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Tip – basic lake fishing tactics
Check out these tips from Far Bank’s Simon Gawesworth to get started lake fishing.
In many areas of the country, lakes are about to exhibit what many anglers refer to as “ice out”, as in melt. As they open up, lakes can be a great place to fish as the fish are typically hungry after a long winter, and they are often cruising around thanks to cold, clean water…
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Tip – Advanced Lake Fishing Techniques
For me and many anglers I know, lake fishing is a mystery.
For me and many anglers I know, lake fishing is a mystery. The basics are there: look for the inlet and outlet of the lake, structure near the surface or along the shoreline. Beyond that, lake fishing remains elusive. Check out this latest tip video with Tom Rosenbauer as he gains a great deal of…
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Five reasons you should be fishing lakes today
Fishing stillwater for trout is so good for you, and good for your game, on so many levels. But many anglers don’t bother. Here are five reasons to go jump in a lake (or at least fish from the shore 1. Knowledge You learn things you don’t often learn on the river. Making casts so…
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Try the float-and-fly technique for still-water trout
The "float-and-fly" technique is pretty similar to the old fly and bubble rig you might have tried as a youngster, or before you completely converted fly fishing
Fly fishing on lakes in late fall can be a crapshoot. Same thing for chasing trout in the early spring after ice-out. Often, you're mingling at the edges of the season where a lake "turns over," or when surface water that's been heated by the sun all summer begins to cool and becomes more dense.…
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Finding ‘lake mode’ out of angling necessity
I'm not much of a lake guy. Don't misunderstand that statement. I like lakes as an idea. Fishing them, though, is problematic, mostly because the lakes I would relish fishing are well off the beaten track — I'm only willing to tote a float tube so far before I lose interest, and I'm only willing…
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