Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
- Identifying Freshwater Fish
- Have you ever caught a fish and have not been sure of what it is? Find out about all about it using HuntStats.com’s Fish identification. Click on the Type of fish you have or match it to the pictures. Then pick the exact fish you’ve got and read all about it.
- Catching more Freshwater Fish
- General Tips and Techniques for catching more freshwater fish. Use our tips to make your fishing more productive. Got a good tip? Share it with your fellow fishermen by submitting a tip online.
- Bass Fishing
- Bass are indigeous to the continental USA and like still water. They love cover and will most often be found in weedy areas. Our favorite place to fish for Bass is amongst the lilly pads on a cloudy day. You may catch Bass year round but the best temperature for catching bass is betwenn 50 and 80 degrees with 70 degress being the optimal. Bass will grow on average to 2-3 pounds with the largemouth species growing somewhat larger.
- Crappie Fishing in the Cracks
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- Bass Fishing Tips
- Bass bite on more different colors than most fish. Water color has a lot to do with what colors they can see best and therefore what colors they’ll bite best on. If it’s muddy, you can’t go wrong with chartreuse or white or a combination of the two.
Catfish are indigeous to the continental USA and like still water. They love to lie at the bottom. They love smelly bait but will take live bait as well. They are scavengers and will eat just about anything.
Saltwater Fishing
- Identifying Saltwater Fish
- Have you ever caught a fish and have not been sure of what it is? Find out about all about it using HuntStats.com’s Fish identification. Click on the Type of fish you have or match it to the pictures. Then pick the exact fish you’ve got and read all about it.
- Pier Fishing Tips and Techniques
- Fish are migratory. Try different sides of the pier and pay attention to times and weather conditions when you are catching fish. Use a good log book to take notes. Fish the Break Water Watch for birds. Where the gulls or terns are usually so are the fish.
- King Mackerel – Royalty of the Gulf
- A mackerel is any one of a number of different species of fish, mostly in the family Scombridae. They occur in all tropical and temperate seas. Most live offshore in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) enter bays and can be caught near bridges and piers.