35 Old Fishing Tricks Retired Game Wardens Teach Seniors That Cost Pennies

📘 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 for sixty years and had my license checked by more game wardens than I can count. In this video I count down 35 tricks the wardens teach, and nearly every one costs pennies or nothing at all. In this video: The ticket savers: your license in a zip-top bag, measuring a fish flat, leftover minnows in the trash, and the drain plug on your key ring What your state already pays for: kids who fish free, free fishing weekends, the stocking database, and resident senior licenses from $11 in Michigan to free in Florida Hands and hooks: a pinched barb, cutting the line on a swallowed hook, muskie or pike, and the Eat Safe Fish guide In the boat: the kill-switch cord, the capacity plate, a rope step to climb back in, and why you stay sitting down The life-savers: lightning, low-head dams, homemade ice claws, cold shock, and the life jacket you already own Most of it comes straight from the Michigan DNR, the Coast Guard and the National Weather Service, plus a few other state and federal agencies. The rest is an old man's habit, and I say so when it is. As always: check your state's fishing and boating regulations, they differ everywhere. Look up the fish consumption advice for your lake before you eat your catch. No ice is ever 100% safe. What's the best thing a game warden ever told you? Tell me below, I read every comment. 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