Krabi Newsletter April 2009

How To Use A Fish Finder To Catch More Fish

Free Info and Tips When Buying A Boat Trailer

A boat trailer is something that you really can not go wrong with her because she is a dual-use device. It offers a convenient way to save the boat, and you can also explore new areas, taking their boat on the street. Good trailers must perform both functions equally well.

Most people who buy boats, the boat, not the trailer. They are more than willing to spend this money on a boat, then end up getting a cheap trailer. If you want the majority of recreational boating, these tips will help you buy a trailer.

The total weight of the boat, fishing gear and the engine must be in the average load of the trailer. You should not choose a supporter of 2500, if you have the option of a boat with the same weight.

You should look for trailers with drive features. These units on trailers, you can drive the boat on the trailer, close enough to the wind, so you should hoist the boat up to a few centimeters.

Select trailer lights (for the road) that are protected and sealed against water.

Choose your trailer on the environment will be operating in. If you plan to launch in salt water has a trailer for this purpose.

There are many types of trailers available, each designed for a specific type of navigation.

Although most are protected against weather and rust, you should always choose one for this type of terrain you designed your boat use.

In this way, you have no worries about your trailer is not what it should be.

There are some supporters that a spare tire, which include an excellent investment for those who travel long distance plan. Although it may be difficult to find trailer tires in the dark, it’s always good to have a left when you get a flat while driving.

All in all, a boat can save time and money. You can keep your boat on the trailer when not in use, leading to other lakes or oceans. A trailer to open new avenues for you and your boat - what ever you need to do is find that you need.

George S. is a freelance writer, you can read more of his jobs about Cross Body Bags and San Antonio Homes For Sale

Selecting the Right Bait For Fishing in Addition to a Bait Shop For Your Upcoming Angling Outing

Going fishing is a trip that many look forward to. There are a lot of kinds of fishing that you can do, but whichever you choose to do is going to require a trip to fishing bait shops. You should make a trip to a bait shop and take your time in choosing all you are going to need in the way of tackle.

Every town has a bait shop it seems. You won’t have any trouble finding one, especially near fishing lakes and rivers. If you are looking to go shopping for fishing tackle, you aren’t going to have worry about finding just the right place to go. Some bait stores are very large like department stores just for fishing. You may also look online for bait shops. These kinds of shops are a fisherman’s paradise.

The kind of water that you are going to be fishing doesn’t matter when it comes to needing bait. However, the kind of fish you will be fishing for in that water does. Make sure to take the right bait for the kind of fish you want to try and catch. You aren’t going to be able to use some freshwater bait for the big fish you can fish for in the ocean.

Many fishing bait shops offer a lot more than just bait. You can find everything you need to round off your tackle in the way of line, hooks, weights, poles, and nets. These are just a few of things you need on a fishing trip. You can even shop at online fishing bait shops.

Many bait stores offer tips for the best kind of fishing. You can find books about how to make your own lures to making your own stink bait. Fishing well comes with having a bit of experience out on the lake bank or in the john boat. You would do well to take the advice of the fisherman who has been fishing for a lot of years.

You may like to fly fish or maybe you would rather spend a lazy and laid back day kicked back as the lake. Either way, you will need the right bait. You should take with you a multiple selection of bait, from spinners to plastic worms to live bait like night crawlers and crickets. In this way, you at least have a selection if the fish aren’t biting one kind of bait. It is always best to have another kind of bait to try.

If you are a fisherman, then you know the enjoyments you have when are at the lake or river, soaking up nature and fishing. When you make sure that you have all the right tackle with you, then your trip will be much more enjoyable.

Read more know how on spinnerbait rods or searching the top deals on effective fishing bait for what you’re fishing for, because starting with the correct baits is the initial part to awesome fishing journeys!

World Fishing Network Partners With Bass Champs, Inc. To Deliver Skeeter Bass Champs

World Fishing Network (WFN) reached two-year marketing agreement with Fort Worth, Tex based fishing organization Bass Champs.

This agreement will allow WFN to present popular Skeeter Bass Champs television shows in standard and high-definition. WFN will be presenting sponsor of more than 60 Skeeter Bass Champs events during the next two years.

