We all want to catch more fish, right? Catching more and bigger fish always sounds like a good idea to me. One of the best ways to achieve the goal of catching more fish is to educate yourself a little bit and be come a better angler. I'm not talking about studying fishing for three hours a day and making the study of fishing like a job, bit keeping yourself up to date on what's going on and learning new techniques is always a good idea. Think about it. What is it that truly separates a brain surgeon from the rest of us? Education, that's it. They've spent a ton of time studying and learning their craft. We should spend time learning our craft as well. Successful anglers aren’t the people who grab their fishing gear twice a year and head down to the local pond or river. Those people never catch more fish, because they spend no time learning their craft.



One of the best techniques for catching more fish is to learn to fish live bait effectively. Many anglers think fishing with worms is for eight year olds and those people who go fishing gear twice a year. Although these two groups do use worms for bait, they surely don't do it effectively. The people who learn to use worms effectively are more like the brain surgeons. Live worms are an incredibly effective way to catch fish, and not only fish, but trophy fish. The 1st key to fishing worms successfully is to present them naturally. That means when the worm is being used as bait, you want it to look like it's not being used as bait. You want your worm to look like it just crawled out from under an underwater rock and is now in the water. The best single way to accomplish this is to employ gang hooks. Gang hooks are simply 2 small hooks tied in tandem, thus allowing the angler to rig a live worm in an outstretched and natural manner. Using gang hooks to fish your live bait effectively will help you catch more fish.

Another simple thing for an angler to do that will help them catch more fish is to make sure that your hands are clean before rigging up. Remember, a fish's sense of smell is quite keen and the smell on your hands will transfer to the bait that you're tying on. That bait could be live or a lure, it doesn't matter. The point is that if you spilled gasoline on your hands, for example, that smell will transfer to your bait and result in many less bites. If the fish can sense a foreign substance they're much less likely to try to eat it. When I'm fishing, I grab a handful of weeds or dirt and rub it in my hands before baiting up. This is quite effective for eliminating un natural odors from your hands.

These two simple techniques will help you catch more fish. Most of the most effective techniques are simple and easy. Spending a ton of money or buying the next gadget isn't at all necessary. Many times the difference between catching fish and going home without a bite are as simple as the two techniques referred to in this article.