That is what you want isn’t it?

It is every sportsman’s dream, to catch the big one. That single catch that will splash your picture and trophy catch all over the Saturday morning newspapers sports section. Everyone down at the office will be talking about YOU! But in a good way of course.

Well in order to make it there these days, there are a lot of equipment and bass fishing information that can help you. It all begins with a thorough understanding of the basics of fishing. What are they?

1. Learn to Cast Right
The larger part of whether you will catch the kind of bass that you want, and this goes for any fish really is to master your casting technique. You’ve got to get control of the basics before you can expect to really get good at this stuff. With casting, you lure and your bait can only be attractive to fish if they land in the right places on the lake or body of water you are fishing on. If you cannot due to poor technique cast into certain areas, you may be missing the better part of fishing in that lake. Why? Fish love to hide. Well actually, they are not out waiting for you to cast your line into the water. They are foraging for food. If that takes them along the shore line, under downed logs, around grassy knolls then so be it. They are hungry and instinctively they are hunting for food.

2. Are You Fishing With the Right Bait.
We sort of alluded to this above, with the casting techniques. You have got to use bait that is less appealing to you and more important to your target. Which here is trophy bass. If you know that a certain fish like grubs in the evenings, it only makes sense to fish with what they want. Doing anything else is a recipe for a day of fishing with no catches.

3. It’s About Knowing Your Fish
You should know the fish you are fishing for. If its bass, then use the right bait. If you are on a spring fed stream or little lake then the type of bait depending on the time of day for example crank bait during the early morning hours. Expecting to make a decent catch of bass using the wrong bait may work for you once or twice if you are lucky. But the majority of the time, you will come up empty. Not a single fish caught. This does not spell fun in most fishermen’s journals.

These are just three of the many areas we could have written about bass fishing information that works right now. But stay tuned as more and more articles are published. Until then happy bass fishing to you and yours.

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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

~Author Unknown
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Trophy Bass Fishing Techniques
When it comes to trophy bass fishing, many anglers do not want to leave any stone unturned. Are you looking to land that big fish? of course!. Great because when it comes to bass fishing for trophy sized bass, it comes down to you cast. Your technique for actually getting your lure into the water so you bait can be sensed, smelled or seen by your trophy fish is ideal.

The Great Casting Debate
You see, it all begins and ends with your casting technique. Why? Because it does not matter what kind of lure you have, if it cost you a $100 bucks it won’t matter to the fish if it is snagged under a log or is otherwise hidden in tall grass would it? it is important to consider the basics of what makes a good fisherman, and I think you would agree it comes back to the basics like casting. Get this right, and you will have too many trophy bass fishing experiences to name a “Best Of the Best” one.

What Equipment Do I Need?
Part of the solution to your technique lies in your equipment. Don’t think that you can go to your local Walmart and just grab any old $4 dollar rod an expect to have great success with it. It takes much more than that to snag king kong trophy bass fishing prizes available today with many of the better tournaments.

Buddies Can Be Lifesavers
You have got to learn to master the boat and trolling all at the same time. One solution to this problem, is a buddy. That is right. Go fishing with a friend or someone with whom you can allow them to drive the boat, troll around and let you do what you want to do, and that is fish. Finding such a friend may not be that difficult for some. But there are those that claim no one will help them fish like they want to fish. Well, if you’ve got some teenage son or daughter. or better yet is a neighborhood teen who is about to learn how to drive, they will be eager to get that added experience. Try it. But of course you must check the laws in your state about this.

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“If you’ve got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you try to tie on a fly.”  ~Jack Ohman, Fear of Fly Fishing, 1988

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Consider this, ESPN, Fox Sports and other channels have dedicated write ups and video spots highlighting bass fishing. Is it any wonder that a scant review of Amazon.com the massive online purveyor of books and just about anything else, reports selling massive loads of not just fishing books, but specifically bass fishing books.

Here are the top three bass fishing books as of this writing…
#1 Bass Fishing Book
Larry Larsen’s, “Bass Tactics – How You Can Catch More and Bigger Bass”. This book promises to show you how anyone can catch bigger bass. Not just some of the time either, but more of the time. Of course you can go to your local Books a Million or go online to Amazon and read clips of the book before you buy. Your purchase is always guaranteed. But some people think because they are buying it online, that if they get it and it stinks like a rotting trophy bass you forgot to get out of the cooler last week, they will be stuck. Not true. Amazon has a quick and easy return process. But you will have to send the book back to them. So, there is the double shipping cost that you will pay.

