If you want practice on the hookset and landing of big fish and using your
drag properly try going deep sea fishing.Plenty of big ones there to
practice on and lots of fight too.
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I was wondering about ways to practice landing bigger bass. Its not always
possible to go out and find big fish to practice on. Would it be worth it
from a tournament anglers perspective to take trip to some place like El
Salto to get the practice fighting and landing big fish so that when they
do
hook into one in a tournament there hands would have the skills to put the
fish in the boat.

I know I have lost several bigger fish in the last year in tournaments.
Fish that would definitely made a difference in my final standings.

I posted this idea last night on my forums, and one suggestions was to
practice on carp. That isn't a bad idea, but carp definitely fight
differently than bass.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com