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Consider swapping the treble hooks out for singles to reduce the risk

Another way to test your drag is to gauge it to the bend in your rod

If youre mostly fishing shallow waters, you may want to look at a fish finder with side imaging, since you care about the width of what you can see on your display and much less about the depth

Whether its a battered spoon that enticed a personal-record pike or the first spinner your dad gave you, some lures just never leave your tacklebox

Some reel models have larger spools and can hold more line

Usually, when that happens, I wonder if everyone else knows something I dont, like an impending tornado or a massive fish kill that I somehow missed