Growing the sport of bass fishing is a double-edged sword. While it’s healthy for the industry to be growing at the rate it is, it also can cause some trouble because more people fishing means one thing – more people are fishing.
“There is more fishing pressure today than ever before,” said Mike Iaconelli. “ ... The anglers now are really good. All of them: the young guys, the guys that just started a few years ago, the guys that picked it back up. They're getting good quick. There's a lot of people, and a lot of tournaments.”
All of those factors combined to make fishing more difficult for many anglers.
In this seminar, Iaconelli explains just how he tackles heavily pressured bodies of water.
Iaconelli says the places you chose to fish play a big role, and he highly recommends fishing where other people aren’t. Opting to fish in deeper water, thicker cover, or in ‘boring’ places found on electronics can place you around fish that have been less targeted.
Your bait selection, however, can place just as important of a role.
Iaconelli discusses two very opposite approaches for techniques. On one hand, he suggests downsizing and going with a more finesse approach, but – on the other – he recommends upsizing your baits and going after a reaction strike.
Iaconelli also discusses his 10 tactics for targetting pressured fish, which include his thoughts on rattles, scents, and colors.

4:35 How To Beat Fishing Pressure
7:45 How To Make Fish Bite
16:30 Going Where Other Anglers Won't
23:00 Color Selection For Pressured Waters
28:00 How Sound Impacts Bass
29:45 Casting Multiple Times To A Target
32:10 When To Use Scent To Attract More Fish
33:40 Fish The Boring Places
38:10 Keys To Following Birds
40:50 Importance of Fishing The Wind
42:00 Varying Your Presentation
45:45 Building A Panic Box Of Confidence Baits
47:00 Using Fluorocarbon For Different Techniques
50:50 Picking A Universal Finesse Spinning Rod
51:50 How To Apply Scent To Hard Baits
53:00 Braided Split Rings

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