Download The Joliet Junior College Anglers Club Presents…. Catch

The Joliet Junior College Anglers Club Presents….
Catch More Fish From Local Waters
• Welcome from the JJCAC
• Bank fishing philosophy
Understand local waters in terms
of the species and number of
fish present
• Finding and attracting
fish
Finding fish holding features
and using chum to increase
your catch rate
• Bank angling methods
Methods and tactics used
when bank fishing
A 40 plus pound carp, caught while
bank fishing
Check out more fishing info at:
Bankfisher
.com
Welcome from the JJCAC
What is the JJCAC?
A non-profit student run organization
open to the wider community
JJC sponsored activities
• Seminars – formal and on the bank
• Informal ‘Friday fish-ins’ at local
venues
• Regular bank fishing events with the
Midwest anglers club
• Service projects, such as the ‘Family
Fish Frenzy’ with the JPD
• Angling research – under water
videography studies
Ryan and Laurie at a ‘Friday Fish’
The end result – a nice mixed catch
Bank Fishing Philosophy
(are you a barracuda or an angler fish?)
Most predatory fish species have
evolved, over millions of years, to
become mostly either:
• Pursuit predators – such as the
barracuda or
• Ambush predators – such as the
angler fish
The piscatorial arts have also
evolved along analogous lines:
Boat / sport fishing – the pursuit
of specific quarry
Bank angling – ambush style
approach for ‘what’s there’
An antique lithograph illustrating
two very different, but equally
successful, predatory strategies
Comparison of Pursuit and
Ambush Angling styles
Pursuit (‘Cuda)
• Typically fish from a boat
• Goal is to locate and then
angle for target species
• Method relies on mobility and
fish locating technologies (fish
finders etc.)
• Typically species specific
Ambush (Angler fish)
• Typically fish from the shore
• Goal is to attract fish to the
anglers’ fishing area (‘swim’)
• Method relies on creating an
attractive bed of feed in the
swim
• Typically species non-specific
Understanding Ecosystems – what’s in your
Local Pond, Lake or River?
Key idea: The majority of ecosystems contain a similar mix
of prey, predatory and ‘super vegetarian’ species
Species Type
African Plain
Prey
Gazelle,
Wildebeest
Local Pond
Bluegill,
(most numerous)
Shiner
Predators
Lion, Cheetah Northern Pike,
(less common)
Bass, Walleye
‘Super Veggies’ Elephant,
Carp, Grass
(somewhat numerous) Rhino, Giraffe Carp, Buffalo
Understanding Ecosystems – what’s in your
Local Pond, Lake or River?
Bluegill (prey)– the most numerous
species in most local retention FP
and PD and lakes and ponds. Survive
predation via prolific breeding
Largemouth Bass (predator) – top
of the food chain, by makes up only
~5% of the biomass in most
(unmanaged) local waters
Carp (‘super veggie’) – species that
comprises up to ~90 % of the total
fish biomass in local waters.
Survive predation by growing large
Understanding Ecosystems – what’s in your
Local Pond, Lake or River?
Take home message: Bank anglers, who are less mobile
than boat anglers, can greatly increase their catch rates if
they target ‘what’s there’. These species are typically:
Bluegill - most numerous
fish specie in a typical
water, 24 pound bag in 4
hours (left)
Carp - greatest biomass or
(largest weight of fish) in a
typical water, 94 pound bag in
4 hours (right)
Finding and Attracting Fish
Overview: Bank anglers can increase their catches by:
1. Locating and fishing close to any fish holding feature in
the area they are fishing. On most venues this is typically a
marginal shelf or step. Such features can be located by
carefully ‘pluming’ the depth (DEMO)
Plummets (above)**
Pluming results (left). The rig
is typically set so the bait
comes to rest either on or just
off bottom.
Finding and Attracting Fish
2. By introducing chum (groundbait) into the area being
fished. Groundbait is a feed intended to attract, and then
induce a competitive feeding response, among the fish.
Simple groundbait recipe and mixing instructions (DEMO)
General recipe
Mixing Instructions
4 cups yellow corn meal
2 cups white bread crumb
Vanilla (or other flavored)
water
Handful of bait samples
1. Add the dry ingredients to a shallow,
round bowl ( e.g. Tupperware)
2. Thoroughly mix the dry ingredients
3. Slowly add the liquid while
vigorously mixing.
4. Add just enough liquid so the mix
just holds together when squeezed
5. Push the mix through a coarse sieve
Note: Add more white
crumb for flowing or deep
water
Check out more groundbait recipes at: Bankfisher.com
Bank Fishing Methods and Tactics
TOP TIPS:
1. ALWAYS fish your bait or rig over a groundbaited (chummed)
area. This will almost certainly guarantee more fish.
2. Match your hook to the size of bait you are using. Use small
baits (single or double corn, half leaf worm, single wax
worm) in preference to larger ones. “An elephant will eat a
single peanut, but a mouse can’t eat a T-bone steak”.
3. Use a sensitive a float (bobber) as possible – it should have a
narrow tip and body. This will give positive ‘guzzunder’ bites.
Avoid the old red ‘n white bobber at all costs!
4. Use a light a line as you can – the bait will behave more
naturally when falling through the water and attract more
takes.
Bank Fishing Methods and Tactics
Three simple rigs that catch Fish (DEMO)
Short Range
Short (‘Crappie’)
pole rig to hand
Medium Range
Thill style
‘waggler’ float rig
Long Range
Sinker rig incorporating a
swim feeder
Questions?
Special thanks and recognition to:
And finally, come up with
a caption for……
Members of the JJCAC
John Wilkins (Midwest Angler Founder)
Bill Hodge (CAG President, IL)
CBA members featured in photographs
YOU ALL for coming
Please support the JJCAC though he
purchase of plummets, bank sticks, Tshirts and club memberships – All
available at the club table.
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