Sport Fishing

If compared to commercial fishing, sport fishing falls in the category of hobbies that put very little pressure on the environment: we are talking abount an activity that takes nothing for the fun it gives in return. The sheer leisure pursuit, this is the main trait of sport fishing, as it has nothing to do [...]

Salmon Fishing

When you hear people talking about salmon fishing, the discussion usually gets to involve Alaska somehow and probably for a very good reason. Alaska remains a famous salmon home and the right place to try your fishing skills at catching these very noble fish. Not only the activity in itself offers great rewards, but fishermen [...]

Ice Fishing

Ice fishing is angling performed on frozen water. The fishermen may use either fishing lines or spears and they have to make a hole in the body of ice in order to gain access to the unfrozen water underneath the ice. The sitting position is preferred for ice fishing too, as the fishermen can stay [...]

Fly Fishing

Fly fishing represents one of the oldest types of fishing ever to be employed by man in order to earn his meal. Initially it applied especially to catch salmon and trout but nowadays it has turned into a basic method of catching marine fish as well as bass, carp, pike and lots of others. The [...]

Fishing Tackle

Fishing is one of the most popular pastime activities, together with sports, playing musical instruments, pottery, and so on. It is commonly known that all sorts of equipment are required by any of these activities. Fishing tackle and the items it includes get the attention of any amaterish or professional fisherman.
First of all, whether we [...]

Fishing Reel

The fishing reel is the part of the fishing gear without which the retrieval of the fishing line would not be possible; the reel as such also uses a spool and an axle for easy operation. Used traditionally in angling, a recreational sport, the fishing reel is most often used together with the fishing rod. [...]

Fishing Lures

Fishing lures are mostly used in recreational fishing. They consist of objects attached at the end of the line and they are designed to look like the prey of the fish that you want to catch. Color, vibration, movement and shape, all influence the capture as such. If there were no lures attached to the [...]

Fishing Equipment

Fishing equipment is called fishing tackle by specialists and hobbyists, and it generally refers to rods, lines, hooks, sinkers, spears, lures, baits, reels, nets, and so on. Some of these items belong to the fishing gear known as terminal tackle which usually covers snaps, sinkers, swivels and hooks.
Etymologically speaking, the ‘tackle’ as fishing equipment [...]

Fishing Tip

Fishing used to be a basic occupation but not it just makes a great hobby. Is it history that maintains fishing so popular? Is it because when you take up fishing you have the opportunity to evade from the maddening urban existence and get a chance to finally relax? Probably this is just one reason [...]

Fishing Boat

A fishing boat used in catching big game fish should be an angler’s best friend. If fishing as a sport appeals to you and you feel inclined to buy a boat, then you should have a look at the smaller-sized ones not larger than twenty feet. Boats should be reliable, however, as they are designed [...]

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