ARTICLE'S - 1 & 2
"The Truth About Night Fishing"
By:
Daniel Eggertsen
About The Author...
Daniel Eggertsen is a long time fishermen, as well as President and
Founder of Evening Secret Fishing
Why Night Fishing Beats Day Fishing Any Day of the Week.
Without a doubt, night fishing is better than day fishing for many reasons. One of the biggest reasons is the size of the fish you can catch at night. In almost every circumstance, you will catch bigger fish at night than you can during the day. There are several reasons for this. Bigger fish tend to feed at night. Maybe the reason these fish were able to get so big is because they were smart enough to not eat during the day when dinner may include a fisherman's hook inside it.
Note: One other huge reason why you will have a big advantage at night is that you can use the Evening Secret at night. Why will this increase your catches? Check it out to see. http://www.eveningsecretfishing.com/specialsecret/night-day.php
I like to think the big fish just sit around all day and take bets on which little fish is going to get caught by a fisherman. Ok, maybe that is a little far fetched, but it's fun to imagine.
Bigger fish also seem to feed on baitfish in more shallow water than during the day.
Since the fish are less likely to associate night time to fishermen, they tend to take the bait with less resistance and hesitation. Almost like they are thinking to themselves "There is no way this is a fisherman's bait, it midnight for crying out loud". This results in better hooking of the fish.
Maybe it's the fact that fish are more likely to feed based on sound and vibration at night, unlike the day when they can also use vision.
Since you will be catching bigger fish at night, you can also use bigger bait. Personally, I find it easier to use bigger lures anyway, so it works out better for me at the same time.
You don't have to worry about all the other boats zipping around you at night, like you do during the day. This alone is enough to make some fishermen want to only fish at night. The peaceful serenity at night is hard to beat.
If you fish at night in the summertime, you will also appreciate the cooler weather compared to fishing during the day.
If you have never been night fishing before, you need to get out there and try it at least once. You may never want to fish during the day again!.........Daniel Eggertsen
"IN DEFENCE OF HIGH FENCE"
By:
Brock Ray
“Enclosure preserve hunting has come a long way in recent years.”
Professional drivers have few things more precious and close to their hearts than off time. Few professions ask more from their members in terms of time away from home and on the road than being a fulltime driver, especially if you are a long haul person. It’s bad enough that as a group professional drivers spend too much time away from wives and children, but too many of these away-from-home drivers also sacrifice personal recreation time. This is never more true than if you are an avid outdoorsman with a love for hunting and fishing. You may drive through prime hunting country and pass by inviting lakes and rivers. However, passing views through the window of a diesel tractor are as close as most drivers ever get to trekking over the country’s great expanses.
This could never been more true than with deer hunters. Whitetail deer are found over most of the country and their numbers have never been higher than they are these days. Still, hunting these animals takes planning, time and patience, especially if you dream about taking a trophy buck. Trophy bucks are rarely less than three years old, meaning they have been hunted for three seasons and have eluded harvest by being wary and spooky. Even if a driver takes a week or two of vacation time, the odds of taking a real trophy class buck are heavily against them. Even hunters who ply prime big buck country all season long rarely bag real trophy caliber animals.
The key to the availability of trophy bucks is having controlled harvest that permit most of the bucks in an area to reach four to six years old. Studies show that over 90 percent of all bucks will reach record book or near record proportions if they are allowed to mature to such ages. On public hunting land less than 2 percent of all bucks make it to four years old. In farm country where hunting pressure is less and habitat is generally better, the odds are better, but in these areas bucks reach such ages by becoming predominately nocturnal.
There is a remedy to this problem that a growing number of hunters have discovered. Each year the number of hunting lodges grows nationwide that offer preserve style hunting. So-called ‘high fence’ hunting is open to the public on a pay-to-hunt bases. These vary in size from a few hundred acres to many thousands of acres. In most cases the whitetail found here are native stock, wild animals that have enjoyed professional management and habitat protection that enables the bucks to reach maturity in a food and mineral rich environment.
Many hunters perceive hunting preserves in a negative way, often regarding it has hunting penned animals and has not being a fair chase hunt. There is a argument to be made they are right, and especially so the way preserves were twenty years ago. However, that has really changed in recent years. In Texas for example, high fences are solely meant keep trespassers and and big bucks from wandering off private property. High fence enclosures in that state often top 10,000 acres. Because whitetail are often feed to keep them healthy and their numbers high, ranchers regard them as investments. They know that there is an eager hunting market willing to pay to come to Texas to experience the unique form of whitetail hunting the Lone Star State has to offer.
One of the biggest explosions in high fence hunting preserves has occurred in eastern states like Pennsylvania and New York. Enclosures currently being created there usually are larger than 1,000 acres and often up to five times that size. Owners know about how many bucks are there that can be harvested, and cease hunting when that number has been reached. I have often gone to Quest Haven in Pennsylvania, an outstanding preserve where native whitetail bucks are permitted to live fat and sassy until their fourth to fifth season.
Quest Haven hunting package include overnight stays at their outstanding lodge where delicious meals are provided as well as guides who know where the big bucks are hanging out. My hunts there usually take three to four days, which is fine the accommodations and food alone are worth the stay at Quest Haven. My family members and I have been there several times filming my television show, Brock Ray’s World of Outdoors. We have taken several record book class bucks.
Hunting at most modern preserves is hardly like shooting fish in a barrel. These are not pen reared animals, but the same wild whitetail you see in farm pastures and at wildlife management areas. The difference is hunting pressure and selective harvest. At Quest Haven if a buck winds you, he runs over the ridge like it was shot out of a cannon. You may have to hunt long and hard, but success rates are in the 90 percent range. Best of all, you know trophy animals are there and you will get an opportunity to take such an elusive animal.
Costs vary, but the least such a hunt will cost is $2000, and the charge can be as much as three times that amount. Generally these are inclusive package that cover everything from food and lodge, to guides and trophy care. It is not cheap, but neither is a week at the beach with our family, or more costly still, a week at a major recreational resort such as Disney World. More importantly, how may hours would you expend, and money spent in taking a trophy buck on public or farm country hunting land. Many hunters spend decades hunting hard in such places and never take a record book class buck.
Besides the time factor, another thing that makes preserve whitetail hunting inviting to professional long distance truck driver. Whereas with most other hunters travel logistics and associated costs are key factors, for many truckers and especially owner operators, this can be an advantage. For instance, if you are driver out of northern Florida who regularly runs to New England, a stop over in Pennsylvania at a place like Quest Haven is hardily a problem. If you are bowhunter you can carry your bow with you in your cab, and if you are a rifle hunter you can ship it cased prior to your scheduled arrival.
The Internet the perhaps the easiest way to locate hunting preserves. Using a search engine like Google, you can to searches titled “Pay to hunt whitetail in Texas” or “hunting preserves in Illinois.” The better high fence whitetail hunting preserve have detailed websites that cover everything from costs to what is provided. If you are on the road, you can email them about any questions you might have such as available dates or anything else.
Years ago for many hunters high fence hunting used to have a negative ring, but with the modern approach owners to these preserve take, these are increasingly better and more sure enough fair chase oriented. If you are a professional driver looking for a record book class buck and time is precious, then this aspect of hunting is worth taking a close look at. ....Brock Ray