| An inflatable kayak can get you into some really | | | | where most big fish are, that is, right next to |
| cool places to find big fish. Unless you have a | | | | your feet. The biggest fish don't like to swim |
| motor, larger inflatable fishing boats can be pretty | | | | quickly around in deep water chasing lighting fast |
| difficult to row great distances. With a kayak you | | | | bait fish. They like to eat anything vulnerable in |
| can move quite quickly, because of the boats | | | | shallow water. In the early spring, big bass will |
| hydrodynamic design. Snaking around the shoreline | | | | even eat inch worms that fall into the water by |
| can be some of the most productive fishing you | | | | the thousands. |
| can ever experience. Fish love to hide out under | | | | A good deal of these inch worms blow into the |
| shoreline foliage as the days grow hot, and the | | | | water right next to the shoreline. Bass will gorge |
| sun beats down on the water. Fishing a shade | | | | themselves, until they can't eat another one. Many |
| covered area can even prolong good fishing for | | | | insects come down from the trees in the spring |
| an hour or more in the early morning summer | | | | and summer that cause feeding frenzies in shallow |
| hours. | | | | water. Most anglers would be shocked to see |
| Most of the time, however, when a shore angler | | | | some the biggest fish in a body of water, sitting |
| is casting out from shore, they are spooking the | | | | under tree branches in a foot of water, slurping |
| biggest fish that are cruising the shoreline for | | | | teeny, tiny little bugs. Fish are lazy, like humans, |
| frogs, mice, and tree dwelling insects. When you | | | | and they will eat 1,000 insects that they don't |
| are on the shore, you are usually casting out over | | | | have to move for before they try to chase one |
| the fish, and bringing your lure out of the water | | | | minnow. |