Skeeter Bass Champs television show captures the reality of tournament fishing by highlighting the trials struggles and rewards those anglers tackle throughout a tournament. It offers winning techniques, hot locations and new product highlights and has become one of the most popular fishing shows because viewers get to see real anglers, like themselves, during real competitions. The show has been shot in high-definition since its inception in 2002. WFN is to sponsor of more Skeeter Bass Champs events during the next two years.

Mark Rubinstein, President and CEO of World Fishing Network, said “This partnership provides us entertaining content for our viewers and a great venue to promote our network to thousands of passionate anglers throughout Texas. Our
network’s exciting programming line-up of tournament action coupled with entertaining and informative lifestyle programs help satisfy the insatiable appetite of North America’s 60 million anglers.”

Chad Potts, President of Bass Champs, Inc., said “We are extremely excited about the future of the Bass Champs television show with WFN and look forward to being featured on the network’s fishing line-up. This new partnership provides our anglers and viewers with many more opportunities to watch the show and allows our sponsors to reach the demographic they desire.”

Skeeter Bass Champs show has been shot in high-definition since its inception in 2002. World Fishing Network will bring more in future

Fishing For Jack Salmon In The Cold!

Fishing for Jack Salmon in the middle of January is not all fun and frolic. In the midst of the longest cold spell North Alabama has seen in decades, I was sitting in a boat in the middle of the Tennessee River freezing my toes.

Jack Salmon, actually Sauger, seem to bite more in the coldest, grayest days of winter on their way upstream to spawn. This is the time of year they congregate below the dams in the river. I know for certain that there are plenty of Sauger in the tail waters of the Guntersville, Wheeler and Wilson dams because I have caught many of them in those waters.

Though the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has dams in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia, I know little of the Jack Salmon that have slipped through the Alabama locks and currently reside in Tennessee.

This particular morning I was attempting to pour coffee out of the Thermos into my cup without sloshing it over my bait and was trying to avoid tangling my line which was in the bottom of the boat under my feet. Attached to the end of the line was a one ounce large blue and chartreuse jig tipped with a medium sized shiner minnow.

We were about 2 miles downstream from Guntersville Dam, near the mouth of the Paint Rock River. The water was a little high but not enough to hurt the fishing.  As we hunted for a place to begin drifting with the current, we counted 26 boats anchored in spots where they were catching fish. 

Most of the fishermen were using the same type of bait I was using and were fishing 35 to 40 feet deep. Every few minutes someone in one of those boats would bring in a Jack weighing about one to three pounds.  The Alabama record was over five pounds, caught on the same type bait I was using.

I recall the first Sauger I caught when I was a kid. My uncle Grady, on my mother’s side, and I were fishing beneath the Guntersville Dam, down by the wall that separated the turbines from the spillways. Droplets of water hit us in the face as the wind blew mist from the turbines in our face.

I don’t remember the month, but I can still see that 12 year old boy shivering in the cold and trying to pretend he wasn’t freezing. My discomfort only lasted a few minutes because we immediately began to catch fish and forgot about the cold. They looked unlike any fish I had caught before. They were cigar or torpedo shaped with large brown spots on each side. They also had a mouth full of needle sharp teeth. My uncle said Jack Salmon was the best eating fish on the river. He was right!

We used live minnows with a two ounce weight to get the bait down to where the fish were holding, near the wing wall of the dam. Back in those days we didn’t use fish baskets to hold our catch, but after a few hours our stringer was full and we were out of bait. 

Through the years I have fished many times for Sauger, a member of the perch family. Sometimes I was lucky and caught a few, sometimes I didn’t. If you can stand the elements and really, really want to catch these fish, then head for the Tennessee River in Alabama. You’ll find Jack Salmon below any of these three large dams.

Bob Alexander is well experienced in outdoor cooking, fishing and leisure living. Bob is also the author and owner of this article. Visit his sites at:
http://www.redfishbob.com
http://www.bluemarlinbob.com

Manabu Kurita New World Record Largemouth Bass

A lot has been written recently about Manabu Kurita, a 32 year old trophy bass hunter from Japan, about his catch of the new world record largemouth bass.

If you would like to see all of Manabu Kurita’s pictures, most of which can not be seen on any website, and talk with him in person, just stop in at Northeast Bass fishing For Trophy Bass website where he is a member and talk with him in the forums. You will not be disappointed!

