| So what is the best way to present live bait? The | | | | you're fishing with live bait, but not worms? The exact |
| best way to present live bait is really pretty simple. The | | | | same principles mentioned above apply. You want the |
| best way is the natural way. You want your bait to | | | | bait to look as natural as is possible. If it's a minnow, |
| appear to be as normal as possible. For example, if | | | | you want it to look like a wounded minnow. If you're |
| you're fishing in your favorite stream, you want is to | | | | using a leach, you still want it to look like a leach when |
| seem to the fish that the worm that you're using for | | | | it's the water. The same goes for a crawfish, for |
| bait has just crawled out from under an underwater | | | | example. You're going to catch more fish, the more |
| rock and is now tumbling naturally with the current. Or | | | | natural your bait looks. It's that simple. |
| if you're lake fishing, you want the bait to appear as | | | | Hook size is also very important with most |
| natural as is possible. The more natural your bait looks, | | | | freshwater fish in North America. And most people |
| the better results you will have.What you want to | | | | use hooks for live bait that are entirely too large.For |
| avoid is the ever popular "worm ball". This is where a | | | | example I've hooked and subsequently landed many |
| fisherperson takes a worm and hooks it over and | | | | rainbow trout that measured from 18 inches to 23 |
| over on a hook that's much too large, thus creating the | | | | inches on size 10 hooks! For those of you who don't |
| "worm ball". Although small fish may fall for this, large | | | | know, that's a small hook. Most people would look at a |
| ones won't. I see all too much of the dreaded "worm | | | | size 10 hook and say, "what are you going fishing for, |
| ball" on our rivers and streams. It's just not necessary, | | | | minnows?" But when you employ fishing equipment |
| not to mention not productive and completely | | | | such as gang hooks, that's the size hook that should |
| unnecessary.A person should employ a "gang hook", | | | | be used for much of your freshwater fishing. When a |
| especially when fishing with the good old American | | | | worm is rigged on a gang hook using size 10 hooks, |
| worm. A gang hook is simply two small hooks tied in | | | | the hooks are barely detectible, and that's what you're |
| tandem. With some research, their fairly easy to tie | | | | looking for. If you use gang hooks, you will catch more |
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