Every bass angler’s tackle box should include scissors. Whether you invest a few dollars to ensure you own a quality pair that’ll hold up to the elements or you go through a cheap dollar store set each year doesn’t matter too much, as long as scissors are in the boat or with your fishing equipment.
Sure scissors are great for cutting fishing line, ropes or maybe even a piece of clothing an errant treble hook snags, but scissors are a tool to help you catch more bass, too. In bass fishing we are continually looking for ways to give ourselves an advantage over other anglers or tweaks that’ll up our chances of fooling more fish into biting.
There are surely more out there, but we’ve nailed down three easy tackle tweaks you can perform with a simple pair of scissors to give your bait a different look than similar baits pulled right from the package. These subtle changes help set your offering apart and provide the ever-elusive edge for which anglers are always searching.
