Scott from SBL has a lesson on that https://youtu.be/Y7X6-FiPFfs
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Yup, doing this will help you 100% learning the frettboard notes on your bass. Scott approved 
Big Al approved. 
Great Job @sshoihet,finding that video.
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Better for what?
BTW, your instrument is tuned in fifths from G down to E. Take that back to the shower for a while. 
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The circle of 5ths backwards is the circle of fourths.
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Just came across this topic today. Itās kind of personal to my journey as it happens. I suppose Iām learning the fretboard twice. The first time around it was sheer brute force. Diagrams, memorizing, going one fret at a time. Luckily Iām quite happy with that kind of work. The second time around is when it dawned on me that āknowingā the frets isnāt enough, that they have to be even more internalized so you can do stuff without thinking about it. I guess the first time around, āknowingā meant more from the perspective of talking about it. I could point to all the frets and name them, I knew where all the scales could be played as well as all the chords. But that isnāt the same as playing it. So now on round two, itās doing some things that Iād seen offered above, play through the circle of 5ths using scales, chord progressions, as well play this stuff in various intervals 2nds, 3rds, 4ths etc. Finally, for me, I needed to put that in my daily practice routine. I guess that is more of the brute force I mentioned above. Anyways, doing that I have been able to see improvement in my ability to move around without having to think so hard.
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Great methods for learning the fretboard.
Going up strings from E to G - fourths
Going down strings G to E - fifths
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Yep. Ascending is fourths, descending is fifths. Which makes sense when you think about it. A perfect fourth is five semitones, and a perfect fifth is seven; there are 12 semitones in an octave. Fifth plus fourth = octave; hence, ascending will be one and descending the other.
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