I've come across a few good tips I thought I'd share

Rusty Hooks

Next time you open a box or package, look for those little packets of oxygen-absorbing silica gel. Put these packets in your tackle box to help keep your hooks rust free.

Roll-On Sent Applicator

Worried about spilling scents and getting it all over your carpet or cloths. Use a Ban Roll on bottle. Make sure you clean it really well. You have to take the ball out, which isn't really that hard. Fill it with your favorite fish scent. Put the ball back in, screw the top back on and you have it. It won't spill all over the boats carpet, or the gelcoat. All you have to do is rub it on your bait.

     

Polishing Spinnerbait Blades

Take a damp rag, or damp paper towel, and put cigarette ashes on it and rub it on your spinner bait blades, they shine like you used metal polish. The more ashes the better, but keep it wet.

Cast Even Farther

To make your rod cast even farther, apply a liquid car wax to all of the insides of the rod guides, wait for the wax to dry, and then buff off the excess. It puts a nice slippery finish on the guides, which increases your rods casting distance.

Bring your own T.P. when fishing with Low_Budget_Hookers

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Thanks.

Great tips.

I can't wait to try that Ban scent trick.

Keep 'em coming.

When i get a boat i'm going to put that kind of toilet paper there... that is the Charmin super-extra-strong-non-breakable-stainless steel-reusable() toilet paper!!!

For a Surveyor, the whole world is a toilet. I never go anywhere without "emergency paper". It's the code of the wilderness. LOL

Ronnie

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A question on the car wax tip.  Would there be any scent from the wax that a bass could potentially smell that would rub off on your line?  If not then I definately want to try that

A question on the car wax tip. Would there be any scent from the wax that a bass could potentially smell that would rub off on your line?

VAbasser, I haven't noticed the wax on rod guides causing a significant difference in catches, due to a smell rubbing off on the line.

Here is my analysis:

1. I wax my guides over the winter when I clean, lube and respool my reels (well before my first outing in spring anyway).  Usually my first 2-3 outings are without my boat, just to cure myself of cabin fever.  Therefore these outings are bank fishing trips.  I use a particular 7' spinning combo with 8 lb test line to get the distance I need to hit rocks and breaklines that I know exist in my usual bank fishing areas.  My usual lures this time of the year involve a 1/8 ounce Slider jig with either a grub or 4 worm.  Also, a suspending jerkbait is often utilized.

2. I had trouble reaching the specific areas listed above before utilizing the guide wax technique.  After utilizing the wax I had little problem hitting the target distance (without a wind blowing).  I estimate an additional 10 to 20 feet of casting distance is obtained by waxing guides.

3. I've done this for the last 3 years.  So I've looked back now at the last 5 years of my notes (for my first two annual outings), and based my analysis on the results.

4. The average early season daily bank fish caught prior to waxing was 2.342674, and 4.113587 after waxing the guides.  Therefore I attribute a 75.6% increases in catches. But it is key to note several factors influence the results, including but not limited to temperature, weather conditions, time of day, and different brand lines, grubs, worms and jerkbaits utilized over the 5 year period.  I weight these circumstance heavily and calculate these differences out to derive a +- 25% standard deviation.  This results in a conservative estimate that the waxing of the guides produces me with a 50% increase in catches in the first day outing scenario and in the conditions specified, and therefore any wax line smell to be of little consequence.

5. And finally, I never let facts or the truth interfere with a good fishing story.

Zel, That was one of the most brilliant statistical analysis ever used to shoot the bull. I took the time to read your figures and began wondering how long you had been keeping a journal of your fishing trips and how long it had taken you to figure out to statistically analyse your catches to determine the most effective manner of fishing.

Then i sat and wondered how long it had taken me to get took.

good post,

Peter

Haha ok I'll give it a try