I am not a frequent bettor, but after a lifetime of fishing,I have discovered 4, yes four, fishing lures that I can take anywhere in the U.S. and Canada and catch any edible species of fish. Part of the wager would be that I must catch fish in order to eat.

This lure is a Must Have for any fisherman...bar none! It's the Black and Silver floating Rapala. Because of it's unrivaled swimming action and depth, it mimics the minnows that game fish or pan fish feed on, making it irresistible to most any fish, year around and even in ice fishing. Folks, fish the Rapala correctly, hard Not to do, and something will bite on any given day. The Rapala is available in every sporting goods store in many colors, sizes and configurations, but in my experience, and many others, the original Black and Silver balsa wood Rapala is as close to the perfect lure as you can get.

The next must have lure is the Plastic Worm, available in many sizes and colors. If I had to pick only one, it would be the black, 4" to 6" inch worm. Because of its soft texture and lifelike action, it attracts the largest range of fish. After all, what is the universal bait? Largemouth bass will murder this lure over nearly anything else out there.

Use a #4 to #6 snelled hook, embed the entire hook in the head, leaving the hook curve exposed. Use Only enough weight to keep it near the bottom. Retrieve with a slow reel action, and give the rod tip a pop now and then as an attention getter.

As the worm settles back to the bottom, it's natural action rivals the real thing. This is any easy but extremely lure for anyone of any skill level. You can even use spray on scents for catfish and other scent feeders.

The next lure is a small spinning lure, called the Colorado Spinner. You know, there are tons of spinner flavors available, but this small and inexpensive spinner excels in two ways. First, because of its simple design, a convex blade, silver or gold, spins rapidly even with a very slow retrieve. This is good when the fish are sluggish and don't want to work for their lunch. The brilliant flash is easily seen even in murky water,just like a minnow flash screaming come and get me.

Secondly, the rapid spinning seems to create vibrations that alert fish to it's location, signaling a possibly injured and easy meal. It's also a very versatile lure. You can skirt them for a more realistic swimming effect and/or add live bait to the hook, increasing the odds of matching or more closely imitating the local bait or forage critters.

Last but not least, there is the Jig. Nothing more than a lead head attached to a hook, this lure is simply "jigged" up and down near the bottom. Their versatility lies in the fact that they can be "dressed" with hundreds of combinations of colors and bodies and skirts. If I had to pick one style, it would be an 1/8th oz. jig with a white horse hair skirt. Very effective and easy to fish, the Jig belongs in every tackle box.

Entire books have been written on fishing lures and techniques, and I could go on forever. However, if you're tired of studying and reading up, these four lures Will Catch Fish. Try them and see for yourself. Happy fishing!

By: Paul Crantz
My name is Paul Crantz. Fact is, I'm a new writer, at least to the web crowd. I've fished all over the Western Hemisphere for 30 plus years, and since I love to write, I'd like to contribute online and see if my articles are welcomed and used.

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Bass fishing is a sport that requires a certain degree of skill. Regardless of your skill level there are a number of bass fishing techniques that will help you improve your fishing skills. First of all a good bass fishermen will take the time to educate himself with the fish's surroundings and environment. Having this knowledge will pay off in the long run. ask any good fishermen and they will tell you that having the tiniest bit of knowledge about the fish you are fishing for can make the difference between going home with a boat load of fish or nothing at all at the end of the day.

When your out fishing for bass it is very important to be as gentle as possible. If you are bass fishing with plastic bait you should learn how to gentle flip the bait. Mastering this subtle technique will make all the difference in the world. The easiest way to learn how to flip the bait is to take a empty coffee can and try to set the bait in the can from various distances. Learning how much effort it takes to gently place bait where it will do the most good is very important. Most inexperienced bass fishermen will cast the bait, and watch it splash into the water. A experienced bass fisher can cast the same bait without creating so much as a ripple on the surface of the water.

Another good bass fisher needs to know how fast or slow to move bait through the water. If you are using a plastic worm, the fish are more likely to go after the bait if its movement looks natural. Because real worms don't swim very fast, the bait should be pulled slowly through the water. Bobbing the bait up and down a little also imitates the action of live lure. More often than not a new or inexperienced fishermen will have the right set up, but they will use the wrong technique.

When your out fishing for bass, its important to pay attention to the bait you are using, and you should try to move the bait in a way that appears natural to the fish. You should also pay attention to the weather and the time of year. If you are fishing in the winter, you will want to move the bait slowly. When the water is cold the fish will still eat but they won't swim very far in cold water for food. They will count on an ambush to catch their meal. Winter time is a excellent time to use the bait flipping technique, but you need to be precise. If the bait is right in front of a bass, there is a good chance that the fish will eat the bait rather than chase something else through the water.

By: Charles Hammer
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This article will explain some simple crappie fishing tips that will enable you to catch more crappie. This article will focus on anglers that don't have a boat, because for most of my fishing life, I've been in exactly that predicament. No boat to help you get to the "right" areas. The first thing to understand is that most areas throughout the United States have accessible crappie fishing water for those of us without the help of a boat. On many lakes and reservoirs there are man made piers that provide excellent crappie fishing opportunities. Your local bait shop should be able to point you in the right direction. Once you locate your local fishing pier, and know that people fish for crappie there, follow these tips, to help you catch them.

