He Is Catching Fish, Why Not Me ?

For the past 14 years or more, fishing has become a major part of our lives and even more so in past couple years since retirement. We now fish about 125-130 days a year on several different lakes and find ourselves feeling more at home on the water.
During a few years of tournament fishing we have learned much more about fishing, but now we mostly fish for fun and to put together info to be shared with you readers and visitors to our website.
We enjoy sharing tips, techniques and info as well as love putting to use any new tricks we learn while testing new products or from seminars.
During this past year we have been asked the question "Why are others catching fish and we are not?"
With this question many times we are hearing "my usual way of fishing is not working". Well if the same-old, same-old is not working, it is time to try a new approach, try different spots and move around in search of good fish holding structure or locate baitfish.
There are endless ways to find information and tips on fishing an if you are among those anglers who can take fishing information and use it during a situation for most fish, then you are in the group with some of the best fishermen.
However, do not become one of those anglers who digs through specific details and stacks of fishing magazines looking for that secret article which describes their lake, their species of fish and the conditions they like most. Well this is not the way to do it. The best way to go about fishing is to learn enough so you can go to any lake or river and within a short time be able to find and catch fish.
This is possible if you take the general knowledge or techniques and apply it to your water and fish.
I have heard the In-Fisherman Staff say "fishing knowledge is fishing knowledge and fish are fish", while referring to their F(fish)+L(location)+P(presentation)=S(success) formula. For us, we add our major times from our calendar to this formula and put together our fishing plan.
We have found that little details can make a big difference in catching fish or not. This can be as subtle as a slight difference in your lure retrieve such as speed or working it in a certain way
Watch others around you and experiment until you find something that works. A good start would be to just work on your casting accuracy or technique such as flippin to enable you to get your lure into the right place.
You can learn to be a successful fisherman, even if it can take some time with practice it will soon happen.
MORE TIPS: If you are getting the fish to strike but can not hook them, you may be fishing too fast or try using a plug that suspends when you pause your retrieve. Other factors can be hooks that are not sharp or a rod tip that is too soft. If you can not land the fish, you may not be setting the hook solidly enough or you may have your drag set too loose. One other thing is to not let slack develop in your line during the fight. The last tip we have for you is when someone gives you fishing advice, GET DETAILS ! As an example, fishing slow or fishing deep can mean different things to different people such as 10-12 feet is deep here but 25-30 foot is deep elsewhere. This will help take the guesswork out of your fishing.
EVENTS: We will be at the Tinley Park Fishing Show, Feb. 6-7. Come see us to purchase your copy of our 2004 Best Times Fishing Calendar with $150 worth of money saving coupons, the Fle-Fly jigging spoons or a set of Frogg Toggs at the best price.
On Feb. 21st I will give a seminar at the Gander Mountain store in Peoria on how to use our Best Times Fishing Calendar, the weather and more for planning your fishing . We will have calendars on that day too.
Or to get your copy of our Best Times Fishing Calendar, go to our website www.larrysfishinghole.com for details on how to order today so you can plan your fishing this year and start using the coupons to save on gear, supplies, guide trips and more.

Till Next Time BYE & GOOD FISHING