| Whether you are on a new lake, or on one that | | | | connection. Take care of your battery. Always |
| you call home, the main purpose is to locate and | | | | bring a spare for emergency purposes. |
| catch as many fish as possible. Each body of | | | | Being organized. Instead of using a plastic filing |
| water has an endless supply of different forms of | | | | box, and some hanging folders why dont you just |
| structure and cover in a variety of depths and | | | | make an article and label them with general bass |
| water conditions. You can use many types of | | | | angling headings and file your articles as you finish |
| fishing equipments to be able to get a lot of fish | | | | them. Subscribing to a lot of fishing magazines and |
| in a proper and legal way, so we need to take | | | | reading a lot of good articles will be able to help |
| good care of our equipments used for catching | | | | you for your future reference. You can put up a |
| fish. | | | | mini library thats all about bass fishing. |
| Here are some bass fishing equipment tips to be | | | | Boat bearings. Many anglers forget to check their |
| remembered: | | | | wheel bearings on their boat trailers. Every spring |
| Keeping your feet dry. Seal skin sox, a | | | | when you get your boat out of storage, always |
| waterproof pair of shoe that can be worn in any | | | | have your bearings checked. This could save you |
| shoe. It will help you a lot in putting your boat in a | | | | from a serious accident with your boat |
| low lake that calls for a need for you to step in | | | | Rod basic. The most accurate casting is |
| the water too push off, by doing this your feet | | | | accomplished when bait casting equipment is cast |
| will be dry all day. | | | | overhand. Bait casting gear is extremely well |
| Keeping your rods good as new. It is nice to look | | | | suited for "targeted" fishing. On some occasions |
| at, especially when you always keep your rod | | | | placing a lure under a boat dock, under over lying |
| clean. Just use a simple prep pad in cleaning the | | | | limbs or between pontoon boats may be |
| cork handles on the rod. If the cork of your | | | | necessary. In this situation skipping a lure is ideal. |
| fishing rods is very untidy then it makes your | | | | A spinning outfit is perfect for this chore. Be |
| rods look like hundred years older than it really is. | | | | versatile and be able to use both types of |
| Take a very light grade sand paper and sand the | | | | equipment. |
| cork handles, you will find out that all the dirt will | | | | Graphite rods. The biggest killer of graphite rods is |
| go away leaving you with a brand new looking | | | | impact against a hard object. It may not break in |
| fishing rod. Plus it will make your rod last longer. | | | | that spot the day it happens but there will be a |
| Hi- tech basin. Handheld computer and organizers | | | | weak spot at that point. Keep this in mind when |
| such as the palm pilot can be very helpful to the | | | | stowing rods for travel. If you are keeping them |
| bass angler. You may be able to log conditions, | | | | on the deck, strap them flush against the deck so |
| creating your own checklist to avoid forgetting | | | | that the parts of the deck arent rapping against it |
| stuffs, and store the numbers of your new | | | | during travel. |
| friends youve met along the way. You can also | | | | If you are storing them in a locker, do the same |
| download map for your destinations and when | | | | or put them in a horizontal holding system, where |
| you reach home you can easily access all the | | | | they wont hit the side or floor of the locker. If |
| information to your home computer for future | | | | you are the non boater and your partner doesnt |
| purposes. | | | | have room in his locker, try to find the spot that |
| Being prepared. Always carry equipment and | | | | minimizes the repeated bouncing they will take if |
| parts in the boat just in case some failures or | | | | they are laid over the gunwale. If you have to, |
| problems occur. | | | | lay them over your leg when running the big |
| Batteries. Always check if you have a good | | | | engine. |