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Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Time to get ready for fishing ahead Stretch of horrid weather is perfect time to prepare for upcoming fishing season Click on headline for complete story, with photo(s) By Lee McClellan, Associate Editor Kentucky Afield Outdoor magazine, KY Dept. of Fish & Wildlife FRANKFORT, Ky. - With much of Kentucky covered in a sundae made of snow topped with a crust of ice, fishing season seems millennia away. The sun gets higher in the southern sky with each passing day; it is only a matter of time before this horrible weather pattern breaks. Use this dark and cold time to prepare for the inevitable coming of the spring fishing season. Get your gear organized Get your gear organized. While we change lures or rigs in haste while fishing, most of us just shove things such as bags of soft plastic lures, jigs or leaders into the first pocket in our tackle bag we find. For most anglers, the tackle bag goes onto a shelf in the garage in fall until fishing season begins the next spring. Take the time now to get out all of your tackle and go through it. Throw away torn up soft plastic lures, replace worn spinnerbait or jig skirts and put everything back where it belongs. Then, you can actually find the lures or tackle when you need them this spring. Organizing your tackle is especially important if you fish for different species from different platforms such as fishing from a motor boat for largemouth bass, wading for trout in the Cumberland River or floating for stream smallmouth bass in a canoe or kayak. Your tackle and lures easily grow into mishmash by the end of the fishing year. Take advantage of closeout season to buy equipment Use closeout season to upgrade your fishing rods or reels. The large catalog outfitters routinely clearance many of their fishing items at this time of year to make room for new models. Earlier models of reels or rods usually perform just as well as the new models. Remember, those same rods and reels were cutting edge when they debuted on the market, usually just a couple of years ago. You can often find them at a steep discount, sometimes 50 percent or more off the original price right now. This is a great time to buy closeout lures as well as steeply discounted fishing waders, wade boots and fishing vests. It is also a good time to buy deer or waterfowl hunting gear at great prices. The clearance season is a good time for journeyman anglers to specialize their rods and reels. When most of us start fishing, we use one or two rods for all of our fishing, regardless of species sought or water body fished. They are all we have. As fishing experience develops your skill level to a higher plane, the one or two rod approach doesn't work anymore. You don't want to fish jigs in heavy cover for largemouth bass with a light power rod or use a medium-heavy power rod for crappie. Remember the difference between a rod's power and action. The power of a rod determines what fishing situation the rod's design allows. For example, a light power spinning rod usually handles from 4- to 8-pound test line and lures from 1/16-ounce to 5/16-ounce. This rod is a poor choice for throwing This story was posted on 2014-02-06 15:48:59
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