How does one punch a fish in a lake?
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I suppose the same way you punch a fish in a river
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Live bait such as minnows are the best to use, use a tip up and put the minnow down about 6 feet in 10 to 15 foot of water. Then all it is to wait sooner or later mr aligater jaws finds the minnow and you have a tasty treat
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You should try a 3/8 ounce jig head , Texas rig a power worm (color:tequila sunrise) and jig it on the bottom near timber....this will give the worm a fairly slow sink rate and you will get lots of bites while the worm is sinking\n\nTry to use some Rapala baits, preferably the X-RAP, gold and silver colors work the best. Husky jerks work well in spawning bass beds and weeds.\n\nAnother tip is to use a a white tube with red glitter( Venom brand) and inset a 1/16 tud insert weight and jig that on the bottom...but don't push that tube weight all the way up. by doing this that tube twitches more and attracts more fish..also use some liquid powerbait bass attractant with that.\n\nBuzzbaits work very good. so des berkley gulp!\n\nlive shiners...never fail\n\nplastic frogs work very well as a topwater bait.
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both hands hit the wall together just below the surface of the water. don't grab the wall, let your momentum carry you towards it.\n\nkeep your head tucked to your chest as you drop one arm behind you like youre going to elbow someone (i use my left arm). at the same time your legs should begin to tuck up underneath your body.\n\nlet your right arm then go to your ear like youre answering the a phone with it. begin to roll a little to your left as your left knee drops down and you plant both feet on the wall.\n\nslide both of your hands up the length of your body into a streamlined position above your hands.\n\npush off the wall with your feet and get into a tight streamline. begin a dolphin kick for about 5 yards and then begin to pull with your arms just as your head is getting ready to break the surface of the water. now you start swimming butterfly again.
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Try a Rapala "shad rap" in a perch pattern.  I have found it to be very productive for lake perch. A few years ago, I caught almost 30 perch in 3 hours using this lure.  Tight lines.
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The bigger bass are not likely to hit a surface lure. They didn't get big by chasing smaller fish around the pond burning their calories. Try something slow and deep. Plastic worms are the choice I would make. Fish them deep, on the bottom of the deepest water you can reach. Fish early and late as their eyes are light-sensitive. And most importantly, stay with it. Be patient. When you're after BIG fish, you don't catch one every five casts.
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Minnows:  buy a minnow trap and bait it with bread crumbs\nworms:    pick them up off the road after a heavy rain. Keep them in the basment or garage with coffee grounds and dirt\n\ncickets:  catch them as you find them.
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Put a white plastic poker chip in it, and push it towards the center until you can't see it. (Or, heat a paper clip up over a candle, melt three holes near the edges of the poker chip, tie it so that it will lie flat, not edgeways, lower it into the water on a string.)  Measure the depth at which you lose sight of it. That will tell you how clear the  water in the puddle is. You may have to tape a penny to the back to give it weight.\n\nIn some mountain lakes, you can see it 30 feet down. In some catfish farms, it vanishes at 4 inches.\n\nIf the puddle is deep enough, use a Frisbee, but use duct tape instead of melting holes in it. The trick is getting the string tied so that the disk is flat, not sideways.
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If you are fishing from the side you should rather make use of the sliding sinker method.\n\nSinker = 1ft line tied to sinker end of line you must tie a swivel.\nHook = 1ft line tied to hook end of line you must tie a swivel.\n\nNow run main line through the eye of the swivel that is connected to the sinker. Now tie the main line to the swivel that is connected to the hook. Fish will now be able to swim off with the hook with out feeling the weight of the sinker
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Find a relatively large body of water. A creek, river or lake. Trout should be there.
