What is the proper way to hook up a mealle worm for fishing?
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Use a #10 or #8 Eagle Claw hook and place a splitshot about 10 inches up the line to get it down in the water column. They are kinda gross to hook but either strait thru or piercing thru the side both work fine.
1170746
When I go fishing for trout I use small spoons & spinners.  Sometimes a spinner with a crawler at the end works good.  If your going to just bait fish use a slip bobber, jig (green & yellow), and now for the bait you can use corn, night crawler, red worms (best), minnows, and crickets.  Marshmellows I heard works good but i never tried it.  Good luck!
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There are many techniques, but the three most popular are :\n\n1. Through the lips -- run the hook up through both lips\n2. Hook between the mid-section -- run the hook through the midsection between the eyes and fin.\n3. Through the tail-- run it through the tail(not the fin) I Personally don't like this technique because the minnow can not swim \n\nThrough the lips is the method I prefer, because the fish has the ability to still move around like a fish and it does not die as fast.  But you have to be careful not to sling the bait off the minnow will come off if cast to hard.\n\nGood Luck, and Happy Fishing\n\nchamberlainjk
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Use plastic worms and plastic lizards.  I right now am using a spinner and that is working well, I am using white.\nAlso what works well is a thing called a brush hog in green color.  It gets the big fish.  Look at http://bassproshop.com for more ideas
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You should be able to find plenty of accessable areas to fish plastic worms from the bank.  Look for coves, inlets with grassy bottom.  Also fish visible and submerged points, and don't forget the occasional dock or two.  Also, if you can't afford a boat and want to access more areas, try a float tube.  They are easy to use and pretty cheap.  Good luck.
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I like to use my silver spinner. Get one with a bight strip on it. If you go in the river use a smaller one, and if you are at the mouth of the river us a medium one. They also like flies. Find out which ones just hatched and go get that bait. They eat it up. Good Luck!
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When visibility is greatly reduced, choose big lures since they are easier for bass to see and catch. Bass seem reluctant to move far from a holding spot, so you want their first swipe at the lure to hook them. When the going gets muddy try: 1. Spinnerbaits – A large spinnerbait is highly visible and produces vibrations fish can sense with their lateral line. For maximum flash and vibration, use a 3/8 to 9/16 ounce black spinnerbait with a single Tennessee blade. If the current is slack, you may want to drop to a ¼ ounce model. You can also tip your spinnerbait with a trailer such as a big pork frog to add buoyancy so you can fish it slower. 2. Crankbaits – A big crankbait with a diving lip is deadly in muddy water, even in very shallow water. Use a slow retrieve to give the bass ample opportunity to find the lure. 3. Jigs – Use a big rubber-legged jig and large trailer to probe shallow cover. Black is a good primary color, but try a hot secondary color on the jig skirt or trailer, such as chartreuse or orange. In muddy water, you can approach bass closely, so try flippin a jig into cover in quiet pockets. 4. Plastic Lizards – Rig them Texas-style on a 3/16 ounce slip sinker. They work better than plastic worms because they have more bulk, therefore easier for bass to find. A lizard with a twister tail provides added vibration. Try black or black and chartreuse.\n\nIf spinnerbaits and crankbaits aren’t producing bass, slow your retrieve. If you still aren’t catching fish, change the lure style or size. Even lures of the same kind often produce different vibrations. A change in style and size changes the pattern of vibration, which can change the response of bass.
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Depends what you are using for bait.  If you are using worms anything from 8-14 would be ok.  If you are using salmon eggs use smaller hooks like size 14.  You want to make sure the whole hook is covered.  Finally if you are using power bait use very small treble hooks.  The smaller the hook the better because you want the bait to float up, but be small enough that the fish will still get hooked when it eats it.  So I like size 16 treble hooks for power bait.  Good luck!
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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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Depending on where your fishing at on a river or a lake? \n\nIf a lake i would use a bell weight around a 1/2 once. put it about a foot from your bait. \n\nIf a river I would rig a egg weight dont tie it down let it sild on the line. Tie a swivel at the end then put on your bait.\n\nBait is another big thing I use whole or cut shad works the best for me. \n\nUse 20 + lb line when catfishing.
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tip a 1/4-1/2 oz. jig with a minnow or nightcrawler...if there hitting one more than the other stay with it. orrrr try trolling a nightcrawler harness with a spinner above it.Tight Lines!
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fishin, now thats what Im talkin bout... I reccomend usin power bait for trout, those are hard lil buggers to catch... also another thing I do before I park the boat to cast my pole, I dump a lil bit of that power bait crap right off the side of the boat Im fishin on to get em up near the boat so I can see em, then I catch one... also beef jerky is great for catching trout and catfish... hope this helps... y'all take it easy
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Your elastic should be fixed to a plastic pole connector, which is just a sliding piece of plastic that traps your line in a small hook. When you make your rigs, make them at home as it saves a load of messing about on the bank, just be sure to keep then tidy on rig winders and leave a few feet of extra line on the rig, so you have more to play with when finding your exact depth. Fish just on the bottom to start with, and then if you cant catch, bring it a little off bottom, you will eventually find em, tight lines
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Go to Bass Pro Shops addy, or Cabelas. They may have a pictorial on how to make these knots. \n\nThe Palomar knot is super important in fishing,(if there was 1 knot you MUST know how to tie it would be The Palomar & "Blood Knot".)
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Renting a boat will always increase your odds there,This time of year reaction baits work well,try Lucky craft pointers ,rapalas,etc..shad color will increase your odds as well.Try dropshotiing worms like roboworms in martin madness,margarita mutalator,chocalate worms with blue,purple or black viens work well.I would stick to the buzz baits early in the A.m. those should work.try spinnerbaits etc as well in white , silver etc..try to fish the water around 5-15 ft. deep as the lake has steep walls and 3 feet from shore could be 10 ft. deep.
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If there is a bait shop near the pier than go and talk to the fisherman. (the ones who are catching fish)  But usually the bait store guy will tell you because his buddys are giving him the report. The most siimple way to rig is the top and bottom wire riggs, 1,2,3and maby 4, oz weights. dipending on what is biteing, use a #1 or # circle hook, if sea trout,(the stealth bombers of the sea) use somthing smaller cause they can hit and run in 2 seconds flat and steal your bait.  all of this stuff is cheap enough so buy a few extras cause your going to loose some on rocks and seaweed. 20 dollars will have you fishing for a month or two.