Snap Your Line? Lose a Fish on a Nice Hook Set? Did the Fish Spit Your Lure? Well, it may be your fault and you may not even know why. This video will cover 14 reasons you are losing bass, why it may be your fault, and Bass Fishing Tips and Tricks you will need to increase your fishing advantage.
I will cover reasons you are losing bass that range from your fishing line, knots, drag, rod types, keeping your fish from jumping, 4 mistakes of a hook set, to basic maintenance. These are the top 14 bass fishing tips and tricks for the beginner bass fisherman. Enjoy!
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS ⏱️
0:00 Intro
0:36 #14: Focus on your Knots
1:32 #13 Use Correct Rod Type
2:39 #12 Master Your Hook Set
3:22 #11 Keep Your Fish From Jumping
4:35 #10 Check Your Fishing Line
5:33 #9 Do You Have The Right Net?
6:40 #8 4 Mistakes of the Hook Set
8:24 #7 Calm Down! Steady Pressure
9:06 #6 Leave a Rod’s Length of Fishing Line
9:35 #5 Pay Attention to Your Fishing Line Usage / Storage
11:00 #4 Keep Your Hooks Sharp / Sharpener
12:58 #3 Dial in Your Drag
13:01 #2 What Happened to #2?
14:50 #1 Check Your Rod Guides for Hairline Fractures
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2/0 vmc drop shot hooks are my fav
I do love seeing a fish jump. If I lose the ones that do it's OK. I also crush all of my barbs. This is not for the fish, this is for me. I have twice had hooks stuck in me so bad that I had to go to an ER or a clinic to have them removed. The 2nd time I got another guy fishing nearby to pull on it with pliers as hard as he could in the hope it would just rip out but it wouldn't.
The rubber nets protect the fish from net injuries better. The net you are waving around is less fish friendly.
Slip bobber fishing will train you to take up your slack first.
On changing line, like I said on one of your other videos, I leave my rarely used reels empty until I am going to use them. The 3 or 4 I use a lot get new line yearly or more often. The ones I use for lure fishing tend to get new line more as I use it up cutting off and retying. I like to have a rod or 2 for lures, and a rod for live bait. Most often the bait rod is set up for a slip bobber, but sometimes for s regular bobber. I usually use a swivel and pre snelled hooks with that so there isn't a lot of cutting off.
Trilene knot is best if you're fish in or near grass because the tag end faces down
I usually solo fish, and never bring a net. I just bring the fish to the raft and grab the line and pull it up. Is that bad? Ive noticed a lot of ppl use nets but ive never had trouble, or lost a fish over not using one.
Yessir pay for the hooks. I love VMC💪🏾 Great tips!
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Great tips bro!
Great vid… guilty on some of these!
Great tips Wendell Fishing! Thanks!