A Fishing Guide Taught Me These Tricks | Now I Do It Every Time!

📘 THE BOOK: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camping & Fishing Manual" (120 camp and fishing tricks) 📗 ALSO: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camp Cooking Manual" (60 tricks for cooking with no kitchen) Get one, or both in a bundle: https://waltscampingsecrets.com I've fished Michigan lakes since I was a boy, and one summer a walleye guide younger than my fishing career caught nine fish to my two, out of the same minnow bucket. In this video I walk you through every habit he showed me that day, and I haven't skipped one since. In this video: The thumbnail test that tells you a hook has gone dull Why a dry knot and a chewed last few feet of line cost you fish Setting your drag with a luggage scale, and what polarized glasses, a thermometer and a clip-on weight do for you Why you stop jerking the rod with a circle hook The morning habit that may have been chasing fish off my bait, and the bar of soap that fixes it None of this costs more than a dozen minnows. It's just stuff nobody bothered to show me for fifty-some years. Regulations on hooks, bait and release differ by state and by water, so check this year's rules where you fish. What's the habit your fishing buddy laughs at you for? Tell me below. Also find me at Walt's Camping Secrets: https://www.youtube.com/@Waltcampingsecrets Subscribe for the fishing tricks they stopped teaching: https://www.youtube.com/@WaltsFishingSecrets