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Pan Fish In The Pan
by Valeska Misserij
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You and the quarry are both looking for the same thing,
your next meal! Pan fish will take your bait, especially
the young ones, if you toss a line in their direction. Pan
fishing is a sport for catch and release fishing in many
parts of the country. Still, pan fish can make for some
good eating and the ones large enough to make a supper
are worthy opponents.

Not much beats watching a young child reel in a feisty pan
fish. In certain locations, all it takes to catch these
fish's attention is a small hook. Who hasn't caught these
greedy little fish with just a wad of bread or tiny chunk of
hot dog? Granted most of these catches are not "keepers".
The more serious pan fish require some skill and muscle.

Pan fish is simply a general term for whatever fish that
live in the nearby lake that will fit conveniently into your
frying pan. Most people consider sunfish, bluegill, crappie
and perch to be pan fish. While young pan fish may be so
easy to catch that a child can do it, mature fish need the
the right bait and lures depending on lake conditions and
which part of the fishing season it is.

Pan fishing in the summer time tends to go hand-in-hand with
bait such as worms, night crawlers, grubs and leeches.
Sometimes, smaller fish like large or small minnows do the
trick. At dusk when the perch are biting, night flies and
grubs work very well.

If you don't like to carry live bait, lures are for you
since lures look like live creatures to the pan fish. In
the warm weather of summer, the best time to catch pan fish
is early in the morning just before dawn or later in the day
just before dusk. Fish like perch have a daily habit of
feeding at the shallow water's edge during the day to
spending the night in the deeper waters. Lures that appear
to be flies floating on the surface of the water will
attract perch and so will grubs that are sunk deep.

Fish other than perch have a different daily pattern. These
other pan fish like shade and stay in weeded areas near the
shore. The larger crappies and sunfish can be found where
the food is most plentiful for them and they are more
elusive to catch. Lures that are suspended close to the
bottom of the lake attract the bigger fish's attention
better than lures that float on top that are tantalizing to
the younger fish. You need to develop some skill with lures
in the weeds; the mature fish will figure out that the lure
is not a real meal if you get it tangled in the weeds.

If you are shopping for pan fish lures and a variety of
jigs, check out the offerings of complete packages at
Bass Pro Shop. You may want to consider some of the
popular pan fish lures made by Barlow Tackle as well.

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