5 Things I’d Tell My Younger Self About Fishing - Episode 166

Tackle and Tacos - A Fishing Podcast · Oct 1, 2026 · 28m

If I could go back to when I first started bass fishing and give myself five pieces of advice, these are the things I’d say.

I wasted money on tackle I didn’t need. I thought I needed every new lure. I fished too fast. I didn’t always understand how important location and seasonal patterns were. And, probably most importantly, I took way too long to develop confidence in the baits I was using.

In this episode, I break down the 5 things I wish I knew when I was a younger angler — lessons learned from years on the water, making mistakes, figuring things out, and hopefully getting a little…