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Comment on Q&A: What are some techniques for bass fishing? by Luke

Luke — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:23:52 +0000

While a lot of people use soft baits for bass fishing, I will set up 3 rods before I head out to the water. One rod with a jointed Rapala. One rod with a spinnerbait. And one rod with a crankbait. I slow reel and twitch the jointed Rapala. I reel the spinner in at a slow to moderate speed and back off occasionally to let it flail and drop. I reel the crankbait at a fast speed. If none of those work, either downsize the size of the lures, or give soft baits a shot!

Comment on Q&A: What are some techniques for bass fishing? by dj

dj — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:16:24 +0000

probably skipping docks on a sunny day with a senko big bass love the shade and usually hit the bait as its falling maybe even skipping swim jigs in shore stations

Comment on Q&A: What are some techniques for bass fishing? by THE DUKE

THE DUKE — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:29:58 +0000

Baas Fishing on soft plastics..wow there are so many great techniques out there.
First try top water scum frogs, fish them very slow in heavy cover and over lily pads.

Second try plastic lizards fished weedless or weighted, fish over heavy cover or off the bottom use back or purple colors.

Third use plastic worms over heavy cover and weighted, try them over lily pads and off the bottom, best colors black or purple.

Forth try tube baits weighted or put them on a jig and fish them slow, try many colors and use sharp hooks for better hook sets.

Fifth try big twister tail on a jig, hot colors work great, twister tails you can buy in single or double, black or white, yellow and purple works great.

Have Fun Fishing.

Comment on Q&A: What are some techniques for bass fishing? by dumdum

dumdum — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:38:03 +0000

Check out this link on fishing the plastics
http://www.bassresource.com/fish/plasticworms.html
Good luck!

Comment on Q&A: What are some techniques for bass fishing? by Josh

Josh — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:01:26 +0000

Google is your friend. Have a look at;

1. Texas Rigging (very awsome setup all year round)
2. Carolina Rigging (great when conditions are right)
3. Drop Shotting (great when fish are being a bit stubborn or in cool to cold water)
4. Wacky Rigging (I haven’t used this setup much but people tend to use it to pull finicky fish out)

These are the 4 main types of rigs for the plastics. Each of those have their own unique ways of rigging and fishing, a bit too much to go into detail about on here. Have a look at Google and Youtube for all of the information you need.

Comment on Q&A: What gear do I need to start salmon fishing in fresh water? Im going for the spinning method I think? by facebook

facebook — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:51:08 +0000

spnning is a good opinion ,
you go through it after an autumn of rainfall.

Comment on Q&A: What gear do I need to start salmon fishing in fresh water? Im going for the spinning method I think? by getREELed

getREELed — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:51:43 +0000

Good, heavy line
Quick and easy, but tight knot
Spinning is definitely a good option if done correctly but fly works too
After the first rainfall in autumn is a great time to go

Good luck!

Comment on Are the guides on fishing rod placed according to personal preference or according to some model? by Aandit

Aandit — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:44:18 +0000

They are placed according to the rods curve when fully loaded so as to maximise the rod’s backbone(rod’s strength) to relieve the stresses acting on the angler when fighting a fish.

The rod builder would have to balance and smooth out the loading curve as well as he could and decide of the number of guides he want to use.

The number of guides used can be limited by costs, desired weight of the rod, rod application(Acid wrap/overhead/spinning, luring rods, jigging rods, trolling rods…etc) and the rod builder would usually look for the most suitable solution.

There are current many brands and types of guides out there made with different materials. Having adequate knowledge of the different type of guides will help the builder put together a rod to best suit the application intended.

Comment on Are the guides on fishing rod placed according to personal preference or according to some model? by AIRFLOW

AIRFLOW — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:28:52 +0000

They depend on the type of reel, rod blank and the rods action, to find out where they need to go you need to find the rods spine, once you have done that you can estimate which side of the blank they need to go on, then you can find how many guides you need depending on the rods length, you know you’ve got the right amount of guides when there are no sharp angles in the line when threaded through the guides and the tip bent, a smooth curve should be seen. There’s also different types of guides, especially on saltwater rods, using s spinning reel the first few eyes will often have a larger diameter than those for a bait caster. Lately it seems to be the trend to use a universal size guide that is in between the two that allows both to be used, also if your using a baitcaster the guides have to be on the other side of the blank to what they would be on a spinning reels rod. Then of course there’s the different kinds of guides, but that’s another LONG story.

Comment on Are the guides on fishing rod placed according to personal preference or according to some model? by Peter_AZ

Peter_AZ — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:26:09 +0000

I’m not aware of a “mathematical” model, but rather an “empirical” one. The guides are placed closer where the rod blank bends more (near the tip), and farther apart where it bends less. So rods which do most of their bending near the tip (“fast” action) will have guides closely spaced up there, and considerably farther apart down towards the handle. Rods which bend throughout their lengths (“slow” action, like fly rods) will have their guides spaced more evenly. In general, the distance between guides on any rod will increase as you get closer to the handle.

Besides this, rods cast better when the first (largest) guide is a ways from the reel. This varies with the size and type of reel and the length of the rod, but it can be from 1.5 to 3 feet or so.

The number of guides depends on the stiffness of the rod, the length of the rod, and the type of reel it’s designed for. Spinning rods, designed for use with the reel (and the line) under the rod, will have fewer guides than conventional rods, where the reel and line are on top of the rod.

If you’re building a rod and want to know where to place the guides, the best option is to measure the guide placement (and sizes) on a professionally built rod which uses the same blank (very important, as every model of rod blank bends differently), then try taping the guides in position on your blank, mount a reel on it, and check how they work when the rod bends.