Fishing has grown to become much of professions just as it’s an occupation to many people. People catch fish and other varieties of marine products for food as much as means of earning livelihood. // People invest in fishing because it has proven to a worthy venture that pays back. The invest lots of cash on purchase of gears and equipments. The do all this to improve and enhance the fishing, because fishing has become business to them. To other folks, mostly the adventure lovers and extroverts,...
As a world renowned wildlife artist with more then 25 years of passionate commitment to the production of high quality fish mounts (skin mounts), fiberglass fish replicas and habitat recreations, I am convinced that a fish replica produces a far superior fish mount when compared to traditional methods of taxidermy. // There are several reasons why I would choose a replica over the traditional mount. When doing a mounting a fish in the traditional method, the taxidermist takes the trophy fish and...
Assessing Cruise Ships and Cruise Lines – I’ve always been a big fan of cruise ships as a means of angling travel. Though I do far more fly-in and lodge-based trips for pleasure or story assignments, I love the idea of throwing my bags in a cabin, heading out for the high seas, and letting other well-trained folks do the work for me. As an aside, I do know that many of my colleagues are anti-cruise ship, go-it-alone, wilderness junkies- but not me! There are many wonderful islands like...
When you smell or taste food you generally eat what you like and reject what you don’t like. In many ways fish are just the same with our fishing baits. In fact the palatability of your bait is often the deciding factor in whether you get a bite or not at all! // But what makes a fish bite at a bait and get near enough you hook to get caught anyway? There are very many reasons a fish will investigate and sample a bait or common object. Fish are very highly attuned to their aquatic environment...
Like many sports, when you begin to fish you have to obtain a basic assortment of equipment. And, like other sports, you can either spend a whole lot of money, or you can spend just a little to get started. Fortunately, in the case of fishing, you only have to spend a few dollars to begin fishing. You can easily put together a basic fishing kit for under 50 dollars. If you decide you like fishing, and want to do it more often, then you can upgrade your fishing stuff as you go along. But it’s...
I’m sure you’ve seen them there, when you went to the beach: sunglasses, hat, and shorts wearing barefoot guys with long slender fishing rods staring off to the horizon. I also bet you wondered about what, if anything they ever caught and how they know where and when to fish. // I know I did until I tried my hand at surf fishing, and after a many hours of getting nothing but pruney toes, I finally figured out what surf fishing is all about, and since then, it has become an almost spiritual...
The “Lac de Madine” seems to be the No.1 big water destination this year and as such, has usurped “Foret d’ Orient” at the top of the French carp waters tree. Rumours have been rife in the press of late that “Orient” is finished and no longer holds as many big fish. Well, results by friends of mine over the last 12 months have been equal to, if not better than years prior to the “vidange”. Reports of catches of fish to mid-sixties certainly caught...
I have been fishing for over forty years both fresh water and at sea where I for many years owned and skippered a charter fishing boat. All fishermen are the same, no matter how many fish they catch it’s always the same story, why did I not catch more or bigger fish. Maybe it would help to rectify this by remembering the following tips. // Tackle Today there is a huge selection available for every kind of fishing and most of the top brands extremely expensive. This does not mean that you cannot...
Groupers are one of many prized fish that we can catch along all coasts of Florida and the Bahamas. Hard fighting and good eating bottom fish, The Southeastern US particularly Florida Keys groupers provide the best grouper fishing in the world. Groupers are a firm, white meat fish that makes a spectacular onion-garlic sauté for your dinner table. Enough recipe chats!! Let’s catch fish. // Classic method of grouper fishing entails bottom fishing with heavy tackle. Grouper are aggressive strikers,...
France is a country that has a wonderful variety of fishing from the North through to the South and caters for fly fishing, course and game fishing on a wide range of rivers and lakes. Plus there is plenty of coast line for the sea angler to enjoy as well. // Carp fishing, cat fishing, not forgetting course and pike fishing are just some of the holidays that you can enjoy in France and whilst some places cater for the dedicated angler, others are more family orientated with accommodation and activities...