he river four or five times and walk a couple of miles. This gives me a ton of almost un-fished water, and therefore a distinct advantage. At least in my mind, and I've found convincing myself is half the battle. But think about it. If there are less people wading around trying to trick the fish, shouldn't that mean that it gives me some sort of advantage? Again, I tend to think so.

As for lake f

The best area to fish is obvious, isn't it? It's where the fish are. Ha! Okay, so I'm not quite Chris Rock, but it's true. And in my experience, whether you're river fishing or lake fishing, the best area's to spend time fishing, are where the least amount of anglers fish. The less fishing pressure the fish experience, the better for you.

In my various experiences fishing throughout the country I've found that there are some great places to fish near where you park your car, but it may require a bit of walking. For this article, I'm obviously going to focus on those of us that don't have a boat to fish with and I'm primarily going to deal with river fishing, with just a touch of lake fishing sprinkled in for good measure. I've found that if you just walk a little farther than most people are willing to go, you'll access area's (and subsequently fish) that have experienced much less "pressure" than the ones right next to the parking area. I'm of the opinion that most anglers don't have any interest in exerting themselves any more than they have to. Thus, they aren't going to walk very far. Have you ever noticed that you see a lot of anglers within two hundred and fifty yards of the parking area? This is especially true in the Northeast part of the country.

So if you do a bit more exploring than you normally might, you will access area's that receive much less pressure. I personally walk at least five miles round trip on most of my river fishing trips. And once I'm about a mile down the river, I rarely see other people's footprints in the mud. There are very few fishermen that want to cross the river four or five times and walk a couple of miles. This gives me a ton of almost un-fished water, and therefore a distinct advantage. At least in my mind, and I've found convincing myself is half the battle. But think about it. If there are less people wading around trying to trick the fish, shouldn't that mean that it gives me some sort of advantage? Again, I tend to think so.

As for lake fi

ve found that there are some great places to fish near where you park your car, but it may require a bit of walking. For this article, I'm obviously going to focus on those of us that don't have a boat to fish with and I'm primarily going to deal with river fishing, with just a touch of lake fishing sprinkled in for good measure. I've found that if you just walk a little farther than most people are willing to go, you'll access area's (and subsequently fish) that have experienced much less "pressure" than the ones right next to the parking area. I'm of the opinion that most anglers don't have any interest in exerting themselves any more than they have to. Thus, they aren't going to walk very far. Have you ever noticed that you see a lot of anglers within two hundred and fifty yards of the parking area? This is especially true in the Northeast part of the country.

So if you do a bit more exploring than you normally might, you will access area's that receive much less pressure. I personally walk at least five miles round trip on most of my river fishing trips. And once I'm about a mile down the river, I rarely see other people's footprints in the mud. There are very few fishermen that want to cross the river four or five times and walk a couple of miles. This gives me a ton of almost un-fished water, and therefore a distinct advantage. At least in my mind, and I've found convincing myself is half the battle. But think about it. If there are less people wading around trying to trick the fish, shouldn't that mean that it gives me some sort of advantage? Again, I tend to think so.

As for lake f

ng to go, you'll access area's (and subsequently fish) that have experienced much less "pressure" than the ones right next to the parking area. I'm of the opinion that most anglers don't have any interest in exerting themselves any more than they have to. Thus, they aren't going to walk very far. Have you ever noticed that you see a lot of anglers within two hundred and fifty yards of the parking area? This is especially true in the Northeast part of the country.

So if you do a bit more exploring than you normally might, you will access area's that receive much less pressure. I personally walk at least five miles round trip on most of my river fishing trips. And once I'm about a mile down the river, I rarely see other people's footprints in the mud. There are very few fishermen that want to cross the river four or five times and walk a couple of miles. This gives me a ton of almost un-fished water, and therefore a distinct advantage. At least in my mind, and I've found convincing myself is half the battle. But think about it. If there are less people wading around trying to trick the fish, shouldn't that mean that it gives me some sort of advantage? Again, I tend to think so.

As for lake f

This is especially true in the Northeast part of the country.

So if you do a bit more exploring than you normally might, you will access area's that receive much less pressure. I personally walk at least five miles round trip on most of my river fishing trips. And once I'm about a mile down the river, I rarely see other people's footprints in the mud. There are very few fishermen that want to cross the river four or five times and walk a couple of miles. This gives me a ton of almost un-fished water, and therefore a distinct advantage. At least in my mind, and I've found convincing myself is half the battle. But think about it. If there are less people wading around trying to trick the fish, shouldn't that mean that it gives me some sort of advantage? Again, I tend to think so.

As for lake f

he river four or five times and walk a couple of miles. This gives me a ton of almost un-fished water, and therefore a distinct advantage. At least in my mind, and I've found convincing myself is half the battle. But think about it. If there are less people wading around trying to trick the fish, shouldn't that mean that it gives me some sort of advantage? Again, I tend to think so.

As for lake fishing, the same principles apply. Especially all of us that are reserved to bank fishing. In many situations, if you just walk a bit farther than most people do, you will gain access to a less pressured area. On most lakes you'll be able to tell by the amount of wear and tear the trail along the lake has. The more wear and tear and things such trash that you see, obviously the more anglers. And the more anglers you have, the more pressure the fish receive in that particular area. So just head "off of the beaten path" a bit and it should serve you well. In other words, whether you're river fishing or lake fishing, many times the best area to fish is the area that recieves the least fishing pressure. The less stressed the fish are the better. And as we all know, there are few things worse than a stressed out fish!