| 1. Keep Your Engine Looking New | | | | same area....what can it hurt! I have been rewarded |
| You should see the stares I get when I pull out of the | | | | time and time again! |
| water. Oh no, it's not the engine or the boat that | | | | 4. Go Deep During Cold Fronts |
| people stare at, it's me wiping down the engine. | | | | During Tournaments I have been confronted many |
| By doing this to your engine with a dry cloth while it's | | | | times by cold fronts and believe you me it can be |
| still wet you can eliminate embarrassing exhaust and | | | | frustrating! One thing that I have learned through the |
| water marks before they dry up and become hard to | | | | years is that when cold fronts come in I go deep! |
| remove. Not only does it save you time cleaning it at | | | | The reason we do better in deeper water during cold |
| home with chemicals, which could harm your engines | | | | fronts, in my opinion, is that the Bass down deep aren't |
| outer shell, it also helps keep it looking brand new. | | | | as susceptible to the sudden climate change as the |
| Whether you have a small, medium, large or a high | | | | shallow Bass are. The only thing dictating what depth |
| performance engine on your boat why not keep it | | | | to fish is the wind. When a strong wind is a part of the |
| looking new! | | | | front then I go even deeper simply because deeper |
| 2. Prevent Rust | | | | water will 'turn' later than shallow water. |
| Tackle now a days doesn't come cheap so why let | | | | We don't have a crystal ball to see the Bass fishing |
| rust ruin your investment. The trick to stopping rust | | | | future, but at the very least we can try something that |
| from forming is letting the lure or hook dry on its own | | | | has worked in past outings! |
| before storing it back into its rightful place. Rust | | | | 5. Clear Water Blues |
| spreads from one hook to the other if stored damp | | | | Clear water calls for different; well you might say |
| and when its time for your next outing, well you know! | | | | unorthodox methods of catching weary Bass. Hey, if |
| When changing up tackle I keep a dry little plastic | | | | you can see them in the clear water amongst the |
| container in my tackle storage compartment in the | | | | weeds then they can surely see you! |
| boat. I drop the tackle in the container so that it has | | | | Now remember, you see them so, the good thing is |
| plenty of time to dry. At the end of the day I sort | | | | you know darn well they are there! So what I do is |
| through them all making sure that they are all dry | | | | cast or flip my bait, combined with a fluorocarbon |
| before putting them back in their rightful place. | | | | leader, a good far distance from the boat and let it hit |
| It may sound tedious to some, but when you consider | | | | the water with the loudest splash I can muster. Stealth, |
| a good quality hook costs a dollar and up then why | | | | in this case, is irrelevant. Think about it...if the Bass are |
| would you put damp tackle in with the dry tackle letting | | | | in there and not spooked by natural noises such as |
| rust spread like the plague! | | | | Cray fish, wounded bait fish, dropped minnows from |
| 3. Catch More Than One Bass | | | | fighting gulls or just a frog, they will come and see |
| When you notice a Bass quickly swimming off with | | | | what made the ruckus. Better yet, if the bait just |
| your bait chances are there is more than one! I | | | | happens to land in the Bass's line of view, it will smack |
| strongly believe that when competing for food Bass | | | | it thinking that it's just Mother Nature in the vicinity and |
| will take the bait and swim away with it in one quick | | | | not a Bass Boat! |
| motion when schooled together! Keep working the | | | | |