How do you fish with plastic baits?
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There is a brand of weights called Florida Rigs...they have a small screw that goes into the head of whichever plastic bait you are using...I'm guesiing you're refering to bass fishing as it's most popular with plastic baits. For a beginner start with a 7" plastic worm or lizard in either black or dark purple. Use a Florida rig in 1/8 oz. size and do what is called a Texas rig to hook the bait on (look it up on any bass site). Throw your worm/lizard out and experiment with the retrieve until you find what the fish like best ie: hopping the bait, crawl the bait slowly on the bottom, swim the bait (late season technique) etc. When you feel a tap or resistance reel down and set the hook hard. This is important as you have to break thru the plastic to set the hook into the fishes mouth. Tight Lines!!\nPS: Have confidence in these baits....I can outfish any thrower of live bait any day with artificials...it's why the pros don't use live bait.
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The best, most undisputed crappie bait ever, are live minnows.  Crappie go nuts for them.  In fact, in your local tackle shop, they'll probably have a size of minnow called a "crappie minnow."  This isn't because it's a baby crappie, it's because it's the perfect size for catching crappie.\n\nThat being said, there are other lures that will seduce those paper-mouthed rascals into biting.  My personal favorite is a white 1/16 oz. jig head w/ a chartruese "trailer."  I say trailer because when it comes to crappie lures, the sky is the limit.  There are as many different 2" trailers for crappie jigs as there are soft plastics for bass fishing.  You can catch them on almost all of them though, but I really like the white head/chartruese body combo.\n\nAnother good lure is a small rooster tail.  Find one with a silver color and silver blades.  It mimics minnows, and therefore triggers strikes.\n\nGood Luck.
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Go get a zebco rod and reel combo, preferably a 33 classic.  thats the best to start with. Then it depends on what fish you are trying to catch. If your in the south and trying to catch crappie or bass, get you a spinnig jig like a roadrunner.Also try live bait like minnows.  you can also catch bass on a plastic worm. If you want to catch some catfish, get some chicken livers(gross) they work magic. If your up north and want to catch pike or other stuff like that, I can't help you.
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Bass Pro Shops!\n\nThe best selection, best prices, &; if you're in a hurry, they overnite-ship!\n\nBut, honestly; the BEST bait I've ever used, for Carp, is to "Sight-Cast" a small piece of white-bread, squeezed into an air-less dough-ball on your hook! You can "Chum" them up, with bread-pieces, first; if they are hard to see.\n\nSuper-cheap bait; & ANY trebble-hook will work!\n\nP.S.  Carp SUCK, as "Food-Fish"; but, they put-up a WORLD-CLASS FIGHT, on light-tackle!\nENJOY!!!
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First go to your local sporting goods store, and get yourself some 4 inch and some 6 inch YUM dinger "worms".  And some YUM 7 inch ribbontail worms.  Also get a pack or 2 of Gamakatsu #2 worm hooks.  Rig both of these worms Texas style with out any wieght.  Cast near the edge of grass beds, where bass like to ambush thier prey from.  Also try flipping the worms near the shady side of underwater trees and rocks.  Keep your line taut by casting, and then raising your rod tip to get rid of the slack.  Do not reel in the line to pick up slack, because most hits will happen moments after the worm splashes into the water.  If it doesn't get an immediate strike, let the bait sink to the bottom, and then give the worm a few little tugs, as to jump the worm up about a foot off the bottom, then let it sink back to the bottom, then as it sinks again, keep your line taut, and do 1 or 2 cranks om the reel to pick up a little slack.  99% of hits will happen as the worms are falling down/ or sinking, so keeping the line taut will help you feel the hits. Bass usually don't eat worms off of the bottom.  You must also keep an eye on your line, because sometimes you won't feell the hit and your line may go to one side or the other and you'll know a bass has your bait.  When you hook a bass, be sure to reel him away from the cover, because that is right where the bass will go, and you have to be quick, or you will lose him.  After you get the bass away from the cover, let the fish wear itself out.  Then reel him in and carefully lip the bass.  DO NOT touch any part of the bass except the lip, unless you plan to eat them.  Fish have a protective enzyme that protects them from bacteria.  The slime is eaten away and removed, when you touch the bass, because of the amino acids on your skin.  Touching the bass removes this protective layer and opens the bass to bacterial and fungal infections which will kill the fish. Last night, I fished a heavily pressured lake and caught 9 bass in 3 hours. 8 largemouth and 1 smallmouth all with the YUM dinger.  On memorial day I fished a small farm pond and using the YUM ribbontail, I caught 16 largemouth in 4 hours.  It is all about presentation, so go to the site that the others have listed, the best is bass resource, which I put a link up for, and research how to best fish these worms.  I gave you my favorite and most productive methods.  Have fun and remember, tight lines.
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Simple, throw some food that floats on the water and wait a few minutes until enough fish have gathered, then attach an M80 unless you have access to something strnger- a1/4 stick should do jsut fine- to a weight and a line and light and lower in to the water as quietly as possible to about 5-6 feet. Then just use a net to collect your catch
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A small "Rooster-tail" in white and black with a silver blade.Also, downsize your line test. Use Berkley "Fire-Line" in "smoke" color. That line tests at 10lbs and has a dia. of 4lb. Small "Rattle-Trap" type baits work as well, in the 1/8 and 1/4 size.Small "black" or "white" jigs in the 1/8 oz. and 1/4 oz. works well too. Spray all of your lures with some type of attractant.
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for bait id say minnows and salmon eggs. they love 'em. for lures run spoons, spinners, rooster tails, even some rapala minnows will get eaten by the big ones.\n\ngood luck and leave a few for me!
