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If you are like some of the team here at FishVault, fishing for smallmouth bass is a favorite summertime tradition. Unlike its largemouth bass cousin, smallmouth bass prefer not only cooler water, but areas with rocks and current. River fishing for smallies can be fun this time of year and looking for structures in the river is a great place to start. Common structures like tree roots and rock ledges likely not only serve as ambush points, but the calm eddies also let the fish conserve energy between feeding times.
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It is our mission to provide the exact lures used by the pros as well as a few additional items to enhance the educational and recreational experience for our members. Customers can now watch videos of fishing legends as they provide priceless strategies and techniques and then directly apply this knowledge with the items they receive in their monthly boxes. The Bass University Box will continue to highlight the premium products and service that FishVault is known for.
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FishVault has compiled a list of 10 lures all bass anglers should have in their tackle box. If you don’t have a great understanding yet of exactly how all these work, that’s ok. This will give those who need it a starting point and hopefully a little more direction to those that have advanced part of the way through this list already. These baits aren’t in any particular order, but they are all representative of techniques every angler should strive to obtain at least a basic grasp of.
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If you have been a subscriber of FishVault’s monthly fishing subscription boxes then chances are you have gotten a few topwater lures from us. Topwater fishing can be one of the most effective techniques to try when you move into the summer months. With that in mind, we wanted to give you our “Top 10 Topwater Lures” list to consider. Chances are you will see some of these in your upcoming FishVault boxes:
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All of us at FishVault believe in education and conservation when it comes to teaching the next generation about fishing etiquette. One topic that often comes to mind is catch and release. Catch and release is a common practice among fishermen. However, if not practiced correctly, the mortality rate for fish can be extremely high. This means if you catch and release 25 fish in a day poorly, you're doing more harm than the angler who is keeping his limit of fish for the day. This is alarming for most catch and release fishermen as it is a part of their ethical code to "let them go so they can grow".
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