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Foreword - Whatever the reason you had for picking up these pages, to learn more about fishing, and game fishing, specifically with an all-time angling favorite embedded in the aptly titled: Bass Fishing, 101: How To Catch The Next Big One, you are sure to find a quenching reprieve. Still your thirst for knowledge and any bass fishing pursuit, challenge or battle, you will or might face in your lifetime, right here. There is something for everyone in this book!

Introduction - Bass defined: A fighter, ever-elusive, choice game-fish, predator by nature and reputation, the one sought-after, prized hook, catch, reel-in and land, of many an aspiring angler.

How to catch Bass AND then catch more, larger bass, more often, in more places, with more consistency, having a pro-active plan and approach, stacking the odds in your favor to succeed, catching more fish and enjoying the process, is what this basic guide is all about.

01. The Basics - Most, if not all of the so-called ‘insider’ secrets, tips and stories to tell of big hauls of Bass, all revolve, around a very simple basic rule – understanding the fish, (their life-cycles, feeding preferences, habits and patterns, habit and menu of choice, their nature, their relationship with the broader eco-system and position on the food-chain, timing it right.

02. Mistakes - As we have discovered throughout these pages, there is a lot more the bass fishing than meets the eye.  Once you are familiar with the species, different bodies of water, different and sophisticated fishing and angling equipment and accessories, as well as familiarizing yourself with habits, patterns and nature, behavior, natural diet and preferred foods, mastering some basic skills like preparation, presentation, tackle, bait and lures, casting accuracy, knots, hooks and the intricacies and complexities in retrieval and landing, the journey has but started.

03. Techniques - Skipping - This technique might remind you a lot of throwing rocks onto the surface of the water to see it ‘skip’. As a water/top-water disturbance and movement simulator, it triggers and teases our predator to come up and see what is there to eat/attack.

04. Conclusions - Catch-and-release fishing - Doing your part to protect nature and conserve it for future generations,  is mandatory and regulated. Using barb-less hooks and or removing them easily. Holding the fish in the water, gently while unhooking, minimizing the trauma and damage to the fish is crucial. Support the fish and let it go with the current, swimming away and left to live another day, for many battles more to come!  

05. References - Miesen, G, Hauge, S., 2005: The Freshwater Angler - Live Bait Fishing. Creative Publishing International Inc., Minnesota.  ISBN: 1589231465

Roland, M. 1998: Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets (Hardcover)Winchester Press; 2nd edition. ISBN: 0832904570

Glossary - as found at http://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/bass_fishing.html

Action - Measure of rod performance that describes the elapsed time between flexion and return to straight configuration; ranges from slow to fast, with slow being the most amount of flexion; also refers to the strength of the rod (light, medium and heavy) with light being a limber rod and heavy a stout rod; also refers to gear of reels.

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