but the ones who can calculate barometric pressure, water temperature and wind influence in their head know legitimate quality from smoke-and-mirrors
During these times, lake trout can be found in deeper water, so its important to use deep-diving lures or downriggers to get your bait to the right depth
Learn and master reliable knots like the uni knot or Palomar knot to make sure you don't miss a hookset
On most of my disc drag reels, Im always worried about horsing fish in because of the half-second pause between the fish taking off and the drag engaging, which results in a lot of breakoffs
Fishing is more stable because a worm shaft holds the reel in place and keeps it from twisting or swaying
The wind has a big factor on dipnetting on the river, because that wind pushes the boat and sometimes you have to have the dipnet on one side, because it's impossible to drive if there's a strong wind