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7.FISH ANATOMY
Most fish are cold-bloded vertibrates (meaning their
temperature is regulated by their environment and they
have a backbone.) they lives in either fresh or saltwater
(sometimes both.)
6.How to Find Fish
Understanding what drives fish is the key to finding
them in whatever body o f water you may be fishing.
5.How to Cast Your Spinning
Rod
First assemble your outfit. Tie on a practice plug (cheap
insurance against hooking yourself or orthers while you
learn) with an improved clinch knot  and set the drag.
Hold the rod with your dominant hand. The reel should
be below the rod. The reel foot usually goes between your
middle finger and your ring finger, but if it feels better
(more balanced) between other fingers, go with that.
8.Set the Drag on a Spinning
Reel
The drag mechanism on your reel is designed to al-
low you to set how much resistance a fish feels when
it pulls on the line. Drag is measured in pounds. The
tighter you set the drag, the more resistance the fish
feels. You want to set the drag tight enough that it tires
out the fish when you fight it, but not so tight that the
line breaks under stress. The most accurate procedure
for setting the drag on your reel requires a scale. The
drag should be set to 25% of the breaking strength of the
line you are using. The breaking strength is the line’s
pound test, which should be clearly labeled on the pack-
age and spool. The scale method is the most accurate
way to set your drag. You can try to set the drag by
feel, many people do. But many of these anglers have
their drag set too tight and too tight equals lost fish.
3.RIGS AND RINGGING 4.LAKE FISHING
A rig is an arrangement of items used for fishing. It
can be assembled of one or more lines, hooks, sink-
ers, bobbers, swivels, lures, beads, and other fishing
tackle. A rig might be held by a rod, by hand, or at-
tached to a boat or pier. Some rigs are designed to float
near the surface of the water, others are designed to
sink to the bottom. Some rigs are designed for trolling.
Many rigs are designed especially. ing a single species
of fish, but will work well for many different species. Lake fishing is when you fish a body of water that is
classified to be a lake. A lake is classified as a body of
relatively still water that is almost completely surround-
ed by land with a river or stream that feeds into it or
drains from it. A lake that has fish that you can catch
can either be man-made or natural, with natural lakes
tending to have more successful results. Depending
on the size of the lake and where it’s located, you
may or may not be able to use a boat when fishing.
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