Congratulations to Manabu Kurita. He is a true trophy hunter dedicated to the pursuit of world record bass like no other. I am proud to say that in the past year he has become one of my closest friends, Another person who helps him a great deal but receives no real credit is Reika Ishaguro who designs his website, communicates his thoughts and wishes to me and others, and also is a great angler in her own right.

Steve vonBrandt was sponsored by major manufacturers which included Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Okuma, Delaware Tackle, TTI-Blakemore, and Ambush Lures.

He was inducted into the NAFC Hall Of Fame in 2003 and was the 1998 Big Bass World Champ.

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Krabi newsletter February 2009

Hello once again, and thanks to you all for following this fishing in Thailand series. As I write this newsletter I am in the UK attending fishing shows, meeting up with old friends, getting drunk and freezing my nuts off while in Thailand the heatwave continues. I am sitting here with man flu, feeling sorry for myself, and counting the days 'til I can return to paradise. In Krabi temperatures are at their highest ever recorded level. The stream that skirts the lake is actually dry for the first time in memory - no one in our village has ever seen this stream run dry, as southern Thailand experiences the hottest February ever recorded. The jungle that surrounds us has changed from its usual lush green to brown. Luckily we have seven natural springs that feed the lake, and although they are running very slow they are helping to slow the lake dropping to a record low level. We are pumping water into the lake from our well and a spring next door, but with all my gardening staff watering our seven-acre gardens daily we are fighting a losing battle. Even George the tortoise is struggling; he can't be bothered to trek from the shade on the top of the hill down to the lake, so the other day we took some water to him, and he actually drank 3? litres of water without stopping, just like Sean with his Singha beer! Talking of George he has been having jogging races with fishing guide John. It's not a fair contest though as George wins every time! Sean, Kevin and Gollock have taken advantage of a slow down in clients to build a rock barrier on the bungalow side of the lake to stop erosion, and the gardeners have backfilled to the rocks and replanted some creeping plants, so as these grow the rocks will get hidden. Actually the plants grow faster than old John walks!

It's strange; arapaima are such inquisitive fish. Every day the lads are working on the stones the arapaima hang motionless behind them watching the proceedings. Helmet our dog thinks all this is put on just for his entertainment, so he pounces on the arapaima, the water explodes, and they come back for more as if it's a game. If they wanted to they could surely kill him with one swipe of the head. The arapaima have been slow feeding this month; they hate the hot conditions, but every time some wind and clouds came over or a brief rain shower they had a short feeding spell. The red tail catfish have also been slow this month due to shedding their skins to make way for new growth. I wish I could do the same as I keep growing, but I have to buy new skins! As the heat continues more bird life is appearing as all the surrounding waters dry up. We seem to have an abundance of water birds fishing here, double the amount of cave swallows are coming to drink, and some days the air is black with them. These are the birds that make nests with their spit, which makes the famous bird's nest soup, so next time you are tucking into your spittoon of soup, bear in mind it was made thanks to Gillhams and all that fish poo! Talking of these swallows our Chao Phraya catfish have sussed out an easy food source, prowling just under the surface, lining up an incoming swallow, then wham, in an explosion of water Mr Swallow is no more! I have been thinking of tying up some imitation swallows - imagine casting those at the Chao Phraya, now that would be exciting!

