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Signs Your Reel Needs Oil Your reel needs attention when the handle feels gritty or stiff, the level-wind drags or hesitates during use, casting distance has noticeably decreased, the push-button does not release smoothly, or visible dryness or metal dust appears inside accessible areas

Another very overlooked item is the trusty old lure retriever

I cant tell you how many 5-plus-pound bass I have taken from within a rods-length distance from shore

Shaking a minnow in the beam is a tactic that is unequivocally hard to beat

Long grassy meadows that turn to long flats of heavy weed and grass are also a great place for a bass to call home

Here is a guide to some of the best lures available I have found to use when bass fishing, get out there and give them a try How I tested the best bass fishing lures These bass fishing lures were tested by experienced members of the Angling Times team