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Nov. 10th Full Moon

5 fish day, with the full moon and fall weather. Good For Fishing and Hunting.

Topics: Full Moon, Hunt and Fish
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Fall Fishing is here

Fall is here, it is getting cold, and its a good time to fish. The ice is already starting to build on the ponds and shorelines. A lot of people already have brought there boats out of the water. But if you have a small boat I recommend trolling along the shoreline for muskies, jigging for walleyes, top lures through the weeds for Northern/Bass. The walleyes are in the cold shallow waters. Fall is my favorite time to fish, and usually one of the only times I fish off shore. Since the walleyes are in shallower waters, you can just cast off shore for the lunkers.......

Topics: Walleye, Muskies, Pike, Fall weather
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Get Bit Tip of the Day

Fishing during the Fall can be amazing. With the bait run in full swing along most coasts fish are feeding heavy and often not being picky. If you find yourself on the fish but unable to convince them to eat, try downsizing your leader and hook for a more natural presentation.
Get Outdoors & Get Bit!!

Topics: Fishing, Outdoors
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Steelhead fishing is here

Steelhead fishing is new to me so I've been looking at tips and strategies. It seems the most basic and direct approach is best.
Here are 5 tips to get you started.

River-Level Check- Know what flows your going to encounter as to have the right equipment for the job. Flow and clarity of the water, based on recent conditions, will affect what and where you will fish.

Pre-tie your Leaders- The more you have your line in the water, the better your catch rates will be. Try and manage your leaders in a way that don't allow them to get tangled or you've wasted your time.

Don't be afraid to move- If your not finding fish in your hole, move on to another and check back. Don't wait for the fish to come to you. For all you know someone may have just pulled those fish just before you showed up and spooked 'em out. To make this easy on you, Bring what you need with and no more.

Change Bait- If your looking at fish or watching them be pulled out from under you and your not turning heads, don't be too lazy to change colors, bait, hook size, leader length, or presentation.

Follow the crowd- If your looking for a new whole, follow the crowds. Many people only fish a few hours or limit out right away. Some stay all day, but when those people leave and the fishing pressure turns off the bite may turn on! Even when the pressure is on, try fishing something different to turn the fish.

Topics: Steelhead
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Fishing the hump 2

Fishing underwater humps is fairly easy. There are four primary ways to fish them. 1) Parallel along the edges of the humps; 2) On the top flat part (shallower water); 3) From the top flat down the hump into deeper water and; 4) Casting into the deep water and bringing your lure up the hump into shallower water. These different presentations along with changing from lure to a worm harness or dragging and bouncing some bait as necessary will most definitely do the trick to landing some of the larger fish on average. Don't forget the deeper humps in the middle of the lakes as well. The fish don't just cruise the shores, the big ones will cruise the humps for bait fish and protection also.

Topics: Humps
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Fishing the hump

Fish the "humps" in the water! The fish love 'em. A hump is basically an underwater island and could be just below the surface to 10's of feet down. Look for a raised surface bottom from its surrounding depths and sharp drop-offs around the island forming the edges of the "island." Often they are made of rock and or sand and weeds and this mixture is inviting to the fish. They are a good resting place and a food source for big fish looking for bait fish staying out of open water. Throw in a marker buoy or anchor, but don't get caught in the rope!

Topics: Hump
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Cast and Blast

Fall is here and with the rain, snow, and wind it's hard to think fishing and time to start thinking hunting. But why not both? In Idaho, you should keep your shotguns handy when fishing the mountain streams and inlets to lakes. You never know when you might jump a cubby of quail or spook some chukar!

Topics: Fishing, and, hunting
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Hunters Moon

The Hunters Moon is Tuesday, October 11th 2011. They say this is when the hunters would hunt and gather for winter. The deer have fattened up. Good for hunting and fishing !! Im told.. So I took the rest of the afternoon off that day, depending on the weather, do some hunting and fishing.

Topics: Hunters Moon, hunt anfd fish
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Fall Trout

One of my favorite fishing tips techniques for fall trout fishing is to use live worms rigged on a gang hook rig. A gang hook rig is simply a set of pre-tied hooks in line one after the other and is attached to your line using a small barrel swivel.

This is how it's done: Start by taking the end of your line and tying on a small barrel swivel. Now, tie a set of pre-tied gang hooks or use 9-18 inches or so of leader and tie on one hook. Next, tie on another hook directly to the bend of your first hook and shorten it up so they are only about 1inch or apart from each other. Or if you have the skill, go ahead and just tie a Snelled knot. At this point add a couple of split shot sinkers above the barrel swivel (the number and size of split shot will vary with current flow) for weight. Now rig a live worm onto your gang hooks (if the worms are really large, simply pinch them in ½).

The idea behind this is that you can drift or bottom bounce a worm and have a larger presentation as the worm is laid out over both hooks.

Topics: Fall, Trout
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Fall Bass

It's that time of year when the nights and days are getting cooler. You have to think that when we can feel it, the fish can feel it. It almost puts our bodies and thoughts in a different mindset gearing up for winter. So why shouldn't it be the same for our favorite fish?

The bass are gonna be piling up soon following the little guys around the banks and in streams and the mouths of rivers and I'm gonna meet them there and hopefully have a few look my way.

