| When you are choosing your bass fishing gear, you'll | | | | closed faced reels in your arsenal at all times. While |
| need to make many decisions to assure yourself a | | | | you may develop a preference for one or the other of |
| good chance of catching a large number of good | | | | these, you may find conditions or areas in which a |
| sized bass. Rods, reels, bait, lures, and more should be | | | | different type of reel will bring you better results. For |
| considered when packing your bass fishing gear, and | | | | example, if you are fishing under and around the docks |
| you'll want to make sure you have the equipment in | | | | with light bait and need to cast into the wind, you |
| the right combinations to produce results you want. | | | | probably shouldn't use a baitcaster, especially if it's |
| The first rule to effective bass fishing gear is to never | | | | windy because you may experience a backlash. While |
| overwork your bait. Pairing your bait with a reel that | | | | a spinning reel may work, you run the risk of catching |
| offers the wrong retrieve speed can cause this. For | | | | line twists in the wind. Instead, try a spincast reel, |
| example, when you try your hand at fishing with a | | | | where the line will unwind freely from the reel with no |
| crankbait, you'll find that you can present it many ways, | | | | tangles, despite the weather working against you. |
| but when retrieved too quickly, you get no results. | | | | Once you've chosen the appropriate reel for the day's |
| Crankbaits come in various sizes, ranging from quite | | | | journey, you'll need to determine what type of bait and |
| narrow for quicker retrieval to a fat bodied variety that | | | | rigging works best with your bass fishing gear. |
| lends itself to a very slow recovery. The latter type of | | | | Depending on your choice of bait to pair with your reel, |
| bait should be paired with a reel that allows the | | | | you may opt for different fishing techniques in the |
| crankbait to come in at a slower speed. If the | | | | water. For example, if you take a plastic lure and |
| technique you are using with your bass fishing gear is | | | | configure a Texas rig, you will probably find the best |
| not working on a given day, try something else. | | | | results with either a baitcaster or spinning reel. On the |
| Increase or decrease your speed, but don't overwork | | | | other hand, top water fishing lends itself to baitcasting |
| the bait. | | | | reels alone. Using soft jerk baits, you will probably wan |
| In terms of reels, there are three common items that | | | | to opt for a spinning reel. Of course, there are plenty |
| are considered necessities in your stock of bass | | | | of other types of baits and fishing techniques, but this |
| fishing gear. Keep baitcasting, spinning, and spincast or | | | | gives you an idea of what to expect. |