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Northern Largemouth Bass

Northern Largemouth Bass

Largemouth bass are caught on a variety of baits, both natural and artificial. Depending on the time of the year, bass can be caught in shallow water ...
Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout

Effective baits are worms, salmon eggs, powerbait, corn, cheese, marshmallows, artificial lures and flies. The number one key to successful trout ...
Steelhead

Steelhead

Resident rainbow rarely attain a large size in California. Steelhead rainbow grow much larger because they migrate to the ocean and spend one or more ...
Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish

Most channels are caught by bottom fishing with baits such as dried chicken blood, chicken livers or gizzards, and nightcrawlers. They prefer dead or ...
Bluegill

Bluegill

Because of its willingness to take a variety of natural baits (e.g., crickets, grass shrimp, worms) and artificial lures (e.g., small spinners or ...
Brown Trout

Brown Trout

  7 reviews
One of the first introductions of brown trout in the United States was in Branch Lake, Ellsworth, Maine, in 1885. This trout grows to large sizes in ...
Brook Trout

Brook Trout

  6 reviews
The brook trout takes bait or a fly readily and is quite easily caught, even by inexperienced fishermen. This characteristic, combined with its high ...
Northern Pike

Northern Pike

Effective lures and bait for pike are LARGE spoons, spinners, plugs or waterdogs. Northern pike have sharp teeth, so many anglers use a wire leader ...
Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass

  6 reviews
Effective lures for smallmouth, are those that resemble minnows, plastic worms and streamer flies. Live baits include minnows, hellgrammites and ...
Walleye

Walleye

  5 reviews
Because of light-sensitive eyes, walleyes feed more actively early in the morning, late in the evening, or at night. Effective lures and baits ...
Coho Salmon

Coho Salmon

  4 reviews
In the ocean, coho salmon are fished primarily by trolling with dead bait (anchovy, herring, etc.) or any of several types of lures. Occasionally, ...
White Crappie

White Crappie

  5 reviews
Effective bait and lures are minnows, small jigs, silver spoons, spinners and flies fished along shorelines around submerged brush piles and fallen ...
Cutthroat Trout

Cutthroat Trout

  3 reviews
The same techniques used to catch rainbow trout work well for cutthroats. They may be caught on a variety of flies and artificial lures but a live ...
Chinook Salmon

Chinook Salmon

  4 reviews
In the ocean, chinook salmon are fished principally by trolling dead bait or artificial lures. Occasionally, live bait will be used while ...
Butterfly Peacock Bass

Butterfly Peacock Bass

  2 reviews
Butterfly peacocks are native to Central and South America, but they were stocked in the fresh water sections of the major coastal canals in ...
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