We have also had an increase of hummingbirds visiting our flowers, which are flourishing due to the gardener's continuous watering. Our top stock pond, which backs onto jungle, is being visited by all sorts of four-legged creatures, the strangest looking being an armadillo that crept in as darkness fell. All this activity, along with fish rolling, is missed by some individuals who sit in the swim covered in sun cream getting a tan while they go through the chore of waiting for a huge fish to pose with. They don't know the depth of the lake in front of them, or anywhere else come to that. Just casting blind then putting their headphones on whilst reading their latest Beano annual as they wait for their 300lb deserved prize to hook itself. Why do some guys fly 7000 miles, pay hard-earned wonga, to arrive here and never even walk around the lake, or watch for signs of fish, and not even looking at the wildlife - they are content to just plonk their butt in the nearest swim to their bungalow, then complain how slow the fishing is, even though they never change their bait or fishing position. These same guys then proceed to moan as they say there are no fish showing, when we prize the head phones off them and toss the comic in the flower bed, we show them fish rolling and flat spots where a fish has just rolled under the surface, the flat spot is beyond their comprehension, as if you throw your ice cream wrapper into the water it produces the same effect! But when you show them a two-metre monster rolling, or a huge carp head and shouldering out of the water they tell you they have just started showing. The same guy bristles with enthusiasm when you tell him to look up at the fish eagle circling the lake this produces the enthusiastic response of, "Oh, are they special, then?" At this point I normally sod off to my office to watch the fish rolling in front of the prats while they get back to their comics. These same guys will be shown huge carp head and shouldering and crashing out at the opposite end of the lake, where the new wind is blowing into the bank, but upon being asked, "Why don't you move on those fish, the reply is, "I am waiting for them to move to me" - oh god, help us! Even when they are in the correct spot by chance, with the wind coming to them, you can show them the colour change as waves wash the margins and create a feeding area within three meters of the bank, but the response is, "Yeah I see 'em, but I baited up over there, and don't want to miss them when they come to me!"

At the end of the trip they have still managed to fluke out a couple of 100lb fish, probably ten or more fish around 30 to 60lb, and as is normally the case a 200lb undeserved beauty, only to complain about how disappointed they were with the slow fishing, and how lucky that guy was who kept moving, recasting and checking the lake contours with the plumbing rod – the guy who actually fluked three times more fish than they did! The most annoying difference is this poor bugger didn't get a deserved 200lb-plus fish. End result - the fisherman rebooks, and the nerd never comes back - good! Why do some people not listen to our guides, who are here 24/7 handling big fish day in day out. We farm our own fish and spend days and months studying them, so why not listen? We had one guy arrive this month whose whole time was spent trying to prove us wrong. When told the swim in front of his bungalow was not producing in the heatwave conditions, he spent the next three days fishing there, but hey he had one, so I suppose it was one-nil in his pea-sized brain! He had caught one arapaima at another Thai lake before, which made him an expert on them, and after two days of listening to him telling us we had it all wrong about them, I avoided him, and Kevin and Sean tried not to speak with him. John didn't mind, because the prat was never going to catch much, so John could sleep by him all day and just nod in agreement with him. The final straw for me was when the said fishery expert, upon seeing me walk around the lake with Helmet the dog, decided to try and wind me up. Upon being told I had just had some bad news and wanted to be left alone, he chose to tell me that the fish were not feeding because the lake was too hot due to being only 1? metres deep. The shallowest part of our lake is three meters - we know because we dug it. If the doughnut had bothered to check the depth, he would have soon discovered this. Better still why did he not put on some lead boots and walk over the lake to prove his theory! The same guy got upset because he couldn't use barbed hooks or bring his own fish to the lake for bait. When asked if he had read the rules, his comment was he thought they were wrong - so why did he come? He also wanted to groundbait with kilos of dead fish he was going to buy at the supermarket. I told him that in Thailand some unscrupulous fishermen use formaldehyde instead of ice on their catch, which would kill our fish - we only buy our fish off one lady who owns 20 fishing boats that all go to sea with ice on board. I also told him that as the fish were not feeding very well that loads of bait put in by him and the other fishermen would stuff the fish and stop the few feeding ones being caught. His reply, "Well don't let the others do it, just me," was enough for me. I spent the rest of his holiday joining the others in avoiding him and praying he would blank or better still drown! We had a nice quiet fisherman from Norway in who was unfortunate enough to be fishing next to him, and he summed the guy up with on word - prick! 'Nuf said and onto the fishing.

16 anglers came for fishing holidays in Thailand, and 17 came on day trips. Between them they caught 460 fish of 20 species, made up as follows… 32 arapaima to 360lb, eight alligator gar to 25lb, 41 Amazon red tail catfish to 60lb, two arawana to 7lb, one Asian red tail catfish of 20lb, 11 black pacu to 30lb, one big head carp of 20lb, six Chao Phraya catfish to 60lb, one Giant feather back of 18lb, one giant gourami of 14lb, one giant stingray of 120lb, seven Julian's golden prize carp to 30lb, nine Mekong catfish to 160lb, two migul to 15lb, seven rohu to 15lb, six spotted feather back to 10lb, 302 Siamese carp to 110lb, seven striped snake head to 5lb, 11 spotted sorubim to 35lb, four shovel nosed tiger catfish to 20lb.

