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How to Land a Fish From a Kayak
As more and more people take up individual sports such as kayaking, some are taking it a step beyond just paddling and deciding to try to catch fish from their small water crafts. While fishing from kayaks offers anglers a number of benefits such as the ability to be extremely quiet on the water and
How to Make a Fork Windchime
Wind chimes can be made from anything that can be strung, hung from a central point and produce a pleasant sound when struck. Old fork wind chimes are visually startling and can produce pleasant tones if chosen with care. Fork wind chimes make use of incomplete sets of silverware, or pieces that hav
White Perch Fishing Techniques
The white perch is a tasty game fish of rivers, ponds and lakes across much of the United States. This type of perch travels in schools for the most part, meaning that where an angler finds one there will typically be more. White perch are not large fish, with most between six and eight inches long
Fishing in Acadia National Park
Freshwater and saltwater fishing opportunities abound in Acadia National Park and the surrounding area. Lakes and ponds can have several species of freshwater game fish, including trout, landlocked salmon, smallmouth and largemouth bass, and other ...
Ice Fishing House Directions
During the winter, the fish are still biting beneath the frozen surface; however, you will need more than a rod and reel to ice fish in comfort. An ice fishing house provides necessary shelter from the elements. Understanding the basic directions regarding ice fishing houses is essential to your com
Fly Fishing, An Easy Way To Learn More!
If you are a keen fly fisherman, attending a fly fishing trade show can be a great learning tool, for the advanced, it is a good way to your mastery in the sport. Fly fishing ...
How to Put Fishing Line on a Fishing Wheel
Before setting up your fishing pole, wind the fishing line onto the reel. When attached to the pole, the reel is located near the top of the fishing pole's handle. The reel holds the excess line used when casting your lure into the water. Putting fishing line on the reel is an easy process, but shou
How to Tie a Dragonfly Nymph
A dragonfly nymph fly is made to mimic the hatching nymph phase of dragonflies. This fly is effective when fishing for spring or late summer trout. The dragonfly nymph is an intricate fly, yet it's a basic design that allows for modification with colors and hook size, all dictated by the time of yea
How to Plan Not Disappointed Alaskan Fishing Trips
An Alaskan fishing trips, it's a dream come true for many outdoor enthusiasts. With rivers clogging by salmon, ocean floor carpeting by halibut and infinity numbers of trout makes the 49th state is great fishing ...
Tips on Casting a Baitcasting Reel
A baitcasting reel is more difficult to learn to use than a spincast reel. Once mastered, you will find that a baitcaster offers more control in casting and retrieving. There are many different types and sizes of baitcasters, which provides the angler with a spectrum of options when purchasing this
How to Use Mepps
Mepps fishing lure company makes some of the most deadly trout catching devices ever created. The sure-fire nature of its fishing lures has led it to be prominently displayed for sale in shops large and small around the world. Mepps spinners work to catch fish in a variety of circumstances, making t
Fly Fishing Rods
Beyond a doubt the best fly fishing rod material is good bamboo properly selected, cured, split, glued, and correctly proportioned. It possesses strength combined with lightness, resiliency, pliancy, power and balance in greater degree than ...
Parachute Types
A parachute is a device used during falling to create drag, which slows the descent of a fall. Used for both people and items, parachutes are common in military devices, performances and sporting activities. Depending on the type of application, a different parachute may be used.
About Indian Star Tortoises
The Indian Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is native to India, Sri Lanka and southern Pakistan. Enthusiasts consider it to be one of the most attractive tortoise species because of its distinctive "star" markings. Also, unlike some tortoise species bred in Europe, males and females of the species
How to Test Fishing Products
When you first consider how to test fishing products, using the rod, reel, line, lure or terminal tackle in a real-world situation typically first comes to mind. However, this is only part of the overall process that should go into properly evaluating fishing products. A thorough testing of fishing
How to Catch Arkansas Stripers
Lakes and rivers in Arkansas such as Ouachita and Norfolk lakes are teeming with striped bass, also known as stripers. The stripers in the state are large; they average 20 lbs. but can reach up to 64 lbs. Striped bass have teeth in two parallel lines on the back of tongue with distinct first horizon
How to Catch Big Fish
Catching big fish is a dream that every angler has before they cast their line. Unfortunately, it is a dream that is difficult to come true. There are many different factors that come into catching ...
Florida Keys Sport Fishing
The opportunities to compete in sport fishing in Florida Keys are great. You can all suddenly meet some of the best fishers in the world sailing around the ocean surrounding Florida Keys fishing for fun ...
How to Collect Peeler Crabs
Peeler crabs are a favorite bait of many surf fishermen. Peelers are actually blue crabs, but are referred to as peelers because they lose their shells at different times of the year. During moulting months, blue crabs take in a large amount of water, causing their hard shells to crack. In the follo
How to Clean Perch
Learning to clean and fillet a fish is part of being a good fisherman or fisherwoman. Learning the basics will prevent you from rupturing internal organs---the intestines, for example---that can make the job much messier than it has to be. TakeMeFishing.org advises beginners that most small freshwat