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Confidence
and Concentration
Confidence and concentration are the two most abused
words in bass fishing. The biggest mistake I see fishermen
make are losing confidence in their fishing and developing
a low level of concentration as the day goes on. You
need to be in "I can catch fish any time" frame of mind
at all times and you definitely need to keep your concentration
level high.
Everyone
has experiences of lows and highs when it comes to fishing,
look at Rick Clunn missing the BassMasters' Classic
for the first time in 27 years. You have to work through
these periods and realize you can't catch fish every
time.
The
best way to do this is to go back to the basics of your
strong points of fishing, keep your confidence level
up and concentrate on what you are doing all day long.
One thing I always try to get across in my seminars,
is that you can catch just as many fish in the last
10 minutes of the day as you can in the first 10 minutes
of the morning.
I've
had quite a few readers e-mail with the question, "What
are basic colors and lures you would use if that's all
you could carry on a fishing trip?" All colors
will catch bass on given days but the ones that work
on the tough fishing conditions are the ones I almost
always rely on, anywhere I go from New York, Florida
to California.
In
Zoom plastics (worms, tubes, lizards, and brush hogs)
the colors I would use in order, green pumpkin, watermelon
seed, redbug, blue moccasin, June bug, and red shad.
Ledgebuster and Edgebuster spinnerbaits, blue glimmer,
white, chartreuse, white and chartreuse. Blade colors-
silver, silver and gold, gold, white, and chartreuse.
Woo Daves' Stinger jigs- black and blue #1 color by
far, pumpkin, and brown. Zoom super chunk trailers,
blue, green pumpkin with tail dipped chartreuse Spike-it
dye, root beer and black. XPS crankbaits- crawfish,
shad, and chartreuse. Buzzbaits- white and black. Possum
lures-pearl, bream, and chartreuse.
Two
more questions I get quite often are what depth finder
do I use and what battery works best. These are easy
questions Raytheon Marine L470 Fishfinder is without
a doubt the best affordable unit on the market. All
you have to do is hit the power button and go fishing,
the unit does the rest. It's water proof and just last
forever.
Trojan
Batteries are the only batteries I have found that will
hold up under extreme fishing conditions day in and
day out. They will hold up under tournament conditions
year around. One other tip for the month, be sure to
wear good sunglasses when out on the water, the Woo
Daves' Polarized Fisherman Eyewear sunglasses.
First,
I wear glasses for eye protection, second not to look
for fish but to look for structure. Polarized sunglasses
cut the glare off the water and this allows you to spot
underwater objects like stumps, grass points, holes
in the grass, brush piles, etc. These places are where
you want to throw your lures and without polarized sunglasses
you are just casting blindly. Have a good fishing trip
this summer and enjoy your time on the water. Remember
every day you fish the Lord adds a day to your life.
May
God Bless You!
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