The first of the Thailand fishing holiday guests was Ian Roberts, who managed 22 fish of five species for his five-day stay. He managed the target arapaima, plus a couple of nice Chao Phraya catfish. Then Bob Armstrong and Dave Cook arrived, who bought their wives Carol and Sue with them. The girls were pleasantly surprised by the facilities and surroundings at Gillhams, as it was such a change from the French carp fishing holidays of the past, swapping a bivvy for an air-conditioned bungalow, mud for lawns and tropical gardens, puddles for a swimming pool, and a stove for a top class restaurant. Sorry lads - the French trips are things of the past – it's Thailand from now on! Between them they landed 90 fish of five species in their two-week stay fitted in between sightseeing, shopping and chilling around the pool, both getting their target arapaima, Dave landing five to 230lb, whilst Bob landed three to 200lb. They both had a rare shovel nose tiger catfish, along with plenty of Siamese carp up to 60lb, which fell to Bob's rods.

Another spot-on fella was returning client Alistair, who started the banter going by saying John the fishing guide looked like that bloke Christie of 10, Rillington Place fame. All week the saying was, "It wasn't me, Christie done it," in a fine Welsh accent just like Christie's lodger Evans! Alistair sacrificed numbers of fish in the hope of a whacker, sitting it out at the mouth of the bay, tucked up behind a reed bed, waiting to ambush his target big arapaima, and boy did he achieve the target, with a fine fish of 360lb, which was actually a spawned-out fish that earlier in the year was hitting 400lb, but who's bothered when they are that size? He still ended up with ten fish for the week, including his target species with two arapaima. Then came the one and only 'speak before the brain is in gear' Peter from Spain. Peter brought his long-suffering wife, and husband and wife non-fishing next-door neighbours, who all loved the tranquillity and beauty of Gillhams. He desperately wanted an arapaima, but wherever he fished, once he moved from the swim, one came out! Even on the day he left, an hour later the swim he vacated produced a pair of arapaima! He did manage 19 fish of five species for his six-day trip, topped of by a fine Mekong catfish of 160lb. Poor old whinging Peter thought Gillhams was expensive, as he was off to, in his words 'a great Thai fishery that was only ten quid a day.' We heard when he got to the said puddle, stocked with minnows, he checked out and obviously realized the difference between paradise's and hell's prices. One thing's for sure, in this world you get what you pay for - see you next year, Pete? Our new regular ex-pat Warren from Hua Hin, six hours north of us, came for two days earlier in the month, taking 28 fish in two days of four species with 22 fish on his second day. He returned for a four-day trip to fish Siam carp, which are his favourite fish. Now Warren fishes the pond by his house in Hua Hin that Peter travelled to after us, so alarm bells should have rung for Peter when he found out that Warren travels to us for good fishing. Warren rubbed salt in the wound by taking a 160lb arapaima from the first swim Peter fished. The four days were not so kind to him on numbers as last time, but with 16 fish during this visit, he had his favourite Siamese carp to 50lb on the Gillhams special boilies, but really pissed Peter off when he said he would have swapped the arapaima for a Mekong catfish. Never mind - the good thing about living over here is fellas like Warren can return when they like, and he is already booked for another four days in March to try for his big Mekong plus he is after upping his 50lb PB carp.

