Choose The Right Bass Fishing Tackle For Your First Fishing Adventure

If your going on your first Bass fishing trip and you haven't done any fishing ever before it can be a bit daunting to try and find the right fishing tackle. The moment you step in to a shop that sells fishing tackle, or better yet a shop that specializes in fishing, you will see that there are thousands of items to choose from. Things like lures, reels and rods are there in so many forms and variations and they exist because each one is needed in its own situation. For a beginner this can be shocking and even a reason not to go fishing but you should not let this huge assortment of fishing items to choose from get you down. As a beginner you don't have to know what all the different items are for just try and get the basics.

A Rod

We begin with the most difficult item in your bass fishing tackle, the decision which rod you need to buy. You already know that there are a lot of rods you can choose from. One can get a special rod for every type of fish you can catch or for the special lures that are available. The choice of rod largely depends on the type of lure you will be using.

Looking at them you would not say so, but a fishing rod is a complex piece of tackle. When we talk about bass fishing rods there are four points to look for and these are tip action, length, power and sensitivity.

Tip Action

This tells you if the tip is soft or maybe more stiff. When the tip of your rod is soft then you will be able to make a more accurate cast, but on the other hand it will make the choice of lures a lot smaller.

Length

The type of fishing you are going to do and the type of lures you will be using will dictate the length of the rod.

Power

When we talk about power what this means is the weight of the rod, is it heavy or light. When you are going for bigger fish then you will need a heavier rod.

Sensitivity

This specifies how much the rod will let you feel. The more sensitive the fishing rod is the more you will be able to feel what the bait or lure is doing under water and of course when the fish are starting to take little bites.

So what does this mean for the choice you have to make. When you are going to fish with worms the best rod of choice would be the one which is sensitive because you want to feel what is going on at the bottom of the water. But the rod also needs to be fairly heavy and have a soft tip so you can do some accurate casting.

On the other hand when you will be using a spinner as bait then the rod needs to be a bit lightweight. This is because you will be casting a lot and a heavy rod would be costing your arms. When you get a short rod this will help in making those very accurate casts and with a medium to soft tip this will only get better.

These are only a simple and very basic examples of the type of rods and what the differences are, we haven't even touched the subject of reels, lines, lures etc. etc. We don't want to scare you away from fishing. Talk to someone that has done some fishing and who can tell you what type of rod you will need to take with you. Make sure you take the right bass fishing tackle with you. You could even talk to the people in the tackle shop, they can give you some good advice.

Once you start fishing you will see what the differences are and will no longer be in shock the moment you step in to a store to buy new tackle.

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The Right Technique Of Bass Fishing

When I was a lot younger about 25 years ago, I was fishing a lake and not having a whole lot of

luck. Even so, I was one of those "kids" who knew almost everything about bass fishing since I

had already done it for 25 years.

I seen this older gentleman walk up to the shore about 20 feet away and seen he had the exact

same lure on that I was using. I kind of chuckled to myself just knowing he wasn't going to

catch anything since I didn't and I had been using this lure most of my life. Well, after

watching him for about 5 minutes I seen he had caught one. I said to myself "the lucky bum" and

didn't think any more about it, just went my way fishing as nothing happened.

Of course, I kept watch on him out of the corner of my eye. Pretty soon he had caught another

one to my amazement. Again, I said to myself "what a lucky bum" and kept on fishing knowing he

wouldn't catch anymore but keeping an eye on him just the same. Again he caught another bass and

then another and then another and I said to myself, "Let's see how this lucky bum is doing this".

So, I was on my way walking towards him to talk to him. This man was one of the nicest gentlemen

I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I said, "I have fished that lure most of the day and

never caught one thing and you have caught all these bass just within a short time, how did you

do that?" He said, "Technique!" I said "technique?" He said, "yep, technique". I went on to

tell him I had my own technique and that I fished this lure for over 25 years and usually with

pretty good results. Well, what he said next about floored me. "He said "you're using it

wrong". I thought, "What the hell is he talking about, me using it wrong?". After all I was

young and still had 25 years of bass fishing experience. Who was this guy anyway to tell me I

was using one of my favorite lure's wrong?

I got looking at this pretty jacket he was wearing, I was in California at the time and I noticed

a couple of things about the jacket. The main thing I noticed was this one patch that said

"World's Topwater Bass Fishing Champion" among lot of other sponsor patches. I said to myself "Um...maybe, I better listen to this man". I can just say I am glad I did. He taught me what he was doing different, what I had been doing wrong and a technique that I incorporated from his and

my technique that I use on almost on all my topwater bass fishing retrieves even to this day.

I was fishing with my son several years ago at a little lake we fish in Ohio. We were using the

exact same rod, reel, line and lure and even the same lure color. I had caught about 15 fish and

he hadn't even had a strike and we were only standing about 10 feet apart. He said "Why are you

catching all the bass and I haven't caught any?" I said, John, you're not holding you mouth

right. He said "How are you supposed to hold it?" I said like this and made the worst face I

could think of to make.

Several months later he went to California to visit his grandparents and he was fishing in a

river for trout there. His grandfather came along and said "John, are you not feeling well?"

John said, "No, I'm fine Grandpa". His grandpa said, "We'll John, what is the matter with your

face?" John said, "Well, Grandpa, Dad said I had to hold my face like this to catch fish".

John's grandpa couldn't wait to go back to the house to tell his grandma who told my wife who

told me. The funny part was I had forgot all about the other incident and me telling him to hold

his face like that.

So, what do both of these stories have in common? Even though the older gentleman and I was using the same lure, fishing the same water, he was catching bass and I wasn't because he knew the "technique" to use. On the same hand when John and I was fishing, we were both using the same kind of rod, reel, line, and lure and I was catching fish and he wasn't because I knew the "technique" to use in that situation and John didn't.

It's not only important to know what lure to use when you're fishing but you have to know the

technique to use with the lure you choose to fish. It can make all the difference in the world

between a great bass fishing day and a not so good bad fishing day, to say the least.

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Charles E. White has fished for bass for over 50 years. In that amount of time, he has caught over 6,000 bass with his best day being 76 bass in 3 hours. His biggest bass is 12 pounds 14 ounces.