Fishing Chalet News

Best definition of Ice Fishing that I have seen is “catching fish under ice”. It is a great wintertime outdoor activity for the whole family.  Getting outside during the winter beats cabin fever. The equipment for catching fish under 18’ ice is somewhat different than fishing from above the water.  Rods, reels and bait for ice fishing are inexpensive.  You will be fishing through a hole in the ice.  If the lake where you are planning to fish does not offer fishing holes that have been pre-drilled, you will need to drill your own fishing holes or ask someone else...

Memories of youthful enjoyable experiences affect our choices of vocation and other activities throughout our lives.  Our activities and visits with our grandparents, parents, and others have a lasting effect.  Their life's work and activities are very different than ours.  Many of us remember getting into Grandpa's fishing tacking box or his other fishing equipment. To us as a child this is like a treasure box that we have found and allowed to play with.  When he relates his fishing trips, we imagine ourselves there experiencing it too. We thought sharing This article, Grandpa's house held trove of fishing and...

What do you do when a trip to your favorite fishing spot almost ends before it begins?  You think like a fish and enjoy a day of great fishing. Your regular fishing waters are void of live plants and no fish visible, think like a fish.  The fish will seek out areas that have live vegetation and cover.  So that is where to seek them. Apparently, any fisherman can get a surprise when he arrives at his familiar fishing water and finds the plants are dead and brown in the waters.  Most likely it will be due to chemical run...

This is the season for fishing with grasshoppers.  You can have a great day of fishing for trout, bluegill, carp, bass, crappie  using hoppers.  You can use varied sizes and colors. Fish love this type of bait.  Those who are new to fishing will have a great time.  Bluegill can give you a thrill as they should take your hook as soon as the grasshopper splats down on the water. Fly fisherman may tie their own flies in many sizes, colors and designs.  But others may buy their hopper lures to use.  There are still many weeks of good fishing...