Too many fishermen to mention them all, sorry for that guys - I know some of you like to see what we write about you, but at least if we haven't you didn't do anything I can take the pee about! But I must just mention the silver fox Dave along with Jim and Mark who came for a week. Dave and Mark started off a bit wobbly, and we thought they were going to be a problem, but it all sorted out fine once they got to grips with the lake and accepted it as the lake it is, where dreams come true with huge fish, but they don't give themselves up easily. Gillhams isn't a numbers water; it is a specialist angler's location. We always tell everyone who comes here it isn't a fish a chuck, but for big fish in stunning surroundings it is the best location on the planet - our lake isn't easy, but it isn't hard. Now David claimed silver with his arapaima, a pup at 70lb, but the Siamese carp fishing exceeded his dreams when he landed 21, with a couple at 50, and 60lb topped off by a stunning never caught before dark fish of 110lb. Mark landed a nice pair of arapaima from the swim Spanish Peter left at 160 and 170lbs, along with 18 other fish of four species. The third man in the group, Jim, just enjoyed Gillhams for what it is from the off. He caught his target arapaima on his first day, one of the home grown babies at 50lb, stating that the fish had made his holiday. He went on with a fine show of dedication to the cause after going out on the razzle on my birthday. We took a group of 20 to the local curry house, ordering the grub for 9pm 24 hours in advance, and bless the Indians they did manage to serve us all by 11pm, leaving the partying time short. Most of us returned to the fold by 2am, but Sean and Jim went for it big style and came staggering home at the crack of 8.30am. Jim had a big fry-up, then went and cast out in a quiet corner of the lake, where he proceeded to fool the arapaima into a false sense of security by pretending to be asleep. This feat of angling was rewarded with a fine 250lb arapaima, after which Jim retired and slept on his laurels for the day! Sean on the other hand slunk off into the trees to find George, and then slept behind the palm trees for the day, thinking I wouldn't notice! Before Jim left he booked a six-week trip over Christmas - top man Jimbo!

Another thing I must mention is "I will give a ?100 tip for an arapaima" Neil. There was something else he said he would do, but I cant mention that in a newsletter read by normal people, so all I will say on it is I am glad he doesn't honour his promises! Neil came for a day, then a week, and has even returned for two days this month before returning home. He has booked another trip, so I won't give him too much stick. For an ugly bloke he had a very pretty partner, Kim, who gave up her beach holiday and visiting romantic places to listen to Neil talking arapaima onto the hook. He finished up with four arapaima to 150lb, plus a few other nice fish including one of the much sought after Julian's Golden prize carp of 25lb. Phuket Ross made a return two-day trip, and caught his sought after arapaima at 120lb. Siam fishing tours client Martin Fisher took the award for the fastest arapaima when he arrived, and on his first cast, within three minutes, landed a stunning 220lb arapaima, and he ended his trip with another of 190lb. Unluckiest angler must go to Alan, another ex-pat from Pataya, who came for four days and blanked whilst fish came out all round him. Not put off, he stated he wouldn't leave 'til he got his arapaima. Through no fault other than bad luck, he had several arapaima shed the hook, but on his sixth day the dream came true for him with a 150lb arapaima, after which he still stayed four days, taking 27 fish on his last few days of six species, so it all came good in the end. Top day ticket rod must go to Andrew from Sweden who came for a day but fished three days, taking two Mekong catfish to 110lb, plus his second 100lb species, an arapaima, just scraping the ton! Now that's a sign of the quality here when we have scraper one hundred pounders! Andrew also had some fine red tail catfish and Siamese carp during his day trips, and is another satisfied customer planning his return trip.

Space is running short, so sorry if you failed to make the newsletter, but thank you for visiting us. For all our Dutch friends and clients make a date to see us at the Visma show on the last weekend of March. We are on Fish-24 Gold Label Tackle stand, so book at the show, pay your deposit, and receive a 10% discount on the total cost of your holiday. Anyone booking holidays for June to October 2009 ask for our low-season discount. Don't forget to visit www.gillhamsfishingresorts.com or phone to book your holiday of a lifetime in paradise on +66861644554. Thank you all for your support and reading my ramblings, and watch out for next month when Gillham once again has a moan up, and reviews his trip to Europe. Best wishes from Stuart, Sean and all the gang at Gillhams.

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Ice Fishing Locations and Destinations

There are so many ice fishing locations around the world to choose from. Just make sure that you are not thinking of tropical regions when you make that choice. Some of the countries that you may want to think about are Canada, America, Russia, Norway, and countries in the northern regions. Most of the greatest ice fishing locations are just hours away from cities with airports to fly into and shops to get all the gear that you need.

In Canada most of the lakes that freeze over in the winter are usually surrounded by shops and guides that are there specifically for the ice fishing season. Those shops are packed with all of the goodies that you could possibly need for outfitting a great ice fishing adventure. That situation is also true for ice angling in the U.S.A.

If you are traveling overseas to northern Europe or north Russia then I suggest that you do all of the research that you possibly can to find out what local amenities are available to you. Make sure that you also read about local laws, rules and regulations before you find yourself in some foreign jail or loaded with heavy fines just because you wanted to find a new ice fishing location.