A crappie's favorite meal is live minnows, there's no doubt about that. You're going to want some small jigs in a variety of colors as well, but a crappies favorite meal is a live minnow. Therefore you're going to need a minnow bucket to keep and carry your minnows. Once you have a couple of dozen live minnows, you're ready to head to the fishing pier.

The best time to catch crappie is at night. Under certain conditions they can be caught all the time, but as a general rule, most anglers fish for crappie off of these piers at night. The first trick, as you will quickly find out, is to position a light above the water once night falls. There are "crappie lights" that a person can purchase, or you can simply attach a propane lantern to a rope, lower in off of the pier, and position it right above the water. The purpose of doing this is to attract bugs and small underwater creatures to the light. That, in turn attracts bait fish to feed on the bugs and small underwater creatures. That, in turn, attract larger fish (such as crappie) to feed on the baitfish. You then lower your live minnow, attached to a bobber, into the water and wait.

What about rigging your live minnow? What's the best way to do this? A set of #8 or 10 gang hooks is the best way to rig a live minnow. A set of gang hooks is simply two small hooks tied in tandem. You simply hook the minnow's lips through the top hook and leave the trailing hook alone. As long as you're using size 8 or 10 hooks, they won't be noticed by the fish. When crappie fishing, the minnow must be alive and swimming around under your bobber. If the minnow is hooked in a manner which doesn't keep it alive long, you're just wasting the money you spend on bait. Hooking it through the lips keeps the minnow alive for a very long time, and presents it in a completely natural manner. A set of gang hooks is the best way to present your minnow to the crappie, and with two hooks, will increase your hook up rate as well.

These simple tips will help you catch more crappie, and we all know why we want to catch more crappie. These little black and white fish are absolutely delicious. We fish for some fish for the fight or their beauty, but crappie? We fish for crappie so that they can grace our dinner table. Crappie are easily one of the best tasting fish that can be caught in freshwater.

By: Trevor Kugler
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Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!

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Fly fishing the large and small “drive-in” high lakes of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest is an art in itself and good fly-fishing information about a lake is of prime importance to the success of the high lake fly fisher. You need to have a good understanding of the lake bottom, the insect life and the feeding habits and characteristics of the resident trout.

Use a depth finder in waters of 12 to 15 feet to look for old river or creek channels, drop offs, and uneven bottom contours that tend to hold fish. It is easy to keep track of those special locations in a logbook with the help of a GPS system or simple triangulations using shoreline landmarks as reference points. Also, look for shallow waters (4 to 8 feet) with patches of weed beads and silt covered muddy bottoms. You can easily fly fish these types of waters in depths of no more than 10 feet, using a slow sinking clear fly line and a count down method. The areas with these types of bottoms can support a wide variety of insect life including: May flies, caddis flies, damselflies, dragonflies, scuds, chironomid (midges), and leeches. Where you have insect life, you should find fish.

When I am fly fishing the high lakes, I carry three rods in my boat strung up ready to fish. One rod is a 9 footer with a WF #5 dry line for fishing emergers and dry flies. The 2nd rod is also a 9 footer but with a WF #6 dry fly line rigged with a 10-foot leader, a small adjustable indicator, a small nymph or chironomid. The 3rd rod, also a 9 footer which is matched with a WF #7 slow sinking clear fly line with an 8 foot leader for fishing a wooly bugger, leech pattern or a dragon fly nymph.

If you are fishing a clear mountain lake from a small anchored boat, keep the sun at your back and stay in the blind spot of the fish and maintain a low profile so you won’t need to make a long fly cast. Don’t cast your fly in the same place more than once. In this case consider casting in a 90-degree arc from you position. Start casting 45 degrees out to the left, After working your fly back to your pick-up point, make the next cast 5 degrees to the right of the first cast etc, until you are casting straight ahead. The next cast is 45 degrees out to the right. Continue decreasing the arc by 5 degrees until you are casting straight ahead. I call this cutting the pie and in this situation you are casting 5 degrees toward center on each cast so the shadow of the fly line does not alarm the fish before they see your fly. Always cut the pie to cover as much water as you can while at the same time, casting so that the shadow of the fly line does not alarm any fish that are in the area. For more information refer to my article on Ezine Articles.com “A nymph fishing tutorial”. After changing your fly pattern, repeat “cutting the pie”. After you have thoroughly covered the water with a new fly, quietly pull your anchor and move to another area and change flies again until you find the right fly pattern and or the right lake bottom and feeding fish.

Many high lakes are also exposed to seasonal hatches of black carpenter ants and termites that are blown onto the lake from lakeside fir trees. Black ants usually come out in the middle of June or when the air temperature around the lake first gets into the mid 70 degree- range for a few days. If you see one black ant on the water start fishing a black ant because when the fish start hitting the ants, the fly fishing can be fast and furious.

