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Your Rods Looking New ...by Brian
Caudill |
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Use simple
alcohol prep pads to clean the cork handles on your rods.
You can purchase several hundred for a few dollars, and you
can simply throw them away after finishing the job |
| Hi-Tech
Bassin' ...by Brian
Caudill |
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Take advantage
of available technology. Handheld computer and organizers
such as the Palm Pilot can be very helpful to the bass angler.
You can log conditions, create and use checklists to avoid
forgetting things, and store phone numbers of new friends
and contacts you meet along the way. You can also download
turn-by-turn maps to your next angling destination. When you
get home, you can quickly upload all the new information to
your home computer for future use |
| Start
a File ...by Brian
Caudill |
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If you're
like me, you probably subscribe to several fishing magazines
and read a lot of good articles. You could save all of the
magazines for future reference, but that takes a lot of space.
Instead, get a plastic filing box and some hanging folders,
label them with general bass angling headings such as "Boat
Docks", "Smallmouth", "Topwater",
etc.., and file your articles as you finish them. This will
provide you with a literal library of bass fishing knowledge,
and takes up very little space. Then when you anticipate a
facing a certain condition or employing a specific technique,
you can consult your file on that particular subject to gain
helpful insight |
| Prepare
for the worst ...by Tim
Carini |
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always carry equipment and parts in the boat just in case of
an unexpected failure or problem. I carry a conversion kit to
convert my foot control trolling motor to a hand control in
a matter of minutes, incase the steering cable breaks or the
pedal itself. Extra spark plugs and wires, spare prop, fuel
filter, O2 sensor, fuses, breakers, electrical wire, and such.
It takes up minimal space in my Skeeter, but is worth its weight
in gold if a problems occurs during a tournament |
| Fishing
Rod Care ...by Jeff
Chudzinski |
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the cork handles on your fishing rods are looking very dirty
and it makes your rods look like they are fifty years old, try
this tip. Take a very light grade sand paper and sand the cork
handles, you will notice that all the dirt will go away leaving
you with a brand new looking fishing rod |
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