The best locations for ice fishing have always been secluded and far off the beaten path. There is no need to be close to major cities and towns while out there unless you get yourself into some kind of trouble. This also means that if you do get into some trouble then you possibly might need  a rescue team to come and get you out of there and to the local hospital. If your location is too far from civilization then you should probably bring a GPS in case you get lost and a satellite phone to call some one with your the coordinates on that GPS that your brought.

Rivers and streams make great locations for ice fishing but just be aware that moving water can weaken the ice and make it dangerous to walk on. If you fall through the ice in a river you are most likely going to be carried down stream under the ice to your death. (I just love to be the bearer of bad news.)

If you are a truly serious ice angler then I suggest that you head to Canada. Not only is Canada the most beautiful country on the planet, it also has the best ice fishing in the world. There are so many lake to fish on and most of them are only an hour or two away from Ontarios capital, Toronto. From there you can head in almost any direction to find a great location for ice fishing. I suggest lake simcoe because it is only one hour outside of Toronto and is the closest thing to an ice fishing Mecca that you can find. The main town on Lake Simcoe is called Port Perry and during the winter months the lake looks like an extension of this town with all of the shacks that pop up on it. No matter where you choose to angle on the ice just make sure that you are having plenty of fun.

Justin Lock is an expert about everything about ice fishing. For more information about ice fishing visit http://www.icefishingpro.com/icefishinglocations.html where you can learn anything that you want online from the warmth of your home.

Inflatable Pontoon Boats are Great for Fishing

There are quite a few different types of inflatable pontoon boats such as inflatable catarafts, inflatable foldcats, inflatable sailcats as well as inflatable frameless pontoon boats. What they all have in common is that they have two inflatable tubes that are attached by either a rigid frame, an inflatable frame or even an inflatable floor.

There are many uses for these types of inflatable boats but they are most popularly used for fishing. Anglers have known for a long time that these fishing boats not only offer an excellent fishing platform but are convenient, compact and fantastic to travel with. Inflatable pontoon boats can typically handle most types of water including:

• bays
• estuaries
• whitewater
• lakes
• ocean surf
• all types of rivers

These boats are versatile, stable and able to handle big water with class. Many of them come decked out with great fishing accessories and some have the space to add on what you need.

If you have thought about using an inflatable boat before but did not want to worry about carrying and attaching a rigid frame, then you may want to look at the few models that come either frameless or with an inflatable floor.

It is possible to get a completely inflatable pontoon boat that is rigid, solid, sturdy and able to take a real beating. The advantage to having no rigid frame is that it packs up much easier, is far more convenient for traveling as well as storing in small spaces and typically weighs a lot less.

However there is lots of selection of different models on the market in all different sizes to choose from so it is not difficult to find one that will exactly suit your needs as well as your budget. Be sure to read the reviews to know a little about what to expect from each boat.

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Kenai River Fishing

The Kenai River fishing is one of the most popular sporting activities in Alaska where fishing, as a hobby, is done every year at a big level. Each year there are runs for Kenai salmon fishing; salmons include king salmon, silver salmon, red salmon, and pink salmon. Two runs are for king salmon, silver salmon, red salmon and one additional for pink salmon. There also exists a world record for fishing King Salmon in Kenai River that actually weights around 44 kilograms.

The Kenai is also home to very rare species of fishes like trophy-size rainbow trout and Dolly Varden. These are beautiful fishes that are only found in Kenai River in Alaska. The “Lower Kenai” is notorious for its run and sizes of its King Salmon. Other Salmon runs during different parts of the year, like silver salmon runs occur in early August and late September. Red Salmon runs are in late-June and late-July and Pink Salmon runs occur in even numbered years only.

Different salmons are used and admired for different purposes. The need for fishing the Salmons is also different. For example, Silver one is admired for its size and brightness, Reds are considered as the premier salmon for eating, canning, and smoking etc. Not only fishes, Kenai is also known for other animals like moose, bears, and multiple species of birds, whales etc.

Fishing in Kenai River is vibrant; some people like the beautiful colors of the fish and some fulfill their eating needs. To seek more information on Fishing and fish breeds, refer to Alaska Fishing Guide and Kenai River Fishing Guide.

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