How to Start Up a Freshwater Fishing Tackle Box
The freshwater angler looking to put together a tackle box needs to focus on the tackle that every fisherman must have. Once you have all of the basics you'll need to deal with the various scenarios you'll face during the course of an outing, you can begin to add tackle specific to different types of fishing.
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Things You'll Need
- Tackle box
- terminal tackle
- fishing tools
- lure assortment
- first aid kit
- bug spray
- spool of line
Instructions
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Buy a tackle box with compartments so you can keep all your fishing tackle in separate compartments and have it readily available when you need it. Get plastic compartment boxes if you have a tackle box that has room inside for them. Label them if you have more than one so you can quickly identify the contents while fishing.
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Put together a first aid kit for your tackle box. Add such products as sunscreen and sunburn lotion, Band-aids, zinc-oxide, gauze and wound-care materials. Buy tweezers for your kit to remove splinters.
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Purchase an assortment of terminal tackle. Terminal tackle is the term for fishing tackle that goes on the end of a line, such as hooks, sinkers, weights, swivels, bobbers and split shots. No. 4 and No. 6 are good hook sizes because both are appropriate for many different species of fish.
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Equip your tackle box with the basic fishing tools. A line snipper to trim knots and cut line from hooks and a utility knife are two such tools. A pistol-grip hook remover to get at hooks deep in the mouth of your catch is extremely helpful. A combination spring scale and tape measure comes in handy to measure your catch, and needle-nosed pliers that bend hooks and remove them from fish complete this assortment.
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Decide what type of fish you wish to target before buying your lures. Choose a variety of different colored spoons if bass, pike and trout are on your list. Soft plastic creature baits such as worms and lizards entice largemouth bass. Buy small jigs if you want to catch panfish such as perch and crappie. Choose a selection of spinnerbaits to attract trout and pike as well as bass.
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Tips & Warnings
Carry insect repellent and an extra spool of fishing line in your tackle box.
References
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