ADVICE
practice COURSE
FISHING
By Kent Brown
I
have several friends that enjoy golfing and spend
as much time chasing a little white ball around a
field as I spend chasing a little green fish around
some ditch in the Delta. They often tell me golf is like fishing and I remind them if golf was
like fishing they would move the holes every
day and not put a flag in them so you would
have no idea where they went.
As I thought about their claim I thought
about how many afternoons they would spend
at the driving range or putting to improve their
game and I thought that was the one thing
missing in most bass anglers pursuit to get
better. Not that you need to start hitting a few
balls on your way home from work but how
many of you actually work to improve your
fishing mechanics?
I get asked often how you catch more fish
or why the top pros are better at catching
more and bigger fish than the average
weekend angler? That question usually boils
down to time on the water and mechanics.
What I mean by mechanics is being able to
cast, flip and pitch with accuracy every time,
spinning and bait casting, mono, fluorocarbon
or braid you need to be able to put a bait
where you want it every time.
I think that so many times anglers want
to believe the pros are better because they
have newer and bigger boats, better rods
and get prototype lures the fish have never
seen before. Get the chance to ride along
with some of these guys and you will see
they are very proficient at putting a bait
wherever they want it and if a fish misses
a bait like a topwater or a spinnerbait they
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have it back in the same spot the very next cast often resulting in that missed fish hitting the net. Being able to make a presentation next to a tree, tulle point or