Won Me

Fishing is oftentimes viewed as a lone spare-time activity; a reclusive fishing fanatic leaving his household early hours on a cold late autumn day in order to seek out some solitary location next to a stream, with a flaskful of coffee. Even though that cliché is accurate for a good number of angling extremists, it’s also a really false picture of the majority of fishing hobbyists, as they see angling as being a social activity, participating a community while also a marvelous justification to travel the United Kingdom and worldwide by participating in fishing trips.

Not only that, but angling contests have become very popular - and they’re a wonderful means to meet new people and find out new fishing tricks, while making the perfect excuse to take a mini holiday. In fact, some individuals say that angling is merely an excuse to meet people and travel! However, angling is all the same considered a serious sport by a lot of its hobbyists and they’re driven by the social aspect chiefly to discover more about angling via exchanging tips and advice with fellow anglers.

In the last decade or so, the web has really served in the growth of the angling communities - via MySpace, Facebook etc, it’s now effortless to coordinate or simply go to an angling contest or informal meet-up, while swapping tips and advice on blogs and forums.

When it comes to angling gear, the internet has absolutely helped anglers in finding the best tackle, rod, reel, fishing baits etc due to the fact that now they can compare with a myriad of e-commerce websites rather than just being limited to their local angling shop.

Drop-Shotting For Picky-Overfished Bass

There is a fairly new technique when it comes to bass fishing but it works great especially when bass are under a lot of pressure, it’s called drop-shotting. When you see other fishermen using worms and fishing the edges of creek channels, try this and fish the bottom of the channels instead of the edges. It’s also good around boat docks and bridges and in shallow water when the bass are bedding.

When fishing the bottom of a channel try a small worm hook with a 3/16 ounce sinker. If you have one already a bullet sinker you are using for worm fishing works great.

Don’t drag the bait or hop it, shake it, you know jiggle it in place. When bass are on their beds try flipping a tube with 25 pound test line and a 1/2 ounce weight. This is also an excellent way to fish light line as it lets your lure have more natural action.

Here is what you need to rig a drop shot:
a small worm hook and an 1/8 to 1/2 ounce bullet sinker like you use to worm fish. Tie the hook on your line using a palamar knot and leave enough line after the knot for the depth you want the sinker below it. Tie the bullet weight at the bottom of the line and peg it with a toothpick. It’s that easy.

If your lake has a lot of fishing pressure from being fished so hard or the fish are just picky try this technique and see the results.

Charles E. White has fished for bass for almost 50 years. He has fished from Florida to California and has caught more than 6,000 bass in his lifetime. His
biggest bass is 12 pounds 14 ounces.

Charles has owned two tackle stores in his lifetime and taught dozens of people to fish for bass.

He now resides in Ohio.

Charles is webmaster for: www.bassfishingweekly.com