Mcsanders, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!! Keep your eyes open and pay attention to your surrondings. You never know you may see!

TBASSYATES: It's OK to talk to the animals, they get lonely too.


I had a great conversation with a Snowy Igret last saturday and I'll be darned if he didn't come back and visit with me on sunday. Shoots he ate half of my lunch.

Tight lines

Bigcat

Evolution 44...I can't believe that you devulged the info on modifying fluke's to change the way they fall. Assume I do not need to explain why!

Hawkeye

Go early and stay late.

what rain?

Ivory Soap doesn't seem to bother the fishies.

When everything else fails...go back to the basics.Worms,spinnerbaits,hotspots.
Buy the best equipment you can afford,it will make fishing alot easier and enjoyable.Nothing more frustrating than a reel that "birdnest" all the time.
Mark

For finiky bass short charging your lure....mash a regular earthworm or two all over the lure. That little extra scent is just too much for em! Chuck

always:
keep your pliers/hemostats handy
nail clippers for quick lure change w/mono
scissors are better w/braided line
bring a camera
bring some food(hunger sucks no matter what you're doing)
check the weather conditions for where you're gonna be(do as i say, not as i do)
pack it in, pack it out
enjoy the great outdoors
take a young'in with ya if you can and teach'em all you know
GOFISH

Gofish covered my thoughts, but to re-iterate, have the camera at the ready. It can be a huge difference between a fish story and a picture to prove it. Scale, pliers and scissors all ready at hand make it an easy task when you get that fish in the boat.

Take along some Germ-X or other waterless hand sanitizer. It is great for getting fish smell off your hands after fishing, and other smells during! If you can't smell your hands, I doubt the fish can. Seriously, this stuff works better than anything else I have tried for getting that fishy smell off after cleaning your catch. Scrub good, especially your nails, and use Germ-X.

1. Put your cell phone in a zip lock or leave it at home.
2. Put a swivel on your marker buoys (thanks Dlee). Also, tie a knot about 6 feet above the weight so you will know when its about to bash the side of your boat. I do that on my anchor as well.
3. Take care of small things while they are still small.

Never try to back a hook out (that has passed the barb) of gill plates or throat . Hooks are the least expensive piece of equipment needed for fishing . As a begining angler , it will happen from time to time , when it does happen , don't cheap out & torture a fish , with a slow death (over .50 cents & inexperience)

Hee-Hee! Ditto on the cell phone advice. I dropped mine off the loading dock at Lavonia last year. Was able to fish it up with a large magnet I carry with me. It looked eary...glowing as I pulled it up from the bottom. And it still would work except the lcd display was toast! Probably fried that with the magnet. Couldn't believe it worked at all. It were ruint' anyways!

Keep a roll of TP on the boat...

There's nothing worse than going home wearing only one sock!!!

ha ha ha. Never know when mudshark will start barking, bad breath too.

I keep a roll in my boat. I even put a magazine rack by the live well.