Tips for Fishing in Lakes - Version 1 Fishing various species of fish requires different techniques and tools. Typically it can be divided into fresh water and sea fishing and some varieties from a similar family of fish live in the sea whilst others flourish in fresh water. An example of that is Bass angling.Bass angling is undeniably one of the most sought after and wildly common fresh water angling sport solely to be surpassed by trout angling as the most enjoyable lake fishing sport. Though there are a broad range of salt water bass and sea trout, typically acknowledged as a "weakfish" caused by its diminished jaw capacity, the salt water sport fishing of these two species paled in popularity against their fresh water counterparts.