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any boat would work\nnon-pros dont need a big motor to race aroung a lake because they dont have a time limit\nthe bass dont really care what kind of boat your in\njust keep in mind if it is an all metal boat then put some old carpet on the floor to keep the noise level down because fish will 'spook' at sudden noises\ngood luck and good fishing
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I have found that the best retirieve to catch bass would have to cast it out as close to weeds, or logs, or rock cover as you can, keep your rod tip up and you line taut.  Let the worm sink and usually you will get the hit on the initial fall.  If not, let the worm sink to the bottom.  Then give the worm a few tugs, very small tugs, remember, you have to make it look real, so huge tugs make it look like a super worm, and may result in a hit, but, not many.  After you have given 2,3 maybe 4 little tugs on the worm, let it sink again.  I have found that most hits occur as the worm is falling.  So it is a must to keep your line taut, or you won't even feel the strike.  You must also keep your eye on your line where it enters the water.  Sometimes, you don't feel the hit, even with a tight line, but you will see your line either twitch, or move off to one side or the other.  Be ready to set the hook.  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch model and 6 inch model, in the watermelon seed color with gold flakes. They have a small slit in the worm to hide the hook in, resulting in easier, and better hook-ups.  Bill Dance once said "Any color and size of worm is good, as long as it is 6 inches and purple."  Try watermelon seed first, it seems to work everywhere.  Purple, black, red, and watermelon seed  also seem to work well.  But you have to experiment to find a good color. Here are a few sites to get you started.  I also have found that if the YUM dinger doesn't work, the YUM 6 inch ribbontail usually does.  If niether of those work, I try the YUM hawgtail, and almost always catch bass with 1 of the 3.  I would be lying if I told you that these three soft plastics have not improved my catch ratio per fishing trip, than any other plastics, and lures combined. I have found that using worms, I have found that it makes little difference on the water condition, when fishing a worm.  I have caught bass in muddy water, clear water, and in between with a worm, as well as at night. Bass have a "sensor" called the lateral lines. The bass can feel the worm before they see it.  In fact the largest bass I have ever caught was caught on a YUM dinger, at 2 a.m. during a full moon. But I have also had good bass at night when it was cloudy out. I prefer to Texas rig my plastics, most always wieghtless, on a 1/0 worm hook.  Have fun, and tight lines.
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Well because of your screen name I will assume your a bass fisherman as well.  First, try slowing your retrieve.  After that, go smaller.  If you use 5 inch worms, go to 4 inch or smaller. If smaller and normal don't work, go large. I posted a similar question and was given the suggestion to use a hole punch to put holes in a worm to change the action. Also try a razor on plastic worms to make tentacles that undulate on the retrieve.  Another 1 is if it hot, think deep and slooooooow.  Try using a bullet weight on a worm to get it into heavy cover such as weeds, or grass.  Always keep in mind where the sun is and cast to the shady side of stick-ups, or underwater trees.  A jig and pig, or jig and craw fished slowly on the bottom may help too.  In the lake I fish that's very heavily pressured, I have caught several of the biggest bass I have ever caught using a jig and craw hopped across the bottom, about 20 feet off shore on a point.  You should also try fishing the in flow of any streams that flow into the lake.  Usually bass will school in these areas.  Here is a site that is very good, give it a try and see if it helps.  Here is another 1 I use often.  Tight lines and use these sites, they will help alot. On the bass lures page, the articles are on the sides, in columns.
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make acut around the back of the dorsal fin or top spike leave the billie skin intact and bend the head down pullig back to the tail the guts should pull out with the head then use pliers to pull the rest of skin off
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Tench are mainly spring/summer fish,they tend to hibernate (if you what to call it that) in the winter. So the traditional time to fish for them was at the beginning of the old course season, but as we have not had any bad frosts  you might be o.k. Look for deeper areas of the lake and fish hard on the bottom,as said before.Ledgering will work, use a open ended feeder with a little bit of feed in and some low food value ground bait as well.You dont want to over feed the fish. Maggots,sweetcorn,casters,breadflake and worms all work.Use a feeder rod about 11/12ft with a test curve of 1,1/2lbs .As for float rod a carp type match rod will do.If the lake is snaggy lines of 5 to 8 lbs will be needed. If clear then drop b.s of line and rod to suit.Hooks size of 16 to 10 should be o.k.Just don't use to light a hook length as tench are strong and dogged fighters, they won't run far they just hug the bottom with their strong tails they can put a lot of pressure on your tackle.Best times are first and last light.If float fishing the lift method is great fun. Plum the depth first, when shotting float put (a antenna type is best)put a small shot near the hook(3 to 4ins ) and move the float up to suit.The line is now on the bottom held down by the shot.When the tench sucks in the bait it lifts the weights, the float is now under shotted and falls flat on the water,strike now.The rod must be put in a rod rest.Don't over feed as this time of year the fish are easing off due to the colder weather. hope this goes some way of helping you.Tight lines.
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Walleye don't know, I would expect they will throw their nets at anything that comes down the Pike. that kind of fishing is Crappie, You had might as well throw a Tarpon them. well, I Octopus  off now, got a big date with Dolly Varden. hope She don't break My Carp, She keeps My picture in Her Perch.\n\nCatch You Later.
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Try Meridian Lake. It's located about two miles east of Kent right off hwy 516. Lake Meridian holds Rainbow trout as well as Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass a variety of Spiny Rays and Catfish. Trolling small flatfish or popgear will work well for the Rainbow trout. Fishing from the public dock using a power bait and a sliding eggsinker will work also. For the bass try casting a dark colored crankbaits. Lake Meridian is open year around.