#2 Bass Fishing Book
Bass Fishing in Georgia. Do you want to bass fish where the largest bass on record has been caught? Okay, then you should take a look at Georgia. This book is an indispensable resource because it is all about bass fishing in Georgia. It does not talk about Mexico, Montana, Florida etc. just GA. It will give you shortcuts that only the author who is a magazine editor wanted to reveal in this treasured copy. You can make easy on yourself by looking up this resource.

#3 Bass Fishing Book
This final resource is helpful for novices and intermediate bass fishermen. It is Cy Decoss’s Advanced Bass Fishing Book.
Inside you will find helpful tips from the weather, bait selection, what to do and how to do it. Written in everyday language that is easy to read and understand. You should not get bored with this one.

Even with bass fishing getting so much air time on television with ESPN, it makes sense when you think about it. The competitions are a riot to watch. For one thing, it sure beats going outdoors to shovel snow in my driveway again for the third time today during this winter snow storm.

Well, clubs are nothing more than sub-groups of society. One doctor loves to go fishing. You can find him fishing in his spare time. When you talk with him guess where he goes vacationing? He goes spring bass fishing in Florida. If you ever want to know about the new things happening in fishing, just ask him. No just be around him and he would tell you, whether you shared his love for the sport or not.

In the winter around the Great Lakes, anglers go fishing then too. Nothing seems to stop those that love this sport that much. That is what the club atmosphere does. It breeds the topic of the club. It could be English Home Herb Garden Club of Rochester Hills or the Horticultural Society of America, it all comes down to the club agenda and the agenda is guarded over by the members there.

Bass fishing clubs have spawned many followers that can connect online in groups. If you go to Google.com and type in Bass Fishing Club, you could spend days looking at the umpteen million results that this very topic pulls from the internet. Those that love to chat can go online and get Yahoo Messenger which is a free service. You could chat back and forth with anglers from around the globe that share your level of enthusiasm for this sport.

Traditions bass fishing clubs are surely not going away by any stretch of the imagination. But they are using the new technology to keep up with their sport. From the land of make believe eg. the internet to the local chapters in your city, state or county, be sure to connect with other bass fishing club enthusiasts like yourself.

Real time tournaments where there are monetary prizes, trophies and of course bass fishing gear prizes can be located on the website of many bass fishing club homepages. This should probably be your first stop or maybe the second considering you probably want to meet up with the fishing gear representative down at the fishing club.
And remember, “Carpe Diem” does not mean “fish of the day.”
~Author Unknown

If you indeed love bass fishing and have a burning desire to share your knowledge with the world, getting a website is probably the best way to let your own bass fishing tips be given voice online. You never know, you just might be asked for an interview or the further publicizing of your tips if a bass fishing magazine like Bass World picks it up.

Now the likelihood of this happening is not 100% by any stretch of the imagination. But it is a possibility. Let’s suppose that you wanted to share your knowledge and love of bass fishing with the world. You put up a simple webpage like the videos will suggest and demonstrate for you. Then along comes a reporter or writer for a sports magazine other newspaper and wants to get some new information to their readers. A brief web search for bass fishing homepage may land that reporter on your simple website. The writer reads some of your pages and concludes this is a “gold mine” of ideas. Immediately she tries to contact you and does.

An interview time and such is established and you get massive publicity because the way the internet works is that we are all linked together in some way. Either by interests, subjects, niches, or even demographics. That is how all these massive sites get links going everywhere. People just want to learn and grow. The best way to do this is through research.

On your bass fishing homepage you can do a lot of cool things. You could have a forum. A forum is just a sub-site set up on your website that allows people with the same interests to ask questions, get answers, debate the latest bass lure to hit the market, you name it. Now you can administer the forum or allow someone else with a deep burning interest to do it. They will primarily be responsible for encouraging people to post topics that keep the conversation on topic. The worst fishing forums are those that people talk about everything else but the subject matter on hand- BASS FISHING!

When you follow the bass fishing homepage video setup instructions to the letter, you will find out that you don’t have to worry about unsolicited email commonly known as SPAM. I will show you where to get a FREE software that will block all of the SPAM that you could get more ferocious that an attack dog trained to kill. Just follow the simple steps in the video and you will be good to go.

