Category: Fishing Techniques

Fishing with hellgrammites is an underutilized tactic that can help you increase your catch rates. Hellgrammites are large aquatic insects that can be a big meaty meal for a fish. These insects are also common. Before they turn into adult dobsonflies, hellgrammites spend years crawling around on river bottoms. They can also get knocked loose and …

You don’t hear many people talking about sucker fishing. I am not sure why. These fish are abundant across most of the United States. They are sleek little fish with streamlined bodies like trout. They will take bait and artificials, and they will put a bend in your rod. Fishing for suckers can be a lot …

I love all kinds of fishing. I particularly like sight fishing and carp fishing though. So it only makes sense that I would really enjoy sight fishing for carp. It is an exciting pursuit. You locate these big fish then target your casts right to them in the hopes of getting a take. When you do …

Blade baits have been around for a long time. Years ago they were very popular. Then they seemed to fall out of favor for a little while. Now a lure called the steel shad is making a lot of waves, literally and figuratively. I have used the steel shad and caught fish. But I was already …

Fishing with jigs is one of the best ways to catch steelhead. The way they look in the water draws in strikes from steelies all across North America. These little lures can catch fish from the Great Lakes tributaries in the East all the way out to the native range of steelhead on the West Coast. …

Fly fishing works well in a variety of situations. The main reason for that is that a lot of fish eat a lot of small aquatic insects. These insects are small and light. They can be impossible to catch or hook. Thus, fly fishing aims to mimic the insects with the use of feathers and similar …

As I explained in a recent post on the best live bait for trout, live bait is the most effective approach to catching fish in the majority of situations. Still, anglers aren’t always able to find or use live bait. There are places with no bait shops around and waterways where the use of live bait …

It’s the time of the year when millions begin the frenzied and often fruitless quest to find the perfect gift for the special people in their lives. If those people are interested in fishing there is an untold number of products out there that may interest them. At the same time there countless others that may …

I’ve received a few good comments and questions on my Trout Worms Catch Fish post. Although I replied there, I thought it would be a good idea to expand into a full post to increase visibility. I have done some light editing, thrown in a few additions, and formatted it as a question and answer style …

I recently had a chance to fish some special regulation waters in Western Pennsylvania with a bit of success. While most of the “approved trout waters” in the state are closed in March and the first part of April, the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only (DHALO) sections offer good opportunities for catch-and-release trout fishing. Anglers fishing …