Catching more fish more often

We all want to catch more fish more often right?Well let's think about what makes a fisherman successfull on the icemore often then not.I believe a plan is needed to start.Identify your target species for that day.So if crappies are the target for the day.What are we going to do to catch them?For starters picking a lake that has them .Seems simple enough ,however this is where some fishermen get lost.During the ice season we will go to the places where fish houses are right?There's got to crappies there !

It takes more planning then that to score on those slabs.Making a plan should involve several actions on your part to make the big score.This can include talking to the locals,baitshops and the area DNR.Studing lake maps also can shorten your search and dial you into those go to spots that crappies will hold to.Learning a lake can be a daunting task at 1st.A puzzle just waiting to be put together if you will, but some intial time being spent drilling holes and using locators we can identify depths and maybe we can start to mark some fish.

Reading articles can help in understanding their habitats and what they relate to over the coarse of the year.This will help pin pointing those certain areas you'll identify on the lake maps you have been studying.Once we have located those schools it is time to hunker down and catch them.Trial and error is the most common method.Changing lures,colors of lures.Then lure sizes and should we go with verticle or horizontal prentations?Most often to hit a new lake you should never just expect to hit the mother load.For me it takes several trips to a body of water to understand it's pattern.Crappies may bite in the day or at night with a certain hot time in one of those time frames.The water may be stained or clear which usualy dictates certain color choices.Different times of the year oxygen will be low or high dictating a better size bait to match the fish's aggresion level.Then we apply the barometric pressure level with the moon phase to help us in choosing how arewe going to start out for any given trip.Since we have our flasher buzzing away we then can see how they react to what we are doing.I believe fish will feed most every day.So if that's true then what do I need to do to trigger that strike sence fish have?Making a plan and working that plan I believe will help you pattern those fish.Sometimes we get lucky and fall into what they want .....well we really make our own luck I believe.This comes from past expierences.Remembering what happened on the last trip that will help you get better on the subsequint fishing trip.Adding all of these expierences to your bank of fishing history will enable you to dial into that pattern sooner then later.Sometimes hiring a guide to shorten your learning curve works well for some.Tossing darts blind folded at the target usually will net you out nadda,however taking aim.Using a good follow through and time practicing will prove out in the end that you hit your target.Fishing is a puzzle.Puzzles are meant to be put together.Make a plan and work it,you'll enjoy the outcome way more and those catches will be more often.