Arranging Fishing Tackle

Arranging Fishing Tackles

Serious fishermen are very particular about their fishing tackles. They would choose nothing but the best. And they are also the first one to be buying the brand new products when launched or on sale in the local departmental store. But where does one store these? A common answer is the garage or the basement. If you just enter a basement of an ardent angler, you would understand just from the huge collection of tackles that this cannot but be a fisherman’s den.

We are here with some tips that will help you organize your array of fishing tackles. It is not at all pleasant to have to sit and untangle the mess in the tackle box and be looking frantically for your lucky bass lure without any signs of finding it. There are crank baits, jig baits, spinner baits, hard body lures, soft plastics this and that all over the place. Unless you keep them organized, it is not going to be a pretty picture when you are getting ready for a much awaited fishing trip.

Tackleboxes are simply great but sadly they do not have ample space to fit in all your tackles that come in different sizes and types. A better idea is to use tackle bags or plastic utility boxes- it offers more room.

Try dedicating one or two compartmentalized utility boxes for the types of fish you generally are after. This way you do not have to carry the entire box and take only the ones you need with you.

As we all know spinner baits takes up a lot of room in the utility boxes- carry them in specialized pouches and save space. These look like sandwich bags and easily fit into the external pockets of your tackle bag.

Keeping soft plastic lures is a good idea. Again, use specialized bags and put them in your tackle bag. Arrange them by technique or size.

The hooks often get jumbled. There is however a simple way to take care of this problem – secure the hooks tight against the lure bodies with the help of elastic bands.

The splitshots often tend to get to get misplaced. Empty plastic film containers can work as dividers as well as serve as storage for your splitshots.

One important thing – don’t forget to label the boxes according to their contents. It makes it a lot easier when you have to get ready for fishing. It is also a good idea to arrange the fishing tackles in your boat. You might be a very busy person with no time to be organizing your fishing lures and tackles with such precision! Your boat is where you store all the stuffs and it is almost like one cannot even find a tiger if it hides under the entire heap.

There are certain magnetic tools available in the market which helps you to separate your hooks and fishing lures. This way you also reduce the chances of hurting yourself with the sharp hooks. The magnetic tool is powerful enough and allows secure holding your rods, lures, knives, hooks, hook sharpener, pliers, clippers and anything else that you might need.

Arranging and organizing tackles saves more time and energy that you can invest in doing what you like the most – fishing.

Author- John Anderson

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Presque Isle Bay Fish Could Be Worth 2 Million Dollars!

In case you have yet to hear it.  Cabela's is running a fishing contest and one of the lucky waters selected is Presque Isle Bay!  In order to qualify for this fishing contest you have to pre-register at Cabela's Fish for Millions.

Fish have been tagged and released into Peninsular waters.  If you are registered at Cabela's and catch a tagged fish, it could be worth as much as $2,000,000 bucks!  There are lots of other prizes too, like bass boats, rod and reels, Cabela gift cards, and other cash prizes from $10,000 dollars and up. 

Some of the fish tagged are smallmouth and largemouth bass, bluegills, perch, and crappie. 

If you catch a tagged fish and did not pre-register, you will get zip so make sure to register and catch a fish worth big bucks!  Good luck! 

Bay Perch Season Nearing the End for 2012.

Today was a perfect evening to try catching some perch off shore.  The fish were either not cooperating or have moved out into the lake already.  A friend of mine told me that he is catching them in 50 feet of water so I believe the majority of perch have left the bay and are in the lake.  Last year, there was excellent shore perch fishing until June but this year the water temperature raced up quickly due to the lack of ice in the bay and a hot spell during March when the temperatures for several days approached 80 degrees.

I managed to catch only one fish this evening.  It was a big Rock Bass.  I guess its' time to get the boat ready!  Good luck fishing!