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November 20, 2009
By Captain Jim HirtLet me explain how to be more productive by following some basic rules and using basic tools. Activity and habits of fish are dictated by many variables. A rather basic approach will put you on fish and keep you there. I will cover how to find the most productive zones by species Article number one covered Chinook now let's look at Brown Trout as it applies to Lake Michigan and other big water ecosystems. Get caught up by reading article number one titled Fishing The Zone For Salmon Milwaukee #1. This information is necessary to understand the follo
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He rolled up in a big silver suburban. Bob Skoronski retired (Green Bay Packer)was driving. I fish pretty often with Bob Skoronski. This was the fifth time I had beentrout fishing with Coach Bob Knight (retired). Coach Knight flashed me a big smileand we decided to gear up right there in the parking lot of the gas station where we usuallymeet at. As the Coach geare...
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As much as I savor the sheer thrill of getting out on the water, I also realize if your going fishing, why not catch fish? Seem's a pretty rudimentary assumption, but I'm guilty all to often of not assessing my angling goals and current availability before setting out to land fish. What I'm saying is you don't take a crappie rod and reel combination to land big water salmon and you you probably wo...
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To catch fish you first need to find them. A pretty elementary analysis, but accurate and often overlooked. Anglers will research, test and try literally everything made and sold, but cast a $10 lure in your bath tub and catching a fish is all luck. It's a crude analogy, but needed get your attention and set your mind to intentio...
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Trout fishing can be frustrating when the trout are not cooperating. Some of the time it is not the trout being willy. A trout has the brain the size of a pea. Trout are instinctive and react to situations that are out of the normal for their environments. More often than not it is angler error that caused the lose of a trout or not...
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I needed a new storage system for my rods, so I decided to try and come up with something that would let me store a number of rods, and also not take up a lot of room. I also wanted something that was a little "unique." Here's what I came up with....
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It was about 8:00 A.M. Sunday morning the last week of October 2004 when I got the phone call. " Its on! Lets go! " It was the excited voice of one of my new fishing buddys. "OK let me sweet talk the wife and call you right back" I replied. ...
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Milwaukee Fishing Lake Michigan Salmon Report 6/23/09By Capt. Jim HirtLate June the action on Lake Michigan out of Milwaukee has moved offshore. The surface temperature is up to 61 degrees and the fish are deeper and scattered. Go deep and fish for Chinook, Coho, Rainbow and Lake Trout. Photo is Debbie Boettchel and her 19.5 pound Chinook.Patterns and progr...
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Alaska Discount Vacations is offering a great deal on the following.3 King Salmon Fishing Trips on the Kenai and Kasilof RiversThe top 2 ranked King Salmon Rivers in North America1 Halibut Fishing Trip out of Homer Alaskafor 4 people.Trip is for a Hard Core Fishing Camp on the Kenai River and includes week in cabin.Cost is $3495.00 That is $895 pe...
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We’ve all seen it or done it, after that long day fishing. We leave "rigged" rods in rod holders to and from the fishing grounds and back to the garage until the next trip. Many bank fishermen tote their rods around for days in the back of their pick-up truck. Then when they finally get around to it, these rods are stood up in a corner of the garage or somewhere similar to wait un...
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Thought some of you might like to see what I came up with last year for that "far away" pole when bankfishing . All it is, is a modified baby monitor. You can pick up a used baby monitor system at just about any thrift store for under two bucks....
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