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Florida Professional Fishing Guide

Florida offers some of the best fishing in the United States with species such as largemouth and smallmouth bass, redfish, snook, spotted sea trout, mahi-mahi and tarpon. Anglers can roam the numerous coastal waters of Florida independently or with the expertise of professional and experienced fishi

How to Catch Black Drum

Black drum are salt water fish that are very fun to catch and also provide a great table fare. With a few easy steps you can increase the amount and size of back drum you catch.

How to Buy Meal Worms

Meal worms are the larva of the meal worm beetle. Although they are considered to be pests, meal worms are most often used for fishing and feeding other animals such as birds. Moreover, meal worms contain a high level of protein and are an excellent nutritional source. Buy meal worms to use as bait,

Using Red Worms as Fish Bait

Use red worms as fish bait to attract fish for hours to come. Although there are many options out there when it comes to fishing bait, many anglers choose the red worm because of how delicious it is to fish. There are other benefits to using the red worm as fish bait.

A Turtle Craft With Seashells

If you love turtles and want to incorporate them into a craft, cowrie shells are the right shape, and come in multiple sizes. Turtles come in many different species that live at least part-time in freshwater or saltwater habitats. These long-lived vertebrate reptiles depend on their shells as backbo

Choosing an Optimal Charter Fishing Online

Charter fishing is fun irrespective of whether one is alone or with a group of people. It is pertinent to hire the best netting guides to help one carry out their adventure endeavors to the ...

How to Rig Herring for Sturgeon Fishing

The white sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North America, potentially reaching lengths of 20 feet and weights of up to 1,800 lbs. However, there is no record of a sturgeon over 1,000 lbs. having ever been landed using conventional rod and reel fishing techniques. Anglers use many different

How to Install a New Line on an Ultralight Shakespeare Trigger Cast Reel

Beginning anglers tend to use ultralight Shakespeare trigger cast reels the most, since the reels are easy to cast and retrieve. But like all fishing reels, they are not of much use for fishing unless they are loaded with fishing line. While advanced anglers may change their line more often, novice

You can Flounder in Your Fishing Boat

Apparently fishing isn't floundering as Thanksgiving 2011 nears. Well, as long as you are angling for flounder in your fishing boat. From Galveston Bay to Tampa Bay, flounder are the fish that anglers are pulling ...

Diet of the Oarfish

Oarfish, in the fish family Regalecidae, are the longest boned fish known to man. The fish received its name due to the rowing motion it makes when it swims. Although the oarfish looks threatening, it’s main food sources are plankton and other small animals. Rarely seen by humans, this fish po

How to Tie Different Fishing Knots

A fishing line is only as strong as the knot that holds the hook to the line or the line to the pole. A knot that slips loses a lure or even an entire catch. Knots are held together by friction. Many of the knots used to tie fishing line are modified sailing knots. However, because fishing line is s

A List of Freshwater Fish in Amite, Louisiana

Amite is in a water-rich region of northern Louisiana. The Tangipahoa river flows through the outskirts of the town, which is surrounded by numerous lakes and ponds. The region is also dominated by marsh lands with some deep enough to sustain numerous populations of freshwater fish.

How to Make a Split Shot Bass Rig

When many people think about bass fishing, they conjure up ideas of stout rods, big lures and heavy cover. Split shot rigs are on the other end of the spectrum. Known as a finesse technique, fishing for bass with a split shot rig involves light line, small lures and spots without a bunch of snags. W

How to Tie a Soft Hackled Wet Fly

Keeping a few soft hackled wet flies in the tackle box is a good idea. These flies are highly versatile and present a solid back-up fly when you can't figure out what else the fish are hitting. Learn the recipe-pattern for the soft hackled wet fly and use it to make custom size and colored flies whe

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, Fishing Guides

Pack up your tackle box and head to Wrightsville Beach for great fishing.Fishing image by Antonio Oquias from Fotolia.comCast a line into the Cape Fear River or the deep ocean waters running along Wrightsville Beach. The North Carolina coastal region, also known as the Cape Fear Coast,...

Amazing Facts About Pearls

Most people know that pearls come from oysters, but many people may not understand how a pearl forms or how amazing they actually are. People have used pearls for centuries in jewelry or ornamentation and even, in crushed form, as face powder. Since they have been a common part of culture for so lon

Ohio Hunting Resorts

Ohio has a reputation as a state with large deer for huntingdeer image by Joan Stanton from Fotolia.comOhio has a variety of land types, ranging from rolling forested hills, to intensely worked farmland, to river bottoms, all of which is great habitat for deer. There are more than 70,000...

DIY Cowrie Shell Bracelet

Cowries are a group of marine snails that range from small to large in size and are found in oceans around the world. Their shells are smooth, shiny and exhibit a variety of colors and designs that make them appealing. They are commonly used to make a range of crafts and have become popular in makin

How to Spot Trout in a River

Trout is a fish spawning from the salmonid species found in freshwater and saltwater. From spring through fall, trout often are found in cooler rivers that attach to lakes. The trout's colors help them adapt to their environments and camouflage them from predators. Learning how to spot trout from ab

Hog Hunting in Indiana

Hog hunting provides a different challenge than hunting for deer and turkey. With no permit needed to hunt, a year-round season and no bag limits, hunters in Indiana can get plenty of hunting experience tracking feral or wild hogs across the state.