2008.03.20
Video: Fishing for smallmouth bass on the New River
Here's a short video from that recent float trip my friend Alfie Hammerstrom and I took on the New River.
About this blog
While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Great video, I'm no Smallmouth expert but those are some striking colors for that fish. Nice.
Comment by Backlash — March 24, 2008 @ 1:59 am
Fish Facts:
Did you know a trout can swim at speeds over 30 MPH ?
Similar to a Brown Trout in its fighting strategy, the Brook Trout will prefer to stay under the water and tug it out rather than bust the surface to try and throw the hook.
Strength: Large trout are known to break leaders two times their body weight (for a human that's a piece of mono 350 lbs).
Imported to North America and transplanted all over Canada by the early settlers, this elusive trout is long lived compared to the Rainbow and anglers consider Browns more difficult to catch as well.
Male bass seldom get bigger than Four pounds
A bass can swim 12 to 18 mph — in bursts of speed.
Bass usually require at least 12 hours to digest their food under the best conditions. Example, normally, when the water temps range from 70-80 degrees, bass digest the food in their stomach in about 18 hours. But in winter, the same bass would take four days or longer to digest their food.
The largemouth bass is still America’s number one sport fish; the smallmouth rates as the gamest fish that swims in freshwater; the crappie is America’s favorite panfish; walleye are becoming one of the most important game fish in northern waters; and finally, catfish are second only to bass in overall popularity.
"Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth" — Archimedes
Good luck!!!!
Comment by Backlash — March 24, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
Great Video. Have you put any on UTube?
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Have a great day and continued good luck!
Comment by Bass Fishing — March 27, 2008 @ 11:10 am