| As you spend more and more hours and days
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| | 20-foot zone
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| on bass fishing you will acquire lots of
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| | Tips and Guides
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| knowledge about the right lure and
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| | Position yourself only as far away as
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| technique for the proper way to do this
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| | water clarity dictates; stay close enough
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| sport. The best advice most experienced
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| | for consistent accuracy.
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| and seasoned bass fishermen give is:to
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| | Try to make the lure land on the water
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| examine the fishing conditionsask for
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| | with as little noise as possible. Cast
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| tips from anglers familiar with the
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| | past the target when possible.
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| waters you are fishing intry many
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| | In windy weather put tension on the line
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| different lures and bass-fishing
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| | just before the lure touches down. This
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| techniques until you discover what works
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| | will straighten out the line and prevent
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| most effectively to the situation and
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| | it from blowing across obstructions.
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| which one you are most comfortable with.
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| | Learn casting techniques that permit a
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| Here are some guides to bass fishing to
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| | low trajectory such as flipping,
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| become better.
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| | pitching, sidearm casting and underhand
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| The Technique:
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| | casting.
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| The bait must fall to the preferred depth
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| | Use a quality rod and reel matched to the
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| and then you have to shake the rod tip.
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| | weight of the lure. Rods with a stiff
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| By doing this you'll be getting the fish
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| | blank but relatively fast (limber) tip
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| attention. Do this for at least 30
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| | are easier to cast than extremely stiff
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| seconds and then shaking again for about
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| | or uniformly limber rods.
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| 2 or 3 seconds intervals. Stop and pull
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| | Cast with the wrist not the arm and
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| slowly about six inches. Then dropping
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| | shoulder.
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| again slowly back and down and then
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| | Lower the lure a few inches below the rod
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| repeating the process. The first thing to
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| | tip before casting; this gives extra
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| remember if they're not biting is to slow
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| | momentum for the cast.
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| down.
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| | Be sure to "load" the rod tip, causing it
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| Tips:
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| | to bend backward, on the back-cast, then
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| During springtime, fish uphill (position
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| | whip the rod forward smoothly.
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| the boat in shallow water and cast to
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| | Fill the spool of any type reel to within
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| deep water) and use a 1/8 ounce weight.
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| | 1/8 inch of the lip of the spool. DO NOT
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| Fish downhill in fall.
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| | OVERFILL!
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| Try to use a Texas rigged worm to prevent
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| | The Flip-Cast; use your wrist, NOT your
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| hang-ups.
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| | arm.
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| Fish out the worm and keep suspended 90%
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| | Concentrate on the spot you want to hit,
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| of the time.
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| | not on what you want to miss.
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| Always try to sharpen the hooks to make
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| | Use plenty of scent when trying to
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| sure you have maximized your hookup
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| | penetrate thick cover - it acts as a
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| percentage.
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| | lubricant.
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| When doodling, it is critical to keep
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| | Stick to basic jig colors (black/blue,
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| your presentation natural by downsizing
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| | brown/brown, black/chartreuse).
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| your hooks to 1/0 or lower and paying
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| | Use a plastic worm with a glass bead
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| delicate attention to how straight your
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| | between the worm and the weight for
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| bait is in order to maintain a natural
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| | inactive fish.
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| presentation.
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| | If you think it's a strike, reel down
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| Crystal clear waters can be tough. The
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| | until your rod is in a hookset position
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| secret to fishing weenie worms is to keep
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| | before you check.
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| slack on your line and "shake" the bait
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| | A strike is anything different (something
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| instead of dragging. The shaking of the
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| | you wouldn't feel in a bathtub!).
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| rod and your light line gives your worm,
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| | Tighten your drag all the way down for
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| grub or reaper an amazing action.
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| | better hooksets.
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| When to Go:
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| | Use 17 to 25 pound test line for bait
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| When the bass quit hitting during the
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| | casting gear, 10 to 14 pound test on
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| daytime and when it becomes uncomfortably
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| | spinning (for flipping finesse baits).
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| hot on the lake are good signals that
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| | In order to establish a pattern it is
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| it's time to start night fishing. Night
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| | essential you understand how a bass lives
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| fishing is usually practiced when the
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| | in its environment. Knowing where the
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| water is in the mid-60s or warmer.
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| | bass can be found at any given time or
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| Places to Fish:
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| | place is something you must develop.
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| Where to fish at night is a question
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| | Always go fishing with a plan in mind.
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| commonly asked by bass fishermen. Bass
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| | Remember that every fish you catch can
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| don't move great distances in most
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| | reveal clues on how to catch another.
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| situations. Smallmouth bass, especially,
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| | After establishing a pattern realize that
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| are proven stay-at-homes. As the summer
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| | when the action slows down in the area
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| wears on, the bass tend to move deeper
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| | you were fishing, you can then search for
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| and won't come up shallow even at night
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| | more areas that would fill the same
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| in many lakes. Night fishing is
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| | criteria.
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| productive when the bass are within the
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