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Fish. How To Find Them.

Look for moving water. Fish are opportunistic feeders using everything they can to ambush prey spending as little energy as possible. Look for points either exposed or submerged where fish may be laying waiting for a tasty morsel to swim by. Look for pinch points where bait is funneled making it easy for fish to feed and get ready to GET BIT!!

Topics: fish, bait
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Catch the big Northern Pike

Younger and smaller northern pike spend time in shallower water near reeds and lily pads and other cover. They eat bugs, frogs, minnows and other small food. Medium sized northern pike will usually be near the outskirts of these areas feeding on other small fish.

The really big pike eat walleye, chub, whitefish, and even trout, and they will hang out where they can ambush these fish. Places like rocky shoals, islands, and mouths of streams and rivers are great places to catch big northern pike.

Topics: northern pike, pike, big fish
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Always come back to good fishing spots

If you catch a fish near cover, it was probably sitting there because it was a good ambush point. Even if that fish leaves or you take it home, another fish will probably move in to take the spot. It may take several hours or days, but a good fishing spot will usually continue to be good.

Topics: bass, cover, ambush