The hen came slinking back across the plowed field toward the blind, apparently changing her mind about leaving along with the dominant tom and his harem. Fortunately, she had company. Two silent jakes walked out of the woods behind her and stared at my jake decoy, which sat about 12 paces from my Double Bull blind.
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Polarized glasses allow an angler to look into the water under a variety of light conditions and spot fish — an important part of many types of angling such as casting for bonefish. Today, there are many companies producing polarized fishing glasses, ranging
in price from just over $10, to several hundred dollars on the high end. The question is what is the right pair for you?
A spring breeder, shad show up in their spawning streams each spring all along the East and West Coasts. American shad are an incredible sport fish, and if properly prepared, a delicacy for the table as well. The adults average around 5- to 6 pounds, and are about 20- to 23 inches in length. Here’s how to catch ’em!
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A day in a driftboat is a wonderful experience, running several miles of a stream and fishing areas that most anglers can’t get to. A guided driftboat trip will set you back hundreds of dollars, but for the cost of a couple of guided trips, you can buy your own boat and take as many trips as you want on your own. My friends and I have run a number of rivers with our kickboats. Here are a few of the things that we have learned along the way.
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Oscar is a do-all bird dog, equally at home retrieving ducks or flushing pheasants, but his favorite trick is scattering turkeys. The dog’s job when it comes to fall turkey hunting is to scatter the flock in every direction and then return to his master — rather a neat trick. Finding a flock of turkeys in the fall is the easy part. Scattering them is another thing entirely.
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The trouble with spring panfishing is that in the midst of all the action, continually having to tie on new flies as the crappies and bluegills chew them up is a waste of time. I had been given some saltwater patterns to photograph for a book I was working upon, and came up with the answer — sheet foam.
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The best surface fishing of the year takes place during the herring run, and it’s a lot of fun if you have a herring blitz on your favorite smallmouth river.
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In the realm of fly fishing, nothing is cooler than standing alongside another angler using conventional tackle, and using bait, and catching just as many fish as they do. Multiple fly rigs are standard fare for trout. The question is why can’t warm-water anglers do the same? Here’s how to use them.
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In the realm of fly fishing, nothing is cooler than standing alongside another angler using conventional tackle, and using bait, and catching just as many fish as they do. Multiple fly rigs are standard fare for trout. The question is why can’t warm-water anglers do the same? Here’s how to use them.
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