You want to keep yourself safe and visible to other boats that may be night fishing at the same time. Bass fish do not have great vision, so they will rely on their sense of smell during the night. Your objective is to create a smell of food or wounded prey. A popular method during night fishing is to create a chum line. Better still, these catfish can weigh an awful lot. Noodling, also referred to as grabbling, is legal only in certain states and was practiced by Native Americans long before the settlement of Europeans. To experience noodling you must plan a trip south to Arkansas, North Carolina or Mississippi. During the Depression, it was rumored grabbling became popular as a rapid and inexpensive manner of providing food for the family. Both models can be jigged manually to attract fish or can be affixed in the snow or on a rack so that you don t have to provide hands-on attention. Fishing lines are not a big expense and lower-end models cost less than $10 each. Flags and gimmicks of higher-end models don t really affect results. The last few accessories are very cheap (less than $10 each) and easy to obtain. There are many different types of lures ranging in all colors, shapes, sizes, and material. Different fish are attracted to different types of lures. For instance, a kingfish will be more attracted by a lure with glitter while a bass will be more attracted to a worm shaped lure. Make sure to know what the fish you are trying to catch like to eat before you buy. Staying Ice Free when Ice Fishing Everyone has heard the saying, No ice is safe . While true, this is not practical advice for many of us in Northern climates where playing or working on frozen water is part of our lives. Ice fishing, for one, allows many opportunities for disaster when the dangers of ice are neither appreciated nor prepared for properly. Although anglers praise them for their beauty, it s well known that there are harder fish to catch. The world record for the biggest Brooke trout takes place in Canada in 1918. A fourteen-pound brookie was caught in the Nipigon River in Ontario, Canada. Other trout species include the red trout, a species that enjoys hiding in bracken and branches, and the deeper-water lake trout.