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I have posted this question on several bass forums and have had very few answer this question correctly.

You have launched your boat, got all your stuff ready, motored to your favorite spot. You kill the engine, drop the trolling
motor, get ready to make that first cast. Before you make that first cast, what is the most important thing you do before
that?
Right or wrong...respond to this okay?

My answer will come later on here.

Cast to a none productive area. So you don't catch a fish on the first cast.

unclip my kill switch

Take a leak???

Pick up a rod

Get the net out!!

take off PFD

Check my drag so I don't lose a fish on the first cast which to me is not bad luck but a good sign.

GET A RALLY CHEW IN QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yell at the guys rollling up on you already.Man,I miss those rally dips

Put out my cig,so I don't drop it on the deck when I set the hook on that fish.

Tell Vic to get away from me!

finish your beer then get another before the first cast..

Spark a blunt?

Check my drag

Da beer post...at least that is what my does and wants to do during tournaments. I get to spark up a fatty...cigar. Gotta be look where you castin to provided you have performed all the fore mentioned quips.

Say a prayer!!!!!!!

I set the drag on every reel before I make a cast.

take the reel outta gear so you dont look like a ned

Get the net out

Fill the livewell

Check my drag and inspect the line for nicks and abrasion.

Pick up the rod. What do I win?

Rich461 wrote:You have launched your boat, got all your stuff ready, motored to your favorite spot. You kill the engine, drop the trolling motor, get ready to make that first cast. Before you make that first cast, what is the most important thing you do before that? Right or wrong...respond to this okay? My answer will come later on here.

It's an incomplete question Rich... Or should I say incomplete set up for the question. You are expecting way to many assumptions. Most guys have already made sure they have their fishing license before they leave the house (I keep mine in my wallet and you can't drive a boat without a valid drivers license (or drive to the lake), so I always have both). If you are like me, you check your drag and reel settings when you spool up and tie on a lure. If you are like me, you already have water in the livewell and the net is ready to go, etc. etc. As far as I'm concerned, everyone answered it correctly except for G-Man... (Cus he's one of those tools that wears mid-calf white socks with baggy shorts. One would have to smoke blunts to think that looks cool... LLOL )

Breath the air, look around and think about the moment!

if it has to do with soap I took care of that step a week before I got on the water

Chris N wrote:if it has to do with soap I took care of that step a week before I got on the water

Ha Ha Ha!!!! Nice...

1st thing I do is reach into my pocket. Grab all the loose change I have. And toss it around the boat into the water. Paying the fish Gods works!!

biteme wrote:Breath the air, look around and think about the moment!

+ 1

There's a bunch of stuff people might do but right before I made my first cast I'd make sure to push down the clutch bar or flip over my bail before making my first cast! lol

[quote="Rich461"]I have posted this question on several bass forums and have had very few answer this question correctly.

You have launched your boat, got all your stuff ready, motored to your favorite spot. You kill the engine, drop the trolling
motor, get ready to make that first cast. Before you make that first cast, what is the most important thing you do before
that?
Right or wrong...respond to this okay?

My answer will come later on here.[/quote
Tie on my bait, or re-tie the one that I had on

Put the rear light away, that my Wife just through up on the Front Deck.

The first thing I do is pray that my wild 2 year old doesn't burn down the house while I am gone and keep me from going fishing the next time.

Make sure I have taken a pre-game dump

Wake up from this great dream because I don't have a boat.
- Wolfeman

either open the bail or click the button on your casting reel... otherwise, you may just get a lure upside your head.. lol

Check the hooks to make sure they are sharp

Test the knot

Check your drag

Look behind you

Wait a few minutes for the area to settle down

Think about your first cast and where you want it to go

Cast to the outskirts to not hook one on the first cast

After all this I may never make my first cast.

Unclick life jacket, drop the trolling motor, make my cast - it happens pretty one two three... F - the rituals I needs to be catchin me some pigs Up in Here

Thank our Heavenly Father for creating such a glorious place to fish and the Troops who are out there protecting our freedom which allows us to do what we want-when we want. Lastly let the fish know they don't have a chance

Take off my Life Jacket son.

Toss G-Man over the Side

For wearing, white shorts, white shoes and socks, he ought too know better

Oh!!!! and grab his blunt !!!!