The best advice I can give you is to just keep fishing and pay attention.
Where abouts do you fish at?
The best advice I can give you is to just keep fishing and pay attention.
Where abouts do you fish at?
TOW....Time on the water is maybe the most important. Although maybe not practical in every situation.
My biggest asset has been networking with friends. Ive learned more talking with guys, picking their brains, etc. Alot of guys wont ask for specifics, but I have no problem asking. Sometimes the info is good, sometimes not. lol
Ben, I have been fishing at Turkey Fork, Perry Lake and fishing some of the old oxbow lakes down on the Pascagoula WMA.
BTW, ROLL TIDE!
1996 Nitro 170TF Rick Clunn Edition
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by AlvinRoberts »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Ben, I have been fishing at Turkey Fork, Perry Lake and fishing some of the old oxbow lakes down on the Pascagoula WMA.
BTW, ROLL TIDE!</td></tr></table>
I've fished TF and Perry just once, didn't do much good at either. If you're ever up around Laurel give me a holler and we'll go to Maynor Creek and catch some fish
ROLL TIDE
I could definatley meet you up there sometime. I have never fished Maynor Creek but have been thinking about trying it out.
1996 Nitro 170TF Rick Clunn Edition
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by lefthook3305 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Learn the science, then master the art.</td></tr></table>
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If you join a bass club, do so going in seeking to learn. A lot of guys are willing to teach you how they do it if you are willing to ask. Some guys are jerks though and believe divulging information is like giving you the keys to Fort Knox. To many times we are too prideful to even ask and the learning opportunities slip us by. Swallow the pride and ask questions.
lefthook, I would certainly be seeking to learn. I am always willing to ask. I have no problem swallowing pride...in fact, I don't have much pride when it comes to bass fishing! That's why I am on here asking for advice. I did get a reply back from a bass club and if I ever quit travelling for work for a little while I will probably join. In the meantime, I did get Kevin VanDam's book "Bass Strategies" and I will start reading that. I know you can't learn to fish just by reading a book but hopefully it will help some. I will also be on the water every chance I get.
1996 Nitro 170TF Rick Clunn Edition
I originally had the same problem when I started fishing not setting the hook hard enough and loosing alot of fish. My first problem was not reeling down to the fish enough to make sure I had a tight line before I set the hook. Secondly it was not paying enough attention to what I was doing and paying more attention to the fish so I taught myself to "Trace the C" when I set the hook. If you've never done any martial arts and haven't heard that term before, imagine your standing squared up to the location of the fish out infront of you, if your right handed take a step back with your right leg and trace a C on the ground with your toes when you do it (Almost like a reverse motion of taking a step forward while hitting a baseball). When you do this you should be opening up your hips, rotating your shoulders and shifting your weight back. You will naturally get your hips and shoulders into setting the hook when you do this. This way when my brain is concentrated on whats going on with the fish out in the water no matter what I end up putting enough heat onto my hook set.
Just a thought, it helped me.
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