Dough Bait Informative Essay

Daelyn Sagert

April 16, 2018

Comp. 2 4th hr.

Informative Essay

All of the Different Uses of Angling and Types of Baits There are thousands of different types of baits and angling types, and they are all used for different things. Baits are what the angler chooses to put in the water to attract fish, while the angling type is how the fisherman chooses to present the bait (reeling in or letting it sit). The tactics an angler decides to use is dependent upon what type of fish they are targeting (Pelton 2018). A vastly used type of bait that many anglers use is dough bait. Dough bait is a soft and usually sticky type of bait. You roll pieces of bait into a ball and kneed it onto the hook making sure no hook is exposed. There are a lot of different types of dough bait for all different types of species of fish and conditions. Dough baits that are made for catfish usually have a very potent and putrid smell, since catfish love smelly baits. Dough baits that are used for trout often have

The most common one that every fisherman keeps in their box is called a Kastmaster. A Kastmaster is a heavy oval shaped piece of metal with two holes drilled on each short side. One of the holes has a split ring on it to tie your line to, and the other side has a treble hook (a hook with three points). Sometimes the treble hooks are covered in white buck tail for a more attractive look. Kastmasters can cost anywhere from four dollars to ten dollars for a single one. That is a lot of money to spend on a metal spoon. There are now some smaller companies starting to add an off brand Kastmaster for quite a bit cheaper than the original name brand one. Spoons will last an extremely long time as long as anglers take care of them. They are hard to keep from getting hung up on sunken branches and other debris while fishing them since they sink to the very bottom. A spoon is a good thing to use to ensure that you get a bite (Under