1st Cast Fishing Lures

When you are preparing to fish a tournament or even just head out for the weekend there are several things you should do before you ever hook up the boat and head out.  Many are obvious such as making sure that everything in and on the boat is in good working order.  Re-tie your lines and prepare all of your tackle, know what the local regulations are… you pretty much get the picture. 

When tournament fishing there is one piece of preparation that I never slack on and I would suggest that if you want to be a better fisherman and make productive use of your time that you do the same.  It doesn’t matter if it is a lake that I have been to many times or a body of water that I have never seen I still practice this.

 FIND THE BEST MAPS AVAILABLE AND STUDY THEM.  You can save yourself a lot of time and money by studying your maps before you ever leave the house.  You can eliminate a lot of water depending on the time of year and current conditions with the use of a map.  Why fish the flats with a spinner bait if the bass have already headed toward the summer depths.  If you need to find the next drop off from 5 to 10 feet on a point, then your map is the way to go.  These are also excellent record keepers.  Make notes on them when you do find the fish or that secret brush pile.  These days GPS has taken a major role in that area, but we all know that we don’t always fish out of our own boats and unless you want everyone to have your spots marked on their GPS, then take your map.

 There are many good maps available these days.  Look for the one that you like the best and make the investment.

This is just one thing you can do to make your time on the water more enjoyable and productive.

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