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05 Oct

How to Catch a Fish … Secrets Revealed!

Posted by vanessa, under Interesting Facts

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I am, by no means, great at fishing. I’ve gone out many times, usually with little to nothing to show for it. Therefore, I thought I’d ask the experts, just what IS their secret ?!

Ok, so I posed the question on both GetREELed.com (http://www.getreeled.com/forum/topics/strange-fishing-tips) and Facebook, “what’s the strangest thing you’ve done or used to catch a fish?” as I was curious to know what sort of weird stuff everybody was using (and maybe help myself out next time I get out on the water). I got some really great responses from a ton of people (thanks guys!!), and wanted to share some of the tips, techniques and bait with everyone.

So here goes … I hope everybody is taking notes:

Canned corn = panfish
Cigarette butts = perch (I don’t really recommend this approach due to environmental issues but apparently it did work)
Ketchup = randoms
Chicken fillets = bass and catfish
Chewed bazooka bubblegum = catfish
Chicken liver with Strawberry Koolaid = bluecat
Rolled oats = smelt
Marshmallows, Peas and Chopped weiners = randoms
French fries = tarpon
Cardboard = blowfish

So, that’s it for now. So get out there and try some of these yourself! As they say… There’s never a wrong way to catch a fish!

If you have any other tips, techniques or random bait that you’ve used to reel them in, I’d love to hear them.

Cheers & Happy Fishing everybody!

17 Sep

Fishing Dictionary

Posted by Joshua Nathaniel Melville, under Joshua

Picked up a pocket Dictionary the other day and I thought I’d share a few Definitions. Such as….

Fishing

1. n. The art of casting, trolling, jigging, or spinning while freezing, sweating, swatting or swearing.

Angler

1. n. One of two cold, wet, devious, and temperamental creatures of somewhat limited intelligence found at either end of a fishing line. See FISH

Fish

1. n. Remarkable aquatic animal typically weighing less than 10 pounds which, without gear, tackle, or equipment of any kind and using nothing more than hypnotic suggestion, can easily lure an angler as much as 50 times it’s size tens or even hundreds of miles into inhospitable terrain or unfamiliar waters and keep him there for hours with nothing more than a couple of false rises and a few practiced flicks of its tail.

Dusk

1. Brief twilight period that separates the time when fish don’t bite because they can see your line from the time when fish don’t bite because they can’t see your lure.

Strike

1. v. The thrilling moment when, with a quick rolling or lunging motion, an unseen finned quarry suddenly takes the hook of an angler fishing the spot you left five minutes ago.

This Dictionary is hilarious I found it sitting at the checkout counter at Boarders in the mall but this book can be found almost anywhere. Written by Henry Beard & Roy Mckie and published by Workman Publishing. Funny little book, you and your fishing buddies will love.