Not everyone has a boat, and even if you do, not all boat owners have time to load up the boat and make a trip out to a big water for a full day of fishing. With that in mind, how do you keep your casting sharp, or try new techniques, or practice setting the hook without taking a day off work? The answer is to locate and utilize smaller bodies of water near your home that have bass. These could be ponds, small lakes, streams or any publicly-accessible small water with bass, or private body of water where you have permission to fish. These waters often allow for a quick fishing trip after work or in the morning without dedicating a whole day, which is often great for taking kids fishing. Because you can usually walk around an entire pond, they also give you a chance to survey the entire body of water and apply patterns that will also work on larger bodies of water.

0:35 Utilize small waters to improve your fishing
2:14 Where Pete does a lot of his fishing practice
3:19 Why fish smaller waters like ponds?
6:27 Importance of having a good hook set
8:39 Where to find small lakes & ponds to fish with resources like Fishidy
13:50 Tips on taking notes
15:34 Seasonal patterns apply to all bodies of water
17:50 The best place to learn a new tecchnique and gain confidence in a new lure
21:13 Learn how to generate strikes & identify bites
32:41 What are deflection strikes?
33:07 Using scent on soft plastic lures
33:58 Retrieve speed & dead sticking
35:28 Setting the hook and keeping them hooked
46:58 Relationship of rod, reel & line

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