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Over the past twenty five or so years I have enjoyed one particular type of fishing bait over all others and that type of bait is known affectionately as live bait. Now, live bait can be employed in virtually all fishing situations, but there are a few live bait fishing techniques that I have found to be particularly effective in my fishing “career” and in this article I will outline these live bait techniques so that you can add them to your repertoire and begin experiencing more fishing success.

Before I get down to the techniques themselves it’s important to point out that I have always found that using fishing line that is as light as possible is of the utmost importance anytime that you are fishing with live bait. No matter what type of bait you are using (minnows, worms, crayfish, of even crickets) in my experience the lighter the fishing line the more bites you will get. The reason for this is that when you use light line (I prefer 2-6 pound test monofilament) your line is invisible to the fish that you are attempting to catch and the focus of the fishes attention is the bait, which means that the fish tend not to get “spooked” by noticing your fishing line.

With that being said, let’s get down to business what do you say?

1. The Slip Bobber Technique – If you are going to use a bobber for fishing, using a slip bobber is a “must” in my opinion. A slip bobber is “slipped” onto your line and a bobber stop is used for stopping the bobber to increase or decrease the depth at which your bait is from the bobber itself. This gives you much more control over where the live bait is in relation to the bobber itself, as well as providing direct contact with your live bait for feeling bites and setting the hook. The slip bobber technique is very popular among crappie fishermen who use live minnows in lakes and reservoirs, but can also be utilized in rivers for trout, bass, and even walleye fishing. Using a slip bobber in conjunction with live minnows or other bait fish is one of the best live bait fishing techniques that you will come across.

1. The Gang Hook Technique – This live bait technique is best employed when using live worms as bait. Those live worms could be red worms (sometimes called red wigglers) or their larger cousins, night crawlers. The key to the technique are the”gang hooks” themselves which enable live worms to be presented in an outstretched and natural manner, making the worm that much more appealing to the fish that you are attempting to catch. As far as live bait techniques are concerned the gang hook technique is deadly. This is especially true when you are “drift fishing” in a river of stream, but the technique can be used successfully in various other fishing scenarios as well.

The bottom line is that there are thousands of live bait fishing techniques that can be employed by anglers, but when it comes to fishing for the most popular and abundant species of freshwater fish, the aforementioned choices are difficult to beat. Give one or both of them a try sooner rather than later and start experiencing more fishing success.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com a website focused on river and stream fishing with a focus on fishing for trout. He has more than 25 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and has spent much of that time fishing for the beautiful fish called trout.

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