10 Fishing Tips & Techniques to Stay Green While Fishing
Posted by vanessa, under Interesting Facts
Hey everyone!
Here are some tips to ensure you stay Green while fishing:
1. Bring your own thermos for coffee – it helps eliminate plastic and styrofoam cups from ending up in the lake. It’s also a good idea (and in the long run, more cost effective) to bring snacks in reusable containers instead of plastic bags
2. Clean up after yourself – don’t leave your garbage. Bring a garbage bag or two so that you can bring home all of your left over remains from the day
3. Use barbless hooks – they’re less damaging to fish and it also makes the catch more difficult, and we all love a challenge 
4. Considering timing – there are certain times of year that fish spawn and lay their eggs, so we should all be aware of when those times are so we can allow them to populate as necessary. And don’t forget a tape measure so you can make sure the fish you do catch are of proper size
5. Consider your gear – use lead-free tackle, biodegradable fishing line and recycled waders
6. Maintain your boat – keep gas and oil spills out of the water
7. Use the whole fish – whatever you don’t eat, put the rest in the compost or backyard. Plants will benefit from decomposing fish
8. Try canoe or kayak fishing – it saves on gas and oil which saves you money, it’s a great workout, and you’ll get to try something new
9. Catch your own bait – less carbon footprint and helps save money too
10. Removing lures – use a damp towel when removing lures from the fish so handling is kept to a minimum
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Now that winter is here time to reorganize my gear for storage. Here is a look inside my tackle box and some of the lures and tools I use for spring, summer, and fall fishing.
Here is a collection of crank baits, my Favorite ones being the two cranks that look like small perch. I’ve had alot of success with all the cranks shown, the strike king itsy bitsy minnow works great for 
Here Is the Luck “E” Strike ring worm kit. I purchased this kit from 
This top water frog set was something new I’ve never tried before and I’m still learning how to use them. We’ve had many hits with these frogs but have yet to land one. This Was a Great buy All frogs shown came in one kit can’t remember which store I ordered this kit from but I can tell you it was either 
Here are other lures which we’ve used over and over, such as the banjo minnow. The banjo minnow catches fish and has great action but I find those weed guard rubber bands a pain in the butt. The plastic lizards are great lures we use them without weights and run them over the top of lillypads and the fish just hammer them, also if you let them sink just bellow the surface and slow retrieve you’ll catch those lazy fish that are not in feeding mode. in this box there is a chatter bait and other odds and ends.
This box contains another kit by Luck “E” Strike, It’s there tube kit i bought this for two reasons. One I’ve never used them before and two there being used more and more in the ice fishing world. Again this kit comes with everything you need to start fishing with tubes, cost a little bit more than the ring worm kit but worth every penny to learn something new. Also pictured here are some bobbers that were on sale at Walmart for twenty five cents, and a Lindy worm blower.
Here are a few of my rods and reels all cleaned and ready for storage, (Not all rods shown) Now that My gear is organized and ready for the spring and summer months it’s time to prep all the ice fishing gear .