Fly fishing a small high lake of 1/2 mile across is not much of a problem for a small boat or even a float tube. However, larger lakes need to be fished with care because of possible afternoon prevailing winds can create rough and choppy water conditions that can pose a danger to a small boat. Float tubers always need to wear a life vest and small boaters should always wear them when underway or during rough water conditions.

I hope these fly-fishing tips will help you to better enjoy the outdoor experience. Remember to check the state fishing regulations for the waters that you are going to fish.

Be careful, and good luck fishing the High Lakes of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

By: Stanley Stanton
Stanley Stanton: Oregon Fly Fishing Guide and McKenzie River fishing guide, Visit: http://www.oregon-fly-fishing-with-stan.com. For trout fly fishing tips, how to fly fish information, plus guided Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing, Steelhead Fly Fishing, classes for beginners and advanced fly fishing and Oregon Salmon Fishing.

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Perch are a great fish for young and old. They can be fished at any time of the year and in many depths of water. Perch are a great starter fish for kids or catching the big ones can be a great challenge to even the seasoned angler. Some of the biggest and most impressive catches are caught in the winter time.

Most perch are caught 2 or 3 inches off the bottom of the lake. Live bait is usually the bait of choice for most anglers with maggots being the most popular. You can tip a lead head jig with bait or use a plain number 4 to 6 hook with a split shot about six inches above the hook.

Perch can be found in many of the same places that you would find walleye. In the spring time you can look for them in the shallow bays and on shallow flats where the sun is warming up the water. For the rest of the year you can fish weedy or rocky humps. My favorite place in the summer time is in deep water with high weeds. I fish just above the weeds. You should try this; I think you will be surprised at what comes out of the weeds to feed on your hook.

You don't want to use heavy tackle when fishing for perch. Light tackle is preferred because perch are not heavy fighters. You shouldn't use more then 4 pound test. The lighter tackle makes casting the smaller hooks easier.

For many years perch fishing has been a great way to kill a bad day of fishing. Perch fishing has helped in the bonding of many fathers and their kids. It has even helped to get a lot of women involved in the great sport of fishing. So remember that no matter what a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work.

By: Dale Mazurek
Dale is an expert self taught fisherman for the last 35 years. He would like to share his stories and tips with the world. You can check out his blog at http://fishingtutor.blogspot.com he is also an avid writer in the process of getting his first novel published. Check out his other blogs at stcajo-readshortstories.blogspot.com/ and relationshiptidbits.blogspot.com.

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Fly tying can be easy and fun. It is important not only to select the right knot for a particular job but to tie it properly. Poorly Tied knots will mean lost fish. In this article, we discuss a few basic steps to follow when fly tying all knots for fly fishing, followed by some ingenious ways you can obtain free fly tying materials.

Three Basic Steps

Lubricate knots: Before you tighten a knot, lubricate it with saliva or by dipping it in the water. This will help the knot slide and seat properly. Lubrication also decreases excessive heat which dramatically weakens monofilament. Heat is generated by the friction created when knots are drawn up tight.

Seat the knot: Tighten knots with a steady, continuous pull. Make sure the knot is tight and secure. After it is tied, pull on the line and leader to make sure it holds. It is better to test it now than when a fish is on.

Trim neatly: Use nippers to trim the material as close as possible without nicking or damaging the fly tying knot.

Free Fly Tying Materials Around Your Home A quick browse around your house may yield some inexpensive and creative fly tying materials. If you need some glow ball material so you can tie a few eggs try the yarn you have in the house. Use some colors you think might work well. Pull a few strands off and begin tying your eggs. Mixed a few colors just to see what patterns you get.

These have been reported to work really well on the Colorado river. POW! Fish go for the egg. Cast after cast will yield some nice trout in the 16-24" range. The best pattern is an orange yarn with a pink strand.

Consider also some of the following fly tying materials:

Dubbing Dryer Lint - Choose the right color close to dry and then pull the lint out and use as common dubbing materials.

Brush the Dog - Several breeds such as Chows have thick undercoats. The fur makes a great natural material for dubbing.

Feathers A look around the yard or park can yield some interesting feathers to use for tying. Just a note however, wild birds are known for mites so take steps to insure you don't end up infecting your purchased features with these nasty critters.

Suggestions for avoiding mites:

Zap the materials in the microwave for 30sec. Put them in a plastic baggy and freeze them for a few days.

Stay away from dead birds. They could have been infected with a disease.

Foam body Packing foam commonly used for electronics work great. Just cut off a small strip and presto you have your body material. Need a different color than white, pull out a permanent marker such as a Sharpe and apply the desired color.

Furs Any old stuffed animals laying around? Some synthetic furs will work well on your hand tied flies.

Just take a look around the house and you will find items to substitute your traditional fly tying materials. Its a great way to save a few dollars and expand your creativity. You might even find that perfect combination to land that Fly Fishing trophy!

Another alternative is too take a trip to the local craft store. They also are a great resource for Fly Tying materials such as feathers, furs, threads, beads, etc.

By: Peter Halpin
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