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wow there is so many. Lets start with trout: Small spinners are obvious, salmon eggs are great, i have also ( believe it or not ) had excellent success with cut bait. you can also buy the artificials at local bait shops or even walmart.\nCats: Great success with chicken liver. Night crawlers, if you can find crawfish tails they also work well, you can try the stink bait if you want . I havent had good success and i cant stand the smell. Good luck, hope thi helps in he future.
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Popping cork with live shrimp is probablly best but live shrimp can be expensive and you MUST HAVE AN AERATOR OR they will quickly die. You can also use a jig under popping cork(try different color grubs) or bottom fish. I tie a weight to end of line then make a loop about 8-12 inches above wt. to attach hook(but fishing on botttom also will put you where the dreaded hardhead catfish lives)
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minnows, shrimp, blood bait, small bream, worms are good catfish baits. Try to find out what the fish are feeding on naturally then try to match whatever it is. You can also buy prepared bait in local tackle shops, Wal-mart.etc. When you do get a bite let them swim with the bait for just a couple of seconds and then jerk.
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In clear water, with a blue sky overhead, try a fairly dark coloured plug or jerkbait, along the lines of those you would use pike fishing. You can also try spinners, no particular kind, as they all work well on the right day. Just have a small selection of different colours and sizes. I prefer the mepps super vibrax, or the rublex ondex in sizes 4 - 6. Harris angling sell them for about £3 each, and there indesructable.\n\nIn overcast and cloudy water conditions, use the same types of lures and spinners, but opt for the ones with brighter colours. Tight lines
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Bait: Find a girl that aint a sh*t talker. Be yourself, but not a dork. Pick girls that have numbers close to yours(1-10). \n\nreel & catch: Talk about stuff that she could give relative input on. Asking what her favorite fish is is better then talking about something she can't relate to. Have a decent attitude. Don't make out more often then on a couple of the first dates. Try to score BEFORE the fifth date.
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I only fish for bass, so here is my list for bass. I would try Rebel pop-r's in different sizes and colors. Hula poppers, heddons zara spook for big bass, try different propeller lures, the Rapala original floating minnow. Try some different frogs that can float over weeds, and provoke vicious strikes, you could also try different floating plastic baits from 3x by strike king, they have all sorts of plastics that float like lizards, worms, crawfish, etc... I live in PA, but there are alot of constants in bass fishing.  If your not producing fish, vary your retrieve speed, and technique. In clear water use realistic lures, in cloudy water use brighter lures like firetiger, in muddy waters try lures that make noise so the fish can zero in on them. A few examples are spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and wide wobble crankbaits. Same with at night, use noisy lures. But I have also got fish at night with worms, which don't make any noise. Try different things till you hit the right lure.  Tight lines
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Easiest solution: construct a basin where you place your catch alive, or baskets or nets to keep the fish in captivity.\n\n\nCommon preservation methods for fish include:\n\nsalting - produce an evaporation pan or basin where you can get salt or at least concentrated salt water. Easy if it is hot and sunny. If there is peat exposed to the salt water, you can use the ashes after drying.\n\nsmoking - if you have suitable wood\n\ndrying - in cold climate, you can leave fish with little fat content drying in the air. If you can light a fire, you can dry the fish using heat. The grilled fish will last the longer the less fat it contains.\n\ncuring/fermenting - dig a hole, put your cleaned catch inside with sufficiently salty water (see salting), and wait. Herring will form what the Norwegians call spekesild and the Germans call matjes. If you have access to edible acids (vinegar, citrus), you can try acid curing.
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I think the rule is, If it stays on the hook then its bait.\nBread. cheese  Sweetcorn,  Maggots have all been used to a  great level of success. Depends on what you are hoping to catch as different fish like different things.\nRaid the fridge and try everything you find and then call that your lucky bait .\n\nChris
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Natural baits for trout includes a wide variety of items -- worms, minnows, crayfish, fish eggs, grasshoppers, crickets, mayflies, caddis and crane fly larvae, waxworms and numerous other insect larvae. Hooks used for these baits can range from No. 6 to 14, more or less matching bait size with hook size. Worms should be threaded on the hook in at least two places and the entire hook concealed. On occasions trout will pick up a worm, crush it, drop it, and then pick it up again. This nibbling habit makes a cautious fish tough to catch on an exposed hook point.\n\nThere are two types of hooks that are best for worm fishing. The first is a split-shank hook, which has sharp points over which the worm can be threaded. The other is a tandem hook rig where two hooks are joined by a length of leader -- the lower with the bend directed downward, and the upper one about an inch above and the bend directed upward. Hook the worm so the head and tail extend about an inch past the points, leaving a loop in the middle. Worms are probably the best all-around trout bait and work especially well in spring and fall, particularly after rainfall.\n\nGrasshoppers and crickets are most often used in the fall. They can be hooked once through the tough portion of their body, above the front legs, or simply threaded on to the hook. These baits are most effective when drifted downstream into likely trout cover.\n\nMinnows are occasionally used for trout, particularly for large Brown's. Hook the minnow lightly through the back or lip and drift it into the deep pools that have hiding habitat structure. Small, soft-shell crayfish and fish eggs, usually from salmon, can also be productive when drifted in a similar fashion. Egg hooks should be used for salmon eggs. Insect larvae are productive at times, epecially while they are abundant in streams and are beginning to emerge. Most of the time they are fished like worms, but take care in casting because they come off the hook easily.\n\nPrepared trout bait ranges from commercial products to homemade concoctions. Most varieties have a cheese base and come in small chunks or balls. Cheese baits are usually cast across a pool and the bait allowed to drift with the current. Other popular baits include whole kernel corn, marshmallows, and cereal types. It doesn't take much imagination to fish for trout with these items, although all of them have enticed many trout to bite.