Answers About Bass Fishing Tackle
May 13, 2012 by Daniel Ambrose · Leave a Comment
Donna asks…
What kind of bass tackle can I use for steelhead fishing?
I do have a small assortment of in-line spinners, spoons, and small plastics I started using for trout in NC. Now I live in Oregon and want to try for steelhead and was wondering what kind of artificial I can use that I already have. Jigs, small cranks, soft plastics? any ideas or techniques? Really don’t want to go out and buy a bunch of new tackle. Rods and reels are no problem.
Daniel Ambrose answers:
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest. The good news is…you are going to love fishing here. I am particularly fond of the Columbia River. The bad news is…salmon and steelhead fishing is a whole new ball game. I’m wouldn’t bother trying to accomodate existing equipment and techniques…you are going to have to do some assimilation. As you already know, you have to head down to the river and spend time with the guys who fish a particular area…techniques and terminal tackle will vary even within a relatively limited stretch of the river. And, of course, there’s no substitute for knowing the river.
Also, the trick here is how NOT to catch bass when you are after something else.
Helen asks…
What tackle is recommended that could cover both catfish and bass fishing?
Daniel Ambrose answers:
A very interesting question, you are talking about two very different fish. Catfish tend to feed mainly of the bottom, were bass are more a predatory fish that will look for and chase their pray any wear. I think if you were talking about bait fishing, well there would be little to none in difference to that. There are some great books on the subject, and if you wish, visit my blog , there is some good reading there, I hope that helps.
E.C.
David asks…
are there any new MUST HAVE bass fishing lures or tackle for 2008?
Daniel Ambrose answers:
How about some Lucky Craft jerkbaits with a REAL FISH SKIN COVERING! I know you want one! Find them here along with other great bass tourney winning products like the e21 Legend Carrot Stix (30% graphite, 70% carrots!).
Http://www.deloscustomtackleshack.com/jerkbaits/real_skin_luckycraftjerk_78sp.htm
http://www.deloscustomtackleshack.com/rods/e21_carrotstick.htm
The 2008 iCast show won’t be until next summer when the best of 2008 tackle will be made public. We will all be waiting with baited breath.
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The ‘Thumbs Downer’ missed me! Must be passed his bed time.
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How many bass fishing lures does it take?
May 7, 2009 by Daniel Ambrose · 1 Comment
Have you got an ungodly amount of bass fishing lures? I mean really, just how many bass fishing lures does it take? Recently, a friend and I were doing a little bass fishing and this is how these things get started.
It was a peaceful sunny day at the back of my friends twenty acres where we were just getting started bass fishing in his private lake, when my friend pulled out this huge tackle box from his pickup and started fingering through all these different bass fishing lures.
Now I looked at my friend and then the massive quantity of bass fishing lures he had displayed and I could not help but ask him, “are you going to open a bass fishing lure shop?” He looked at me, just a little dumbfounded, in my opinion, and said “you never know what them varmints are going to take a notion to strike at.”
Now who in the world talks like that? I laughed until I nearly cried, and then I asked my friend “if you had used all of the bass fishing lures you had in your tackle box, why did you not just get rid of the lures that did not catch any bass?
He responded; “maybe they were not hungry that day.”
Now I kid you not, there is something to be said about the honesty in which he truly believed himself to be responding to my questions, and folks, we are not in Tennessee, not that I have anything against Tennesseans, but who in the state of Indiana, born and raised, talks like that?
But lets find the moral of our little story; “how many bass fishing lures does it take?” Well, I do not claim to know how many bass fishing lures it takes, but I will say that if your spending thirty minutes sifting through them to find the perfect bass fishing lure, the bass may eat their fill before you ever get your line into the water. Hence, another day they may not of been hungry. I know this may seem silly, but I could not resist sharing it with you.
And, for my friend, who will remain anonymous, I meant you no disrespect, just remember that I write about the things I love, so you know I love you. 