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Fishing Tips

By Ronnie Garrison, About.com

Tip - Try lighter line
Tip - Fish with live bream for flatheads
Tip - Go catfishing when there is a low pressure area approaching!
Tip - Scout when the water is low!
Tip - Try a variety of baits!
Tip - Be flexible!
Tip - Use circle hooks!
Tip - Fish rocky points at night!
Tip - Look for schooling fish! -
Tip -Try a spinnerbait! -
Tip - Match worm color to water color!
Tip - Learn to unhook yourself!
Tip - Weight a crankbait
Tip - Learn to use a depthfinder
Tip -Keep a jigging spoon rigged and ready
Tip -Fish under bridges
Tip -Bait a hole for carp
Tip -Work on topwater plugs if you are missing strikes
Tip -Check pawn shops for great fishing tackle deals
Tip - Look for small lakes near you to fish
Tip - Try a shorter rod for spinnerbaits
Tip - Learn about a new bait
Tip - Try different rods
Tip - Learn to put line on reels correctly
Tip - Check out spawning structure
Tip - Use something different
4/12/00 - Newsletter Vol. 3, #14 Tip - Try a split shot rig
Tip - Use topwater to locate bass
Tip - If the lake is crowded, slow down!
Tip - Keep a marker buoy handy
Tip - Go deeper for bass
Tip - Take advantage of spawning runs -
Tip - Try small baits
Tip - Fish real shallow
Tip - Find warm water
Tip - Cold Front Fishing
Tip - Fish riprap
Tip - Fish Rattle Traps
Tip - Where to catch spotted bass
Tip - Check yard sales for fishing equipment
Tip - Polish your spoons
Tip - use a split ring
Tip - Keep your head warm
Tip - Make sure the ice is safe
Tip - Fish deeper
Tip - Listen to the fish and adapt!
Tip - Adjust your depth
Tip - Check your lower unit
Tip - Learn to jig a spoon
Tip - Fish a jig and pig
Tip - Practice Casting
Tip - Try different size lines -
Tip - Share your tips
Tip - Don't leave fish!
Tip - Tune your crankbaits
Tip - Organize your tackle box
Tip - Be ready!
Tip - Try lighted docks
Tip - Take a hike
Tip - Prepare for hot weather
Tip - Fish at night
Tip - Don't give up!
Tip - Fish where the fish are
Tip - Look for a mayfly hatch
Tip - Check for small lakes and ponds in your area -
Tip - Study your quarry
Tip - Try a variety of baits for cats
Tip - Start early
Tip - Shoot the docks for crappie
Tip - Be flexible!
Tip - Use a soft jerkbait
Tip - Fish the current breaks
Tip - Match the shad hatch!
Tip - Go deeper after a cold front
Tip - Use a confidence bait
Tip - Bass are bedding
Tip - Learn some basics
Tip - Try a variety of baits
Tip - Watch your surface temp gauge!
Tip - Check the water in your batteries AGAIN!
Tip - Put new line on your reels
Tip - How to add a rattle to a jig, from Wes Brooks
Tip - Follow directions when somebody tells you what they are biting!
Tip - Look for clear water in creeks
Tip - Check your batteries
Tip - Study a map
Tip - Fish shallow pockets after a warm front
Tip - Fish heavy cover
Tip - Don't Give Up!
Tip - Check your drag
Tip - Follow the gulls
Tip - Hurry up and get Christmas presents
Tip - Concentrate on the fish, not other fishermen
Tip - Check back in places where you have caught fish
Tip - Throw a white spinnerbait!
Tip - Get a good rainsuit
Tip - Fish, don't ride
Tip - Keep fishing all winter!
Tip - Learn to read a map!
Tip - Downsize after a cold front
Tip - Try topwater lures in the fall
Tip - Check line diameter when buying line
Tip - Feather your line when using a spinning reel
Tip - Try several different baits around good looking cover
Tip - Vary yoiur retreive
Tip - Give the fish a choice of baits
Tip - Join a bass club
Tip - Carry a plug knocker
Tip - Get a good spotlight cheap
Tip - Try night fishing
Tip - Sharpen your hooks!
Tip - Run upriver and find cool water
Tip - Use live bait
Tip - Go deep in hot weather
Tip - Take your children fishing
Tip - Have a Texas rigged worm ready when fishing top water
Tip - Stick with topwater as late as possible
Tip - Join the IGFA, see the world (record fish)
Tip - Where to find calm fishing water on a holiday weekend
Tip - Fish the shade as the sun gets hotter
Tip - Go fishing on the full moon
Tip - Check your line!
Tip - use a natural looking bait
Tip - If you are missing fish, change you rig
Tip - If the fish move, move with them.
Tip - Trust your partner
Tip - Try a bucktail jig
Tip - Try different patterns if the one you are on isn't working
Tip - Stick with it if you want to place in a bass tournament
Tip - Use light line when the fish won't bite.
Tip - Fish the windy banks
Tip - Get off the lake if lightning is near!
Tip - Confidence is important!
Tip - Ways for fishing muddy water, joke, two site picks, Thought for the Week, nightly chat list 2/4/98 - Newsletter #3 Tip - Jig and Pig fishing, joke, Thought for the Week and chat list 1/28/98 - Newsletter #2 Tip - Try to find clear water 1/21/98 - Newsletter #1 Tip - Fishing Riprap

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