| So what is the best way to present live bait? | | | | with live bait, but not worms? The exact |
| The best way to present live bait is really | | | | same principles mentioned above apply. You |
| pretty simple. The best way is the natural | | | | want the bait to look as natural as is |
| way. You want your bait to appear to be as | | | | possible. If it's a minnow, you want it to |
| normal as possible. For example, if you're | | | | look like a wounded minnow. If you're using |
| fishing in your favorite stream, you want is | | | | a leach, you still want it to look like a |
| to seem to the fish that the worm that you're | | | | leach when it's the water. The same goes for |
| using for bait has just crawled out from | | | | a crawfish, for example. You're going to |
| under an underwater rock and is now tumbling | | | | catch more fish, the more natural your bait |
| naturally with the current. Or if you're | | | | looks. It's that simple. |
| lake fishing, you want the bait to appear as | | | | |
| natural as is possible. The more natural | | | | Hook size is also very important with most |
| your bait looks, the better results you will | | | | freshwater fish in North America. And most |
| have.What you want to avoid is the ever | | | | people use hooks for live bait that are |
| popular "worm ball". This is where a | | | | entirely too large.For example I've hooked |
| fisherperson takes a worm and hooks it over | | | | and subsequently landed many rainbow trout |
| and over on a hook that's much too large, | | | | that measured from 18 inches to 23 inches on |
| thus creating the "worm ball". Although | | | | size 10 hooks! For those of you who don't |
| small fish may fall for this, large ones | | | | know, that's a small hook. Most people would |
| won't. I see all too much of the dreaded | | | | look at a size 10 hook and say, "what are you |
| "worm ball" on our rivers and streams. It's | | | | going fishing for, minnows?" But when you |
| just not necessary, not to mention not | | | | employ fishing equipment such as gang hooks, |
| productive and completely unnecessary.A | | | | that's the size hook that should be used for |
| person should employ a "gang hook", | | | | much of your freshwater fishing. When a worm |
| especially when fishing with the good old | | | | is rigged on a gang hook using size 10 hooks, |
| American worm. A gang hook is simply two | | | | the hooks are barely detectible, and that's |
| small hooks tied in tandem. With some | | | | what you're looking for. If you use gang |
| research, their fairly easy to tie yourself, | | | | hooks, you will catch more fish, there's no |
| or you could purchase them from someone like | | | | doubt about it.Trevor Kugler, 20 year |
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