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im a guy who never learned how to fish. i have a fishing liciense and a new rod&reel but how do you catch fish? i will be doing mostly river fishing. how do i set up my line? any basic tips would be appriciated.
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im a guy who never learned how to fish. i have a fishing liciense and a new rod&reel but how do you catch fish? i will be doing mostly river fishing. how do i set up my line? any basic tips would be appriciated.
.shore fishing a river is not the easiest place to learn…. if there is much of a current forget the float or you’ll just be casting and retrieving. make sure your drag is set right! that is a must. when you can ‘read water’ you will notice eddies, water that is moving more slowly than the channel, these are where to look for fish. my very best advice is a book on basic fishing. it will show you all the rigs, knots, etc…good luck.
Are you fishing from shore or a boat? This is a really important factor.
If your fishing from shore then this would be a great thing to learn; Slide on an egg wieght to your line any were from 1/2 to 1 ounce this will help cast and keep you bait at the bottom, then tie on a swivel. Now tie another 3foot piece of line onto the other end of the swivel, slip on a corky orange or yellew in color work well but it’s not that important. now tie your hook on, add a worm, corn maggots, power bait ect. the corky will let your bait float just off the bottom.
If you have any more info taht would help me to answer better, have you bought any tackle, what kind of fish are in this river and you would like to catch? Boat or shore? I hope this helps.
Let’s begin with when you go fishing. We all get a limited amount of time to spend on the water, so we need to maximize our time as much as we can. There are certain times that are better for fishing than others? The more you know about this phenomenon, the better. If you’ve ever had an epic day fishing, where it seemed as if no matter what you threw into the water resulted in you catching fish, it more than likely had to do with this phenomenon.
Specifically, you want to understand the weather and moon, and the ways these two factors impact fishing. The weather and moon hold the key to being on the water when fish are the most active, and being on the water when fish are active is a key to fishing success.
The next river fishing tip is for those of you who use live bait. If live bait is employed when river fishing, natural presentation is a key to success. In other words, we want our live bait to look as natural as possible. This is where gang hooks come into play. Gang hooks are the best way to present live bait in a natural and realistic manner. This is especially true when using live worms as bait. When a live worm is rigged on a set of gang hooks and allowed to flow naturally with the current of a river or steam, the results can be quite dramatic
Hard to answer this, big river, small, rapids, calm water, trout, bass, pike .
I will answer as if it was a rather calm river for some trout.
1 Slow water you can put a sinker 10-14 inches above the hook and cast up steam and let it drift down to you and let it go buy down stream. keep the tip up so you can feel the ( tap ) of a trout.
2 if you see logs across the river try to get your line under this log, move slow if your wadding in this river, dont stir up the mud,
3 at the back side of some obstruction in the river, fish will lay in wait for feed to come by, kinda ambushing its meal.
4 if the water is rather deep and slow, take off as much weight off your line as you can. fish can feel weight and you only need enough weight to get the job done.
5 use the lightest line you can, if your fishing for some trout you want light, I use 6 lb test line…and that is sometimes to big, i have a backup spoil with 4 lb test line,,I use that alot.
6 dont rip the hook out of the fishes mouth, a firm jerk is all you will need to set the hook
7 walk softly around the water and in the water
8 when you catch a fish try and wet your hands before touching the fish, fish have a slime coating to help protect them
9 I like Aberdeen hooks size 6 and 8 ( blood red in collar ) there thin wire and can help you get your hook back from a snag buy keeping steady pressure on the line, they will bend and pop out, you just bend them back when you get your line back to you, and no they wont let a fish off by bending
10 be patient, its called fishing and not catching,
11 spinners also work good on rivers, when the waters warms the fish become more active, spinners work good for this. Panther martins, Viber X , and a good French spinner are my top picks.
12 if you get on a river that has fast water and is a big river then dont be scared of using a egg sinker with a barrel swivel down 12-14 inches to the hook.
13 make sure your hooks are sharp, just because there new dont mean its a good hook, look before you tie it on
14 every so often feel your line for frays, just run your fingers along the line, if it feels rough they clip your line above this and retie your hook/lure
15 a good pair of polarized sun glasses is a god send, you can see in the water and see whats going on, and get rid of the sun glare.
16 if this fish takes the hook deep into his mouth than clip your line as far down as you can, if you are always clipping your line try going bigger on your hook size.
I could go on for hours but try Gander mountain, bass pro, cables they have how to tips somewhere on there web site
Good luck and save some for me …..
It depends on what kind of fish you are fishing for as to how you set up your line. I will tell you about for catfish since that is what i fish for. I use a saltwater reel with 40 pound test. At the end I put a swivel snap and into that swivel snap I also snap in a pyramid shaped lead weight. I add a leader that is 10″ long and at the end of that leader is another swivel snap. I use a large hook and beef liver from the store or a frozen bait shrimp that I thread onto the hook carefully so the fish can’t take it at first bite. You can try variations of this rig, adding a float and fishing nearer to the surface or like it is on the bottom. You may get hung up in logs in some places fishing on bottom and have to use a float all of the time. There are some good blood baits sold on the internet and at discount stores. I also make lines called throwlines that I bait and leave tied to a limber limb (legal in some but not all waters) and I catch quite a few catfish using a trotline that I set across two points across a body of water and weight in the middle. Here is a link to an article on trotlines.