"ONE CAST ... ONE FISH! is based on the idea that if you learn to read the water and understand your quarry you will know where the fish are and therefore, where to cast. Weather, time of year, water temperature and many other factors also must be considered. The goal being, of course, to catch a fish with each cast. Now, with that being said we can snap back to reality and face the fact that the fish have a goal of making you cast much more than just once to get even a nibble!
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| MUSKY |
Take for instance Muskies.Known in the angling world as the fish of 10,000 casts. Enough said on that but other species may be a bit more reciprocal toward our efforts.
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| NORTHERN PIKE |
Northern Pike, although related to the Musky, are much more enthusiastic about letting us accomplish our goal. They will attack with fury and destroy your lures. Even the smaller ones, referred to as "Hammer Handles" can put up a furious battle. They will be attracted to almost any lure you toss out there and you will be tired of catching them before you are tired of casting.
Sunfish, are one of the species in the category of Panfish. They are, in general very willing to nibble at almost any offering anytime.
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| SUNFISH |
They will come alone or in massive schools. They will be inquisitive, shy and cautious at times but usually very cooperative.Almost always they will be our objective when taking kids out fishing for the first time. Because of their abundance and competitiveness it is actually possible to realize the One Cast, One Fish dream.
Moving on to the other fishes we now will encounter the not to be fooled easily groups.
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| LARGEMOUTH BASS |
Also in the Panfish family are both Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass. They will however, require you to present your offering with stealth and precision. They can sneek in, take your complete lure in their mouth and spit it out without you even knowing it. Bass will attack your top water lure and make your heart skip a beat. Are they in the weeds? under the log? Hiding in the snarled roots of an old stump or cruising the open waters? Will they react to a rubber worm, crankbait, swimbait, buzzbait or spinner? Figure that out on any given day and you might succeed in One cast, One Fish.
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| WALLEYE |
Walleye, part of the Perch family, are fish
that require you to be very knowledgeable
of their habitat, forage and seasonal movements.
The majority of walleye are caught by
trolling deep diving lures or drifting with
live bait. Only on rare occasion will you be
actually casting for them.
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| TROUT |
Trout are also another species that can provide that One Cast, One fish thrill but only when fishing in small stocked streams on the opening day. Visit any stocked stream on the first day of the season and you will see that many an angler acquire their daily limit with the same amount of casts.
Let's face this one fact... If we could really catch a fish on every cast there would be no adventure in it and it would be called "catching" instead of fishing.
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