What are some advantages and disadvantages of using the hook line & sinker fishing method?
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ADVANTAGES: This particular rig has been working for hundreds of years. You almost can't go wrong. Simple and deadly. A "sinker-slide", a "Pyramid" sinker, and a "Circle" hook can catch a variety of fish including, Sheep-head, Redfish, Trout, Drum, Catfish, Croakers, Whiting, ETC.\n\nDISADVANTAGES: There really aren't many. It depends on where, and WHAT you are fishing for.\n\n Then again, If you mean this Q as an analogy, many MEN/WOMAN get "caught" "hook line & sinker", so it must work VERY well!!! lol
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the biggest cons i think of would be...\n1.you might drown\n2. boards can be kind of expensive -depends on what you consider expensive\n3. if you don't do it all the time you have to sort of "relearn"  taking most of the year off from it, you really seem to loose alot of the skill.\n\nthat said though, its the greatest thing ever.  i learned from some guy named john on a beach.  i talked to him about surfing, was interested, he had an extra board and taught me.\n\nlarger boards are easy for beginners than smaller boards\nthe key to basic riding is paddling fast enough and then snapping yourself up onto the board in one swift motion and being the right spot on the board when you do so, which is one reason larger boards are easier as they let you be a little further up or back and still keep going.  too far back and it bottoms out and you just sort of stall and sink, too far forward and the nose tips into the water and throws you, sort of like a teeter-tator, though its fairly thrilling in its own way to jump up on a board and see the nose sinking closer to the wave and know that you are about to be thrown.\n\nso yeah thats basically it, paddle your butt off, grip the sides of the board like you are about to do a push up, push up, pull your legs and feet under you real fast, stand up and your surfing.  ok its easier said then done.
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Cut the line. The hook will dissolve in the fishes stomach or digestive tract. If it is stuck in the gills and bleeding you might as well pull it out cuz he's as good as dead. If you are fishing in a strictly catch and release lake, river or pond then I would definitely cut the line cuz you might get in trouble for riping out the fishes guts. When you rip out the hook the fish dies. Tell your hubby to knock it off and buy some new hooks!!! Happy Fishing
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A zig rig, is for fishing floating baits on, or just under the surface, throw a sliding weight, as small as you can get away with up the main line. Then a bead, then tie on your swivel. If you are fishing 5 feet of water, try a 4 1/2 foot hooklenght, This can fool carp who have got too used to being caught off the top. It also stops ducks and moorhens taking the bait in many cases. It can work really well at times. I love doing it,, tight lines
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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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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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Not sure about arkansas but for catfish i have always used a treble hook with a sinker about a foot abouve the hook.  and on the hook put 1 live worm and and a dead minnow.  If you have minnows for small mouth and crappie fishing just set up the ones that don't make it on yopur catsish rigs.
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First, you are going to need to take off your old line if you haven't done that yet. Just pull the line through the holes, and you will be at your reel. Unwind all of that. Have scissors handy. you might need to cut it a few times if it is really tangled. Throw out old line. Then, get you new line ready. Leave it on the spool it came with for the moment. Than on your reel there should be two holes. Thread about 3 inches through the two holes. wrap the 3 inches around reel. Then, take the new spool and just start wrapping it around the reel. Make sure it is nice and tight. Cut the line when you feel you have enough line on the reel. Unreel enough line to go through the hole on the rod and extra for your hook. Then, on the end of the line,  Tie a swivel. (it's this little connector thing that allows you to change you hooks without having to tie them to you line everytime you want to change hooks.) Than pick you hooks, spinners, bait or whatever your fancy, put it on the swivel, and go fishing. Hope that helps! And mad Kudo's to you for going fishing. I taught my best girlfriend how to last year and we have a blast. Sometimes we just go out there to relax, and hang out without the guys! o, ya and one more tip, if you are going trout fishing try a spinner. My hubby to be laughs everytime i go pick out lures or bait because i get the ones that have a color on them. However, i am the one who catches all the fish, and i don't get the colored ones b/c they are "pretty", i get the ones that i think will appeal to the fish. you know to "catch" their eye. :) have fun!
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i love fishing with my friends. i usually stand in the water, enjoying the cool water on my feet, taking in the beauty around me. it is very relaxing. to catch a fish and set it free again is just an added bonus.
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you distance them for the area and the current. i would use and egg sinker as it will be heavier and will have less drag on the current. i would do egg on top about two feet and then the bobber and then about a foot or two and then the hook so your bait will float in the current. i would also use a leader depending on where you are. and get some good knots that you can tie. for the egg sinker its simple run a loop of line through the eye and then pull it around the weight to secure it a little it will make a small cinch knot that can be taken out at anytime. the others you may want to get a book or look online for fishing knots
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I prefer FLW other than bass masters. FLW is a better chance for an everyday fisherman to have fun and be able to fish against some of the best. As far as bass masters being better fisherman, the best fisherman fish both.I think what did it for me was when bass dropped Ranger Boats and went with Triton. Also starting out with FLW you fish tournaments against other pros or amateurs . Bass you join a club , real crappy way to do it. That is a long story on how that works , more complicated.
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All good answers above, but the line has to come off the spool of line in the same direction it goes on reel or you will get a terrible line twist!!! If you don't understand what I'm saying, check with local sporting goods store(Academy), they can show you. Good fishing!!!
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If your using terminal takle go with wax worms.\n\nIf you want to through lures use a 1/8 oz. Wordens Rooster tail; jigs tipped with wax worms work really well. \n\nThere is a jig put out by GRIZZLY JIG COMPANY, http://www.grizzlyjig.com/html/grizzly_jigs.html, O strongly recommend them. The rigging method for  these is easy. Take a crappie rod or any ultralight is fine, and put on a slip bobber. Set the depth at three feet attach two jigs, one at the bottom and another at 2 feet.  Cast to where you want it an dlet it go to work . These usally get hit on the sinking motion so it is easier if you are on a dock or using a crappie rod or in a boat.
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You should use feeding frenzy chum i don't go salt fishing without it!!!!!!\n\n                 feedingfrenzychum.com
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Well jug fishing is an actual type or method of fishing... and yes, in some states it is illegal and some states require a permit for it.  When I used to do it, some 30 years ago... we used a milk or bleach jug.... some stuff the Army and Marines call "550 cord" (it has a burst tensile strength of 550 lbs) and a 000 or 0000 stainless steel hook. We used to put two hooks per line.  You can leave them free floating... or dummy cord them to a limb if you are fishing a river.  We used hand sized brim for bait.  If the jug was bouncing alot in the water... you probably had a fish... think of it as a large bobber. Nowdays the jug is pertty much not used... people go limbing instead.... same basic rig.... you just us a limb hanging out over the water.
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is it a size or a type of fishing hook?
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the one on the bottom releases the line...then there is one that has an arrow in a curve going both directions engraved into the reel,,this is the drag, this allows you to put more or less pressure on a fish when you're fighting it to tire it out...then there is a button that lets you set your casting distance,,what i mean by that is --say you have cast out and are reeling in when you get a bite,,you push that button at this time and it puts a bar across the spool,,the next time you cast, the bar will stop your line putting you at the same distance as you were when you got the hit.to cast at a greater distance simply pull the button back  and it will move the bar out of the way.the only time i have found this usefull is when i was crappie fishing (since they tend to hang in groups).i guess thats why they call it the "crappie reel"!! \nit's been awhile since i used a 33 but i think there is a "clicker" button too,,,all this does is make a noise as you're reeling to give you an audible assurance that you are reeling...some people say it also gives a vibration through your line to the bait or lure but i have tested this and can feel no vibration