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re: Finding The Bait
Posted on 10/21/15 at 10:33 am to Black
Posted on 10/21/15 at 10:33 am to Black
Understanding the normal lifecycle of typical bait fish and their movement in the body of water depending on water temp, oxygenation, and time of year is important.
This is shallow water, deep water, open water, near structure, in spawning areas, etc. You need to know where to start looking.
After that you use available patterns to predict where inside of those areas the bait fish will freely move or be pushed.
This is current, shade, wind, bottom substrate, and available food sources like vegetation.
Finally you actually look for signs of baitfish in the form of birds, oil slicks, dead floating baitfish, baitfish flickering/busting on surface, the smell of large groups of baitfish, and electronic signature of baitfish.
With experience you begin to identify which groups of baitfish are actively being pursued by game fish and then it all aligns and your line gets tight.
This is shallow water, deep water, open water, near structure, in spawning areas, etc. You need to know where to start looking.
After that you use available patterns to predict where inside of those areas the bait fish will freely move or be pushed.
This is current, shade, wind, bottom substrate, and available food sources like vegetation.
Finally you actually look for signs of baitfish in the form of birds, oil slicks, dead floating baitfish, baitfish flickering/busting on surface, the smell of large groups of baitfish, and electronic signature of baitfish.
With experience you begin to identify which groups of baitfish are actively being pursued by game fish and then it all aligns and your line gets tight.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 11:15 am to Bleeding purple
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Understanding the normal lifecycle of typical bait fish and their movement in the body of water depending on water temp, oxygenation, and time of year is important.
This is shallow water, deep water, open water, near structure, in spawning areas, etc. You need to know where to start looking.
After that you use available patterns to predict where inside of those areas the bait fish will freely move or be pushed.
This is current, shade, wind, bottom substrate, and available food sources like vegetation.
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Is there literature on this stuff or do i learn by experience?
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