Teacher's Day 2026

WTTT - What the tips today?  Catch and Release Tips Barbless hooks Barbless hooks are easier to remove and reduce the time the fish is out of water. Consider pinching down the barb with needle nose pliers, especially those lures with multiple hooks. Remove hooks quickly Fish hooked in the mouth almost always survive. Use needle-nose pliers to gently remove the hook from the fish’s mouth. Back the hook out the opposite way it went in. Cut the line If the fish is hooked deeply, cut the line as close to the fish’s mouth as possible and leave the hook. Research has documented that cutting the line can greatly increase the survival of deeply hooked fish. Most hooks will dissolve or dislodge.

WTTT - What the tips today?  Learn to Understand Underwater Geography This is one that takes time. Especially if you’re a bank fisherman. If you’re in a boat, your boat is probably equipped with the gear you need to see what the water is like with ease. From the bank, you need to rely on more traditional methods. Get used to using your rod to understand what the bottom is like. You should be able to measure how long it takes for slack to develop to get a good idea of the depth where you’re casting, feel vibrations and bumps in your rod and line to get a mental image of what material is on the bottom, where snags and structures are, etc.

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WTTT - What the tips today?  Change Your Target If you’ve mastered bass fishing, your growth will be a lot smaller than it was when you were first starting out. Sometimes, you need to re-experience that beginner period to put your skills into perspective. Try in-shore fishing, or take a trip to the Great Lakes and target giant Sturgeon. Bass aren’t the only fish on the water, and when you change to a vastly different species, even just for occasional fun, you’ll be put right back into the shoes of a beginner. That’s the beauty of fishing, once you master one thing and learning new skills is slow, there are always different targets or different types of fishing that will make everything you learned obsolete.