Starting to get my stuff organized.

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I realize that you all could probably care less, but with as much effort as I put into it I figured I would at least brag a little hahaha. Last years tournament season had some highs and lows but ended with a pretty rough streak where I was on the right pattern but couldn't get anything to go my way, the last two tournaments I really wanted and expected to do well in left me pissed off for a week after each one of them. So when the season was done I took a deep breath and decided to forget all about fishing for a while. Well normally I spend all winter long tinkering with my fishing stuff but instead this year I just relaxed. This weekend I finally dug out my stuff and got to work on it. I had almost 40 new crankbaits that I got this winter that I needed to open and replace hooks on so I could get them put in the boat. I did that yesterday and I still have several bags of plastics and a lot of jigs I need to get put in the boat. Today I changed hooks on all the baits that I ignore most of the year but usually play a big role in the first few tournaments of the year (Wiggle Warts and jerkbaits). After I did that I took a Magic Eraser to all the cork grips on my rods and wiped down all the rod blanks with Bass Boat Saver. I still need to strip all the line off of the reels but I went ahead and labeled all the rods with what line I am going to put on them. It might not sound like much but it was a weekend full of split ring pliers, treble hooks, and digging through boxes and boxes of fishing stuff in the basement.