Your tips and tricks

[NYWayfarer]

My tip is experience is the best teacher. Go out and spend as much time fishing as you can.

 

 

[NHBull]

If you want to change your mood and increase you KARMA, take a kid fishing and give him a wacky rig on a circle hook!

 

Reminds you why you got into the sport in the first place

[BassNJake]

When fishing docks or especially laydowns try a bottom weighted senko instead of the normal texas rig.

Even on slack line the weight forward design of the texas rig causes it to fall towards you.

Using a senko(rigged weedless) that is bottom weighted will allow it to fall away from you deeper into the cover.

 

Now if you have enough weight and the water is shallow enough a texas rig will fall almost straight down

with less weight in the senko it will spiral

 

Ike came out with some type of soft plastic that had more salt in the bottom to try and do the same thing.

Never tried that though.

 

 

[bagofdonuts]

Always pull up the trolling motor before you take off to the next spot.

[scaleface]

I make trailer hook stoppers by punching out  disc from a bicycle inner tube with a 1/4 inch   hole punch .

[Black Hawk Basser]

When you catch a fish, remember what you just did to trigger the bite.  Sometimes a guy gets too excited after a catch and gets his bait moving too quickly once he starts fishing again.  Make a mental note of what you did to catch the fish, and repeat that until you decide it's not working anymore.

[jbmaine]

1) be safe

2) have fun

3) if you can't do 1 & 2,  stay home

[soflabasser]

Another good tip is to fish with a friend who is a much better bass fisherman than yourself in the area you fish in. Most men don't like doing this since they like to be macho know it alls but its often best to learn from those who know more than you, even if it's 1 or 2 new techniques you don't know well. I learned a great amount from many fishermen I have fished with ,continue to learn from others, and plan on learning more as time passes.

[diversity210]

My only tip is fish where other dont and keep it simple.  I see people with a huge number of plastics in all kinds of crazy colors.  Most bass can be caught on few color lures.  Green Pumpkin, Watermelon, White, black, Chartreuse.  You can throw in a few red lures for good measure if you like.  

[Mobasser]

Try and learn to perfect plastic worm fishing.It takes practice, but it can be fished where other lures simply can't go.

[scaleface]

Theres a product called parasite clips that will keep a soft plastic from sliding down a hook , interfering with a hook-set . I have also used swivels to do the same thing . Heres another idea . I have a 1/8th inch hole punch . Punch holes in a bicycle inner-tube , trim it up and

 

 

[DINK WHISPERER]

If you want to catch big fish, fish where they exist.

If you want to catch giant fish, fish where they spoon feed them! Yeah . . . . . I said it. 

[burrows]

4 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

If you want to catch big fish, fish where they exist.

If you want to catch giant fish, fish where they spoon feed them! Yeah . . . . . I said it. 

Oh no you didn’t!

when you say spoon fed you mean all those huge shad y’all got in them Florida waters? Also clear lake has a state record of over 17 pounds and they don’t stock clear lake!

[DINK WHISPERER]

23 minutes ago, Burrows said:

Oh no you didn’t!

when you say spoon fed you mean all those huge shad y’all got in them Florida waters? Also clear lake has a state record of over 17 pounds and they don’t stock clear lake!

Oh yes he did child! ?

I have no idea how those shad got there, true story. 

[J.Vincent]

Fast track the learning curve and fish smarter by keeping a journal of what works for you. With a journal you can ultimately improve angling awareness by leaps and bounds.

[thinkingredneck]

Fish cover

Be quiet, don't bang around

the lure is the last thing you should change, but don't be afraid to try new colors

fish a moving lure first, until you get it out of your system, then Slow. Way. Down. with a jig or plastics

listen to old people

Don't scrimp on terminal tackle.

Tie good knots and re tie often

Braid

look around and enjoy nature

clean up after yourself and the slobs that mess up our waters

Take safety precautions and don't fish in thunderstorms 

try a fly rod some time for a different perspective

Go fishing when you can, cause it's good fer ya---Richard Gene the Fishing Machine

 

[wbeaudean1@verizon.net]

90% of the bass are in 10% of the water./start fast spinnerbaits,crankbaits,chatterbaits then slow worms,jigs,creatures./ acurate casting practice in your back yard/ focus and confidense. btr

[Mikeltee]

Bank fishing sucks in Indiana. Get a boat. When you get a boat, remember this:

Bow is the front and stern is the back. 

Port is to the left of the bow and Starboard is to the right of the bow (port and left both have 4 letters)

 

[CrankFate]

Do something different. Anything. Different rods, reels, lures, hooks, colors. Don’t get stuck always doing the same thing. It gets easier after seeing “beginners luck” catch the biggest fish time and time again. I eventually realized the beginner who was doing it wrong was doing the right different thing at the time.

 

Watch or ask what other people are doing that works.

 

And the one that gets me the most, in fishing, and everything else. Never think you know what’s best. I wouldn’t be able to count how many times someone else knew what was best at that time or place or for that kind of fish. I still do it, though. It’s the hardest one to overcome.

[fishwizzard]

On 8/31/2018 at 4:36 PM, scaleface said:

Theres a product called parasite clips that will keep a soft plastic from sliding down a hook , interfering with a hook-set . I have also used swivels to do the same thing . Heres another idea . I have a 1/8th inch hole punch . Punch holes in a bicycle inner-tube , trim it up and

 

 

Oh man. I have tried Parasite clips before but they grab weeds/grass like crazy.  Your idea is a great one and I bet is a far more weedless then a metal clip. 

[greentrout]

When bank fishing with a worm from the bank bring it very near or on top of the water at a very very fast rate when reeling it in near the bank...pleasant surprise...

 

good fishing...

[Rahlow]

Master what ghoti said,,, s l o w    d o w n

[scaleface]

  A nifty way to keep your hooks organized . Save your drinking straws.

[schplurg]

On 9/2/2017 at 7:03 PM, reb67 said:

The only thing I can add is this. When the fishing is tough, your not hitting your targets, getting hung up constantly just having a bad day, put every thing down take a good long look around and think how lucky you are  to be on the water and how much you Love this sport.

I did this yesterday. No bites, but from my spot I could see the freeway jam packed with slow moving cars. I said out loud, "Man I'd rather be here snagging baits than sitting on that hot freeway."

[@reelChris]

On 8/10/2018 at 3:30 PM, scaleface said:

I make trailer hook stoppers by punching out  disc from a bicycle inner tube with a 1/4 inch   hole punch .

Plastic coffee can lids work pretty well for this application as well