Building Camping Tents - The Basics
Posted on July 22, 2008
Like everything else in camping, it all comes down to a good preparation. If you go camping you need to know how to set up your camping tents, you need to be absolutely sure that you have every little item that belongs to the tent (sticks, stacks, rope) and that you know exactly all the techniques on how to build your camping tents. If you do not prepare, building camping tents will be a time consuming catastrophe and it can end up with you all having a horrible experience and going home before the camping trip actually starts. So, make sure you are equipped with the right stuff and knowledge in how to use it.
Practice and preparation
Before you go anywhere you need to put your tent up at least one time, if you have a yard that would be perfect if you don’t go to a park and build it there. This way you know if the tent is complete, if you have everything and it saves you an enormous amount of stress later on if you know how to build your tent. Making mistakes is not so bad if it is in your own yard and you do not have to sleep in the tent that night.
Because you leave the luxury of home behind when you go on a camping trip you need to be sure your stay will be as safe and as comfortable as possible. Especially safety is essential on a camping trip. When this is your first camping trip we advise you to choose a location not to far from your home place, this way you can return home when you stumble upon some problems.
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Spoons For Largemouth Bass
Posted on June 24, 2008
By Scott R
One of the earliest lures ever invented is still one of the best. The fishing spoon, basically just a hammered piece of metal will still catch fish like mad, if used in the same conditions that you would use a spinner bait. What do you think a bass is attracted by when it attacks a spinner bait? The dull plastic skirt? Uh.. probably not. So why spends tons of loot on a titanium wire, living plastic spinner bait, when the fish wants the metal blades? Just buy some spoons.
Buying spoons in tons of different sizes and colors is not expensive at all when compared to buying crankbaits and spinner baits. Especially if you don’t go into a big box store, but instead shop online. And, if you change out your hooks on these spoons, with some new split rigs, you will have one of the strongest lures on the planet. You can literally cast spoons right into the side of concrete and they will be perfectly fine.
The beauty of the spoon is that you can find them in all different sizes. From micro spoons all the way up to 2 ounce musky sized spoons. And you want to try all of these sizes. Spoons that are huge will catch average sized bass, and monster bass. If you feel silly throwing a spoon into the water because it is too big then you should probably be using that spoon. Big fish and decent sized fish are programmed to attack big baits with erratic motion, they just can’t help themselves.
Stock up on some largemouth bass spoons and watch your cost of fishing plummet and your catch size and numbers sky rocket.
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Yellow Perch
Posted on April 15, 2008
By Dale Mazurek
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.
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How to Get Started Ice Fishing
Posted on April 9, 2008
by Robert Weber
Ice fishing is a very simple sport and is only as complicated as you wish to make it. You simply need to make a hole in the ice and drop a line down it, and then pull the fish up. What could be simpler?
How to get going:
For starters you can tag along with a buddy from work, or from Forums like ones on this board. Then you can see how it is done and if it is something that looks like fun to you. That way you can see the gear, use it and determine what you would like to have in your own outfit and that which does nothing for you. You can keep your equipment as basic or as exhaustive as your wallet and desire dictate. If the array of equipment is daunting keep telling yourself that people caught fish through the ice for thousands of years without power augers, sonar, and $100 rods. A chisel, a hand line and some bait will catch you fish all day; add more gear if you want to. If you want to fish with tip ups then you’re probably going to have to get an auger, power or hand is again up to you and your wallet. You can always sell off gear you don’t need or like later, figure fair price is half of what you paid— that may keep you from dropping $400 on a gas auger the first day out. Where to drill, and how to rig for certain fish and linkers to boot are involved lessons and we’ll get to them later in other articles, for now let’s pick out the gear we need just to get going and see how to use it.
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Trout Fishing Strategies
Posted on April 4, 2008
More than 20 years ago I had the pleasure of learning how to fish for trout from someone I consider to be a ‘trout fishing master’. I consider him to be a master because of the fact that he caught trophy trout out of rivers and streams in Pennsylvania, that most anglers thought trout of that size didn’t live in. He spent a lot of time on the water fishing for trout, and had many strategies and techniques that other anglers didn’t employ. This man is gone now, but many of the trout fishing strategies that he taught me live on.
The first thing he believed in was using ultra light gear when fishing for trout. I’m talking about four foot rods and very small reels, spooled with four pound test monofilament. Many anglers consider gear this small to be some sort of “ice fishing” equipment, but it’s what he used to catch all of his trout, trophies included. I’ve been using ultra light gear myself ever since this man taught me these strategies, and I wouldn’t use any other equipment for trout fishing.
The next strategy he taught me was to pay attention to my clothes. You see, trout have very keen eyesight and if they detect a fisherman standing on the bank, they are much less apt to bite. This is why “loud” or brightly colored clothing should not be worn when trout fishing. Along the same lines, you also need to pay attention to where your shadow is being cast. Few things can spook o hole like a human shadow being cast into it.
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