This is no different than the annual survey Money Magazine publishes every year in February. They know that paying taxes is what most citizens are thinking of during the month of February. And using this survey they take a poll of the top tax experts in the country. They give them all the same set of data, same salary, same potential deductions and so on. Well, when you look at the results it makes something startlingly clear. The experts do not and cannot agree.

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My biggest worry is that my wife (when I’m dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.

~Koos Brandt

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That is right, just the like fishing experts, the tax experts can not get their tax returns to harmonize. The point of this story, is to highlight the fact that largemouth bass fishing tips will probably confuse you sometimes. but we’ve sifted through all of the shrapnel and come up with some non-negotiable’s for your trip.

Fishing Gear Myth #1
Number one is that you got to have a rod and a reel. I know it sounds so basic, but this is where we must start. Why? Because not everyone reading this article will have the vast bass fishing and outdoorsman experiences that you have.

It is a little difficult to fish for trophy bass without a rod and a reel. Make sure that your rod and reel are at least compatible with each other. Your line must be of a certain weight or gauge. Bass have been known to be heavy. But not as heavy as salmon for instance. But I think you get the point, get the right rod and reel to complement your gear. Trying to save a few bucks here may cost you that trophy bass in the worst way. Of course you may just be left with your memories to tell instead of having it mounted and in your trophy room.

Fishing Gear Myth #2
A second basic ingredient is that of your lures. The lures are going to take a beating, but I am not a fan of expensive lures. Yes, you need to tailor this according to the type of bass you are striving to catch. For instance deep sea bass fishing may require a lure of a different make up and composition.

Fishing Gear Myth #3
Other considerations include the use of crank bait. Using crank bait in the morning hours has been a recommendation of many professional anglers. In the morning it is crank bait and in the evening time use grubs. These seem to work best. Now there are no hard and fast rules here, but if the weather turns suddenly, your current bass fishing gear may need to change, along with your bait, and the type of lures you use. It just depends on the situation.

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Scholars have long known that bass fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.  Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher’s salary.

~Patrick F. McManus

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Most people would argue for the matter of choices. But what if it came down to bass fishing bait. Would you expect all bass to gravitate towards the same type of bait? Well, when you think of it this way, it does make you think a little differently. Large mouth bass may prefer one bait while spring bass fishing requires a different bait. When viewed in light of the more modern examples of getting a haircut or hearing a minister proclaim the gospel of Christ, you can probably see that we all have preferences. And so do the fish.

The Debate About Bass Fishing Bait Heats Up
Bass fishing bait is liken to lures, in that you may need a different bait for a different body of water, climate and a whole host of other possibilities. You can give them a dragonfly silhouette by snipping the skirt or feathering the legs a bit? This allows you to drop the clipping outside the skirt and hock it. If frogs are used in any of your bass fishing bait then you need to have dots or a design of some sort on the underbelly of the bait. You can do this yourself.

Just stop by Walmart and grab some pain and put them on yourself. A dot is a dot. You don’t need to pay the high prices with ____ (name withheld to avoid a lawsuit). Or maybe you like wasting money on something you could easily do yourself. Or better yet, let you neighborhood 14 year old paint the dots on for $5 bucks.

By adding the dots and ensuring that your pole is at least seven feet or longer (preferably), you can make the dragonfly silhouette attract bass by the boatload. This is a little trick that it takes a while to pick up. Unless you’ve got some buddy’s that may clue you in on these little secrets. Those little dots added to the frogs, gives them a genuine real life look and feel. The bass won’t be able to tell the difference, which is what you want in order to bring them in by the droves.

If you are looking to have some fishing fun, you should give these three largemouth bass fishing tips a try on your next trip. In fact, you do not have to wait until you go away for a fishing holiday. And why should you? Life is too short to wait until you “retire”. Start planning your next fishing adventure right now, and watch how fast the time goes by until you get out there. It is as if you are giving yourself something to shoot for. You know, a target to have some fun.

Know Thyself
I think Shakespeare said that. Either he did or some other person we were taught to read about in high school. But you should really know your enemy too. Whether it is a soccer match between the heralded Barcelona team and Manchester United, it pays to know who you are up against. In this case you have got to know your largemouth bass fish will be a fighter. That is just the way they are.

Knowing this, it forces you to take the right lures, the right line, the right bait, you see what I mean? If you go out to catch that trophy bass with the wrong equipment you will be sorely disappointed. These largemouth bass fishing tips may seem insignificant until you fail to bring the proper gear and lose your opportunity of a lifetime to snag and KEEP that big one!

