How do I get ready to go fishing

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How do I get ready to go fishing?

• Be sure to have the handout.

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Safety First

• Wear a life jacket
• Might need some band-aids
• Aware of people around you
• Never grab a fish where it is hooked.
• If get a hook in you . . .
• Wear a hat
• Sunblock and bug spray

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Hooks

• Try to use a hook that is compatible with what
  you are fishing for
  
• Whenever you cant decide between two hooks,
  choose the smaller one
  
• See chart in packet

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Fishing Line

• Use a monofilament
• Size depends upon what you are fishing for
• See chart in packet

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Lures Bait
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Knot tying

• Clinch Knot
• Modified Clinch Knot
• Trilene Knot
• Palomar Knot

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Rods Reels

• The best is to have the right kind of rod and
  reel for the type of fish youre after.

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Casting
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Where to Cast

• Simple Rule
• You wont catch fish if you cast to a spot that
  has not fish!
  
• More important is to know where fish like to be
  during certain times of the day.
  

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F I S H
T Y P E S O F
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Parts of a fish
Parts of a fish
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Holding a fish

• Always get your hands wet!
• Dont want to remove the slime!
• Certain kinds of fish
• Avoid the dorsal fin
• By the bottom lip
• Behind the head on the gill cover

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Catch Release

• Dont play fish to exhaustion
• Keep fish in water as much as possible
• Use a small net 3rd hand
• Turn fish upside down
• Gently hold under water
• Remove hook
• Turn fish right side up
• Point fishs head into the current

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Fish for dinner

• Filleting
• Scaling
• Skinning