Topics: Fall, Fishing
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Two-pole Permit

I think it's always a good idea to buy your two-pole permit for fishing. 99% of the fishing I do is from a boat where I drift bait, troll, or bobber fish, or on a lake where I can sink bait or bobber fish with my second pole. This allows me to always have a pole in the water while I figure out what fish are biting on. Also, now that I have a better grasp on fly fishing, this will allow me to fish the surface of the water as well as a few feet below with a bobber, or on bottom with some bait or jig.

Topics: Twopole
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Drift Sock

Out fishing in the boat, I usually just drift. When its windy I recommend using a drift sock. Throw it out the back of the boat and slow your drift down. The only place I have seen them is Gander Mountain and Marine General.

Topics: Boats, and, Drifting
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FALL FISHING

Fishing opener is the best time to fish. Fish forgot about all them hooks they have had....the waters warming up, spawning's just getting done, fish are multiplying, and hungry!! Then as the summer progresses.......the mayflies come out for a little bit......and the fishing really starts to slow down!! Then FALL FISHING picks up!!! The weather cools down its not painfully hot any more....and it seems to me the bigger fish start to bite more! I love fishing in the boat, but one thing I love about Fall is that you can fish off of shore!! Have a fire, with a big crowd! I like shore fishing because of the maneuverability! And I think Fall is really the only and best time to fish of shore!!!!!

Topics: FallShore, Fishing
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Scents that attract and repel

I went fishing one night and my friend and I used the same worms, hooks and bobbers but I was snagging fish left and right when he was barely getting bites. We started to wonder if my scent had anything to do with it. The tables had turned a few weeks later when he had been catching all the fish and I did not, so I did some research. Just like how we pinch our noses for bad smells, the same odor threshold can be said for all species of gamefish. Everything our hands come into contact with such as sun lotion, bug spray, cigarettes and our own human scent can cause fish to turn up their nose and refuse to bite. As the weather gets hotter and the bugs come out, I definitely load up on the bug spray. Even if you think your hands are clean, L-Serine (a tasteless, odorless chemical found in the skin oils of humans) will always be present on every worm, jig, or crankbait you come into contact with. Applying fish scent to your lure will not only attract the fish, but will mask or eliminate these undesirable smells. Fish can spit out a lure or bait very quickly. If the bait they are trying to ingest feels unnatural, or has a negative taste or odor, the chances of you setting the hook are very low. Applying scent will make your bait feel and taste alive, convincing the fish to hold on to the bait for a much longer time, ultimately allowing you to feel the fish first, then set the hook. Of course using scents for attractants vary depending on the type of fish. For example, when dealing with pike or muskie, scent is only useful when they have already made visual contact and are just about to strike. Scents come in a variety of packaging, but I have read more good reviews about spray bottles and will probably buy a few to try out. I wouldn’t want anything that you have to rub in since you’re trying to avoid touching it with your hands. If anyone has any recommendations or input on scents (good or bad), I’d be interested in knowing!

Topics: Scents, attractants, smells
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Walleye Jigs

Walleye are aggressive fish, and they do not get big by being dumb. Its not necessary to use anything larger then a 1/4-1/8 ounce Jig. Or just a plain hook, depending on how clear the water is. Plain RED hook or bright colored jigs, work the best. Walleye eat Perch, so Id recommend the perch colors in your jigs; Green, Orange, Yellow and Black.

Topics: Walleye, jigs and fishing
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Muskies

Here in Minnesota a good time to fish for Muskies is late Fall/early Winter. When the ice is building up on the shoreline. Most people on the lake have there boats out by then. The ice is a thin layer about 20 feet from shore. I like to take the paddle boat around the edge and troll for Pike and Muskies, even walleye.

Topics: Late, Fall, Fishing, for, Musky, and, Pike
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Bobber Fishin

I keep it simple with just a bober and worm about the length of my rod(5-7 feet) below the surface within 20 feet of the rocks and just jig it a little if they are nibbling but wont take the bait. They seem to strike 90% of the time i try this. Keep your line as tight as you can without dragging the bobber, and rather than set the hook by lifting up, try reeling as much slack as you can then rip the line through the water by keeping the rod tip down and pull to one side or the other to keep the most tension on the line especially if your fishing deeper.

Topics: Bobbers
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Beat the Heat

Beat the Heat!! Summertime is in full swing in the southeast and man is it Hot and the Night Fishing is even Hotter!! The afternoon rains cool things off and often trigger fish to feed well into the night. Try slow crawling a Junebug lizard through vegetation or popping a JitterBug across the top for Explosive Night Bites!!

Capt. Kevin Brotz
407-448-3635
www.GetBitOutdoors.com

Topics: Summer fishing, Night fishing
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Snags and Walleyes

Snags suck, but when it comes to fishing for walleye your gonna get them. Big Walleyes sit on bottom and feed. Swimming through the rocks, stumps, and logs and whatever else you might find submerged at the bottom of a lake. So when fishing for big trophy walleyes your probably going to catch a few snags before you catch the trophy!

Topics: Walleye
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Crankbait action against structure

When fishing lipped crankbaits, try and 'bang' your bait into every piece of structure possible. Bumping your bait into a stump, dock, rock, mud bank, irrigation pipe, or anything else you can find will change the action of your bait and often trigger strikes from otherwise lethargic fish. Putting keeper fish in the boat is well worth the risk of hanging up.

Topics: crankbait, structure, bass