Saratoga Lake, a well-known Eastern New York fishery, is a destination for anglers who pursue bass, walleye, pike and a number of other game fish. The 3,762-acre natural lake is located in the historic town of Saratoga Springs, and has been a vacation spot for over a hundred years. In spite of its long-standing popularity, ...
One Atlantic Coast fish that bites throughout the summer is the flounder, and fishing for them is something of an art form. Summer flounder (known in the northern states as fluke) slowly prowl the waters from Maine to the Carolinas, while from the Carolinas south to the Gulf their cousins the southern flounder gather to ...
Until recently most of my fishing for striped bass has been with lures, topwaters especially. However, as this summer progressed and the temperature warmed the striper fishing became slow. The bass moved into deeper water, and artificial lures were not cutting it anymore. It was only when I witnessed the large schools of juvenile bluefish, ...
Flounder are flatfish that lie on their pale side and look up from their brown side with both eyes fixed on the water above them waiting to ambush their prey. To catch them, you need to be fishing a slow-moving bait at the very bottom of the water column. To learn how to cook the ...
Keeping minnows alive for a long period of time all starts with what kind of minnows you buy. You need to be sure you buy high quality minnows. If there are a lot of places that sell minnows in your area, be sure to go to each one and scope out their minnow supply. One ...
If you are a trout fisherman you are more than likely aware of the fact that the fall is the most productive time of the year for trout fishing (especially if you like to fish for trout in the flowing waters of a river or stream) and if you weren’t aware of this fact, ...
Fly fishing for bass is a great sport. But, the fly fisherman has to know what fly or bass bug to use because without the right bait, the bass may not be bite. There are many flies to use when fly fishing, but not all of them are bass bugs or ones preferred by bass. ...
Perhaps you’ve just purchased a large supply of bait minnows or feeder-fish, and you need to know how to keep them. Or maybe you or your child “rescued” a school of fish from a backyard pond or a local stream. You know exactly what it is that you’re caring for– minnows. Right? So the answer ...
Lake Norman is one of the largest lakes in North Carolina, and is very popular for shore fishing due to strong populations of fish as well as open areas available for free shore fishing. Lake Norman has large stocks of striped bass, largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, spotted bass and bream. Lake Norman is a vast ...
