Five Bass Fishing Philosophies
By Andrew Ragas Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters that encompasses knowledge, values, and reason. I don’t believe Pythagoras was a fisherman himself, but his thoughtful teachings are still being applied to scholars of all subjects, including fishing. We read to absorb information, and therefore we are all scholars of fishing. In today’s informational age, we learn and absorb every piece of information and guidance that we can to help make us more successful at our craft and specialties. For my success in bass fishing, I have identified and applied a set of important values that I operate by on the water that have evolved me into the angler I have become. Take into consideration these few philosophies of mine, that they could help make you a better bass angler as well.
#1 – Camping Out For Bites
Some of my partners give me grief for fishing too slow and methodical. There is a reason for this madness, which has been developed over several years of patterning big bass and understanding their locations, feeding times, and behavior on many of the specific waters I fish. A strategy I sometimes employ is camping on spots. I