06-18-2013, 11:18 PM
Since from what your boyfriend said, it sounds like you can fish, so the biggest tip I could give is to get a simple fish finder. I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/Humminbird-Fishin-...n%27+buddy
Now the fish finder isn't made to use the fish finding capabilities of it. Using it will tell you water temperature and show you terrain and how deep the water is. If your fishing for warm water species (bass, panfish, etc.) know that even just 1 degree of temperature difference a lot of the time means the fish will be in that spot over the lesser 1 degree.
Also from above water you can easily assume that the water will drop as it gets out further from the shore, it's not true in all cases, so knowing what the terrain is like where you are fishing can make a big difference. Example, where I fished yesterday, there is a spot where you can be 200-300 feet out from shore, and it's only 4-5 feet deep, if I didn't have the finder, I wouldn't know this and would be casting much differently. In the same lake there's a place where you're 10 feet from shore and the water is 15 feet deep.
So just knowing those two things will help know what to throw by what season the water temp is in/ how active the fish are to know what type of lure to be throwing (spinnerbait, crankbait, jig, etc.) and how deep of a lure you should be throwing.
And of course, as others said some days, they just don't want to eat as much as other days, or won't give a reaction bite, or just don't like the color or action that is thrown. And also vary the retrieve to see what the fish want.
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Now the fish finder isn't made to use the fish finding capabilities of it. Using it will tell you water temperature and show you terrain and how deep the water is. If your fishing for warm water species (bass, panfish, etc.) know that even just 1 degree of temperature difference a lot of the time means the fish will be in that spot over the lesser 1 degree.
Also from above water you can easily assume that the water will drop as it gets out further from the shore, it's not true in all cases, so knowing what the terrain is like where you are fishing can make a big difference. Example, where I fished yesterday, there is a spot where you can be 200-300 feet out from shore, and it's only 4-5 feet deep, if I didn't have the finder, I wouldn't know this and would be casting much differently. In the same lake there's a place where you're 10 feet from shore and the water is 15 feet deep.
So just knowing those two things will help know what to throw by what season the water temp is in/ how active the fish are to know what type of lure to be throwing (spinnerbait, crankbait, jig, etc.) and how deep of a lure you should be throwing.
And of course, as others said some days, they just don't want to eat as much as other days, or won't give a reaction bite, or just don't like the color or action that is thrown. And also vary the retrieve to see what the fish want.
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