camo braided fishing line Reaction Tackle X8 - Aqua 8 Strand A thinner diameter zips through your guides and allows you to pack more line onto your reel Reaction Tackle Braided Fishing Line

Drop shooting: This is a finesse technique that involves using a light rod and a weight attached to the line above the bait

Recently avid American bass angler and competitor David Lee Thompson came to South Africa and shared with me some of his tube fishing techniques

That 65-pound test lets you punch your bait into thick vegetation and execute aggressive hooksets without any worry of breaking your line

Fishing around isolated grass clumps, Heard used 3/8- and 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen ChatterBait JackHammers, throwing white in the early morning and Hites hot craw after about 10:30 a.m

Dawn and dusk are the best times to catch bass, as these are their peak feeding times