Understanding the Life of Professional Bass Fishermen

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Would it be fun to fish everyday? This paper is about Professional Bass Fishing. A Professional Bass Fisherman involves catching many fish, having the right equipment and being on the water most of the day. Most people think that fishing is boring and that you don't catch any fish, but really you just have to practice a lot. When being a Professional Bass fisherman you have to have the right skills and knowledge. First of all you need to know how to unload a boat, like backing it up in the water and getting it off the trailer. Second you need to learn how to work the trolling motor, the throttle, a GPS, the power poles, and all the different gauges on the dashboard. After you learn all these things then you need to go get your boating license …show more content…

I suggest that you go to a store like Bass Pro Shops and get a good quality rod and reel. Once you get your rod and reel then you can ask someone who works their for line and they can teach you how to put line on and maybe tie different knots. Next, you need to find the right lures and worms, it's probably going to take you awhile to get all the lures and things that you need to be a successful bass fisherman. Before you start entering tournaments you need to go to many different lakes and practice a lot because you have to think, a lot of the people have been fishing way longer than you so you need to practice. When you feel like you are ready and you know what your doing then maybe you can enter a tournament. After awhile when you start winning the tournaments or getting second place then you can worry about sponsors. Sponsors are a big help because they give you free rods, reels, sunglasses, lures, and many different other cool things that they have came out with. When you start getting into the more competitive tournaments where you can win money thats when the reel fun starts. A Professional Bass fisherman makes about $50,000-$130,000 a year but it depends. Most of the Professional Bass fisherman pay their bills with that

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