invade the Pacific tributaries from northern California to Alaska. The wild parade of these red-backed salmon attracts an army of anglers. Known for being finicky biters and lackadaisical in their
How to Catch Northern Pike in the Adirondacks
The Adirondacks region in New York State is a destination for tourists year-round. In the winter, the area is a popular skiing spot, thanks to the Adirondack Mountains. In the summer, anglers flock to the region to fish the lakes and streams around the Adirondack Park. Anglers catch many types of fi
How to Fillet a Jackfish
Northern pike, also known as jackfish, is a bony game fish found in freshwater bodies of water in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. For the fisherman, these are a great fish to catch because they put up a tremendous fight. For the cook, however, these fish can be challenging because there
How to Crab With a Trot Line
A trotline is a long fishing line fitted with several hooks and weighted so it doesn't float. Fishermen lift the trotline to the surface using a hook and snatch crabs from the baited hooks using their hands or a net. Trotline crabbing covers long stretches of sea floor and various depths using a sin
Game Fish & Rainbow Trout Diet
Game fish and rainbow trout are mostly carnivorous and will live on a diet of insects and baitfish. Larger fish need more calories and can become predatory. They will eat other fish, mice, birds and almost anything they can fit into their mouths. The diet of a fish is largely dependent on the aquati
Alaskan Fly Fishing Trips
Alaska is one of the premier fly fishing destinations anywhere on earth.Fly Fishing image by ne_fall_photos from Fotolia.comWith abundant species of wild trout, and salmon runs into the millions, in some of the most pristine wilderness left on earth, Alaska boasts some of the best fly...
How to Rig a Whole Anchovy
Anchovies are a popular choice as live bait among saltwater anglers. They are a staple in the diet of a wide array of fish and, if rigged correctly, can be extremely effective. There are a number of different ways to rig a whole anchovy, each with its advantages. No matter which method you use, thou
Lake Cumberland Fishing Guides
Lake Cumberland offers some of the best fishing in Kentucky.fishing on lake image by Janet Wall from Fotolia.comKentucky's record-size sauger, striped bass, sturgeon, walleye, and lake, brown and rainbow trout were all caught out of Lake Cumberland, according to the Kentucky Department of...
The Effect of Lost Fishing Nets & Crab Nets in the Ocean
Lost, abandoned or unmonitored fishing nets and crab nets can trap and kill sea life that becomes entangled in the nets, causing strangulation or drowning. According to Canada’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, nets become lost when they become unattached from vessels, become stretched an