Some Techniques for River, Lake and Sea Fishing

Fishing can be an enjoyable and relaxing hobby or past time and there are various ways to fish which means wherever you live it should not be difficult to participate in this sport. You may choose either river fishing, lake fishing or sea fishing.

Freshwater fishing is classified as either fly or game fishing for salmon or trout, or coarse fishing, for any other fish. This involves fly-fishing where the fisherman attracts the fish with a lure on his hook that is made to resemble flies or small water creatures.

Coarse fishing requires the hook to be baited with food (maggots, worms or bread) and is either held on the bottom with a weight or suspended just below the surface with a float.

Sea angling is similar to coarse fishing but stronger equipment is used.

Ledgering A weight know as a ledger weight, on the coarse fisherman's line holds the bait down where it will attract fish feeding near the bottom, such as bream, trench and barbell. The fishing line runs freely through the ledger weight so that the fish feels no resistance when it takes the bait. Ledgering is a good technique when fishing both still and running water.

To use this technique first assemble your fishing tackle and bait the hook. Be sure to stand where your shadow will not fall on the water, as this will frighten the fish. To attract the fish to your stretch of water throw in ground bait or hook bait. If you are fishing running water throw it in just upstream.

You can purchase ground bait in fishing tackle shops or make your own by drying out stale bread in an oven and crumbling it finely. Soak a small handful of ground bait and press it into the size of a table-tennis ball. Throw in just a few balls as more than that will leave the fish too full and uninterested in the hook bait...

Cast the baited hook using a fixed spool reel. After casting take up any slack line, point the rod away from the bait, and lay it in rests with its tip near the water.

Fix a quivertip or swingtip to the rod end. A quivertip is a small device made of glass or carbon and quivers at the slightest touch of the hook. A swingtip is a rubber device that hangs from the tip of the rod and swings upwards when a fish bites.