Walking the Dog
In order to do a proper walking the dog, you have got to have slack line. Once again, if you have the wrong weighted line in the first place, get ready for heart break hotel. Just as you give the line some slack, your largemouth will use inertia to break your line. Then it is goodbye forever, to that largemouth anyway.

Not only must you have slack in the line, but the rhythmic movements of this technique makes it irresistibly SEXY for your largemouth to ignore. Why? Because you are getting right into the instincts of these fishes because other sea creatures move this way. Think about it. The frogs and other feed will move around like this. Even the insects and bait will want to feed on your snacks. They will take on a magnetic like quality that will help you land larger and larger trophy bass fishes.

Before you balk at these largemouth bass fishing tips, try them, all three of them if you dare. If you are not pleasantly surprised just let me know via the feedback in the comments section of this piece. We would love to hear from you. Better yet, we want to know how these tips helped you to snag the biggest catches of your life.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But usually people that love spring bass fishing will tell you of stories from trips they’d been on in Florida, North Carolina and Montana for instance. Are these the best places to catch bass fishes in the spring time? It is debatable. And many will make a passionate argument.

Are Florida Lakes The BEST For Spring Bass Fishing?
In Florida the lakes and rivers are large and diverse. This diversity pertains to the depth and length of the shores. Michigan has more shore line than many of the other United States. But Florida takes the cake when it comes to bass fishing, it is about as good as it will ever get here on earth that is.

Also, ‘spring bass fishing in Florida allows you to fish in an all natural habitation. Vegetation is just breath taking. The waters provide amply for them there.

Florida Spring Bass Fishing Boon For Tourism
As you would expect, the tourism bureau in Florida boasts about the spring bass fishing there. Apparently the word is getting out, as this is a multi-million dollar business in Florida. They can accommodate most visitors needs with ease. If you fancy a charter for several of your friends for a day or two or even more, they’ve got packages for you to choose from.

There are many ending destinations since Florida is surrounded by nothing but water. Be sure to check out the vacation packages.  And don’t de shy about making requests that are out of the normal packages you see. Why? Florida depends upon the tourism industry like General ‘Motors depended upon rubber tires to make their cars and trucks move out the door.

Since you’ll be in Florida taking in the bass fishing, it does not have to be all about fishing. You can take a break at night or during the daytime even, and find a fun slate of activities for everyone in your party to enjoy. Spend a few extra days and take in the sights of Orlando and the magic world of Disney. If you do take a break, you may find this to indeed be the best spring bass fishing trip you have every been on.

Enjoy!

Bass fishermen watch Monday night football, drink beer, drive pickup trucks and prefer noisy women with big breasts.  Trout fishermen watch MacNeil-Lehrer, drink white wine, drive foreign cars with passenger-side air bags and hardly think about women at all.  This last characteristic may have something to do with the fact that trout fishermen spend most of the time immersed up to the thighs in ice-cold water.

~Author Unknown

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When it comes to bass fishing lures, and the best type of bait to use or who know a great fishing spot along the Mexico border are all tips that we use to get bigger and better fishing expeditions (trips) going. The beauty of this is that you may come into fishing for bass with relatively NO knowledge. then you can find the right person, either in-person or online who can turn your very ordinary fishing into an oasis of bass fishing paradise.

Do you keep secrets to yourself?

As with baseball players who find that they “hit” better whenever they wear those unwashed socks for an entire season. You too can become enamored with the progress of others when it comes to fishing. But the truth of the matter is that, you should lay down your own fishing goals. Are you doing it for fun or profit is the first question. Some would argue that it is sheer foolishness not to get their goals satisfied.
What Is Your Fishing Style
Don’t over think your fishing style or technique. It does not matter if it is gold or tennis, you have to have a stroke or technique. Doing so will ensure that your current style gets flawed. Sure you can diagram it out, heck why not make a template of it on paper or some CAD type software. And above all make sure it is practical.

Make sure you cast past your bass school;s. then slowly retrieve your lure over that school of fish. This won’t be too subtle that the fish forget that your are there. Practice making some casts. You could do this indoors or outdoors. Most people like  to keep up with their hobbies and pastimes even in the off season or during the winter months. Doing so just helps them to keep abreast of their hobbies. Sure makes the off season go much quicker. And when you think about it, isn’t this exactly what the professional baseball players do. They take a break and then start Spring  Training.