It's frustrating isn't it, when your bass fishing tackle looks like a "mish mash" and you need something in a hurry because the bass are biting furiously and your hooks are all over the place tangled in your line. It's an angler's nightmare but one which can be so easily avoided with good tackle management practices.

Organizing Your Bass Fishing Tackle

As a child, I often used to watch in wonderment at my old man before every fishing excursion; he was so organized that there wasn't an item in his tackle box which he wasn't aware of. He always spent time before we left organizing everything neatly into an arrangement so when he needed it, he didn't have to waste valuable time looking for it.

To be honest, it drove me mad at the time because it seemed like a chore but years later, I've now realized how important managing bass fishing tackle really is.

Organize Your Fishing Day

One of the biggest mistakes anglers can make is to over prepare for a day on the water. What do we mean by this? Simply taking along equipment which doesn't fit in with the day's requirements.

If you are just going out on the water for a few hours or a even a day, it's not likely you are going to need every piece of tackle you own. Taking what you need means cutting down on unnecessary bulk and weight and means you can move around a little more freely. It also means when you need a piece of tackle in a hurry then you'll get to it reasonably quickly.

If you are travelling away for a few days then yes, you'll need to cover most angles which means a different variety of bass fishing tackle is required. A good tip for long fishing excursions is to take a mainstay tackle box containing most of your gear plus a smaller storage system, something like a wallet or smaller soft binder. Put what you need in the smaller container and just re-stock it when you need to.

Organizing bass fishing tackle just makes sense. Two questions you can ask yourself when placing tackle in a storage area are: is everything going to be easily accessible and will I be able to locate what I need in a hurry? If the tackle is well separated from each other as to avoid frustrating entanglement, then there is no reason you should have those nightmarish moments when everything is mashed up like a spaghetti dish.

Bass Fishing Tackle Storage

There are some excellent products on the market today from large bulky containers to "fit in your pocket" wallet binders. It gets down to fishing economics. We all love to travel light and the latter is an ideal tool for short time excursions.

Larger binder type systems are creating interest as well as there soft covering makes them easy to handle and like a tool set folder, they open up and everything is visible almost immediately.