Bass Fishing Equipment
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MTM Ice Fishing Rod Box (Red) Sale Price: $34.99  |
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MTM's Ice Fishing Rod Box (IFB-1) holds up to eight rods and has space for your tackle and tip ups. Four compartments hold your other fishing accessories. Box is made of rugged polypropylene and inside there is notched foam padding that securely holds your rods... |
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Organized Fishing Regular Rubber Clip (Pack of 16) Sale Price: $5.99 |
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DIY accessory designed to replace the worn out clips or build up the storage solution for your fishing rods |
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Zebco Hook-Line-Sinker 202KR/HLSC562M SC Fishing Rod and Reel Combo Sale Price: $12.47 |
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A Zebco 202 reel and a 5'6" medium, 2 piece rod. Comes with light tackle, pre-rigged jigs, spring loaded bobber, snelled bait hooks, swivels and sinkers! Its all here and ready to go! |
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South Bend 7-In-1 Angler'S Fishing Pliers Sale Price: $5.05 |
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These handy fishing pliers are seven tools in one. Functions as needle nose pliers, split shot crimper, hook disgorger, fish scaler, can opener, bottle opener, and wire cutter. Chrome-plated with non-slip foam handles... |
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American Fishing Wire Split Rings (Stainless Steel) |
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Spring temper stainless steel Split Rings are rigid and strong. You can attach them quickly to other components using the handy AFW Split Ring Pliers. Available in Stainless Steel finish. |
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Quantum Triax Spinning Reel |
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Quantum Triax Spinning Reel. You've gotta spin to win... and by winning, we mean haulin' in a HUGE catch! Here, this Quantum Triax Spinning Reel delivers an 8-ball bearing construction for free-flowing casts that don't catch at all... |
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Rhino Spincast Fishing Rod and Reel Combo/602M Sale Price: $44.34 |
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Rhino size 3 spincast reel, mounted on a 6', 2 piece, indestructible Rhino Glowtip Rod |
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Allen Company Platte River Fishing Gear Bag Sale Price: $36.16 |
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This is a fantastic bag for storing and transporting your fishing or hunting waders. Keep the damp and dirty waders in the bag, and the mess out of the car or truck. Keep wading shoes and waders in the same place, so they're always ready to go... |
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Fish Eyes Rod and Reel with Underwater Video Camera Sale Price: $54.99 |
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A color LCD screen transmits footage from an underwater camera, letting you spot -- and catch -- fish attracted by an included bait basket. The FishEyes Rod and Reel, with a built-in underwater video camera, allows you to see exactly what's happening underwater, in real time... |
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Zebco HAWG SEEKER/702MH WithBITE ALERT SC Fishing Rod and Reel Combo Sale Price: $34.00 |
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See and hear the strike with the Zebco Hawg Seeker fishing rod and reel combo. The Hawg Seeker is equipped with revolutionary BiteAlert technology, which allows fishermen to see and hear a bite even on the darkest of nights... |
Bass fishing equipment should be prepared much like a surgeon prepares for important brain surgery. Everything needs to be in the right place and working at maximum efficiency. Okay, it's probably a drastic comparison I know because what does brain surgery and bass fishing equipment have in common.
Nothing really, but the right preparation of your bass fishing equipment is so vital. Bass fishing equipment can be a liitle challenging to prepare; perhaps finicky is the right word, but get it right at the start and it will reward you big time. That's if you combine good fishing skills with your equipment...but that's another bass fishing article I've got in mind later on.
The rods and reels are the most expensive and most important pieces of your arsenal. Making sure that your rods and reels are properly maintained is as important as buying the most expensive and reliable brands because without proper maintenance even the best reel can prove to be faulty when it comes down to the raging battle between the fish and your line. You wouldn’t want to lose that battle because you neglected proper reel and rod maintenance.
Bass fishing equipment sometimes can get down to specifics that often throw off the novice fisherman. However, knowing some of the specifics and telling points of equipment checking can help save a lot of trouble in the long run. Line guides should be checked with a “Q-tip” to insure that the holes fit your line properly and won’t tear it in half when you’re reeling in a big one.
Check the rod itself, especially if you are using a two or three part rod. Any line cracks should be investigated and dealt with properly by yourself or your bait and tackle store. This is usually fairly inexpensive and certainly a whole lot less expensive than purchasing an entirely new rod.
Changing Your Line
If you fish every weekend, you should probably change your line every three months because of the stress put on it. If you are a competitive tournament fisherman, however, you should change it more often; sometimes every week. Once again, err on the side of caution with your line; anything is better than losing a fish because you didn’t check a line properly for breaks or tears. This type of checking up on your bass fishing equipment is integral to any success you want to have as an angler.
Having the right mental preparation is always good. Hang on you're probably saying! What does this have to do with bass fishing equipment? Well, if you head out on you bass fishing trip thinking some other guy is going to land the big one then that's what's going to happen.
I'm talking about bringing along the proper clothing and "get up." What if the bass are going ballistic and biting everything. You don't want to get involved in a battle with a monster bass and you're just wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Whoa boy... don't you wish you had thought positive and brought along the proper clothing. It's all part of the bass fishing equipment equation. Just some fish food for thought.
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