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Article #5: Things you need before going bass fishing

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Whether you are on a new lake, or on one plastic filing box, and some hanging
that you call home, the main purpose is folders why don’t you just make an
to locate and catch as many fish as article and label them with general bass
possible. Each body of water has an angling headings and file your articles
endless supply of different forms of as you finish them. Subscribing to a lot
structure and cover in a variety of of fishing magazines and reading a lot of
depths and water conditions. You can use good articles will be able to help you
many types of fishing equipments to be for your future reference. You can put up
able to get a lot of fish in a proper and a mini library that’s all about bass
legal way, so we need to take good care fishing.
of our equipments used for catching fish. • Boat bearings. Many anglers forget to
Here are some bass fishing equipment tips check their wheel bearings on their boat
to be remembered: • Keeping your feet trailers. Every spring when you get your
dry. Seal skin sox, a waterproof pair of boat out of storage, always have your
shoe that can be worn in any shoe. It bearings checked. This could save you
will help you a lot in putting your boat from a serious accident with your boat
in a low lake that calls for a need for • Rod basic. The most accurate casting
you to step in the water too push off, by is accomplished when bait casting
doing this your feet will be dry all day. equipment is cast overhand. Bait casting
• Keeping your rods good as new. It is gear is extremely well suited for
nice to look at, especially when you "targeted" fishing. On some occasions
always keep your rod clean. Just use a placing a lure under a boat dock, under
simple prep pad in cleaning the cork over lying limbs or between pontoon boats
handles on the rod. If the cork of your may be necessary. In this situation
fishing rods is very untidy then it makes skipping a lure is ideal. A spinning
your rods look like hundred years older outfit is perfect for this chore. Be
than it really is. Take a very light versatile and be able to use both types
grade sand paper and sand the cork of equipment.
handles, you will find out that all the • Graphite rods. The biggest killer of
dirt will go away leaving you with a graphite rods is impact against a hard
brand new looking fishing rod. Plus it object. It may not break in that spot the
will make your rod last longer. day it happens but there will be a weak
• Hi- tech basin. Handheld computer and spot at that point. Keep this in mind
organizers such as the palm pilot can be when stowing rods for travel. If you are
very helpful to the bass angler. You may keeping them on the deck, strap them
be able to log conditions, creating your flush against the deck so that the parts
own checklist to avoid forgetting stuffs, of the deck aren’t rapping against it
and store the numbers of your new friends during travel.
you’ve met along the way. You can also If you are storing them in a locker, do
download map for your destinations and the same or put them in a horizontal
when you reach home you can easily access holding system, where they won’t hit
all the information to your home computer the side or floor of the locker. If you
for future purposes. are the non boater and your partner
• Being prepared. Always carry doesn’t have room in his locker, try to
equipment and parts in the boat just in find the spot that minimizes the repeated
case some failures or problems occur. bouncing they will take if they are laid
• Batteries. Always check if you have a over the gunwale. If you have to, lay
good connection. Take care of your them over your leg when running the big
battery. Always bring a spare for engine.
emergency purposes. It's never fun to set the hook on a good
• Being organized. Instead of using a fish and end up with a three piece rod






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