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Williamson Smells What The Rocks Are Cooking

Jason Williamson knows a thing or two about catching winter bass. The 13-year Elite Series veteran made a habit of cashing winter checks in the early stages of his career, and he’s chiming in this month with a time-tested pattern to boat big winter bass. “This time of year, water temperatures are chilly for the most part,” starts Williamson. “That means slower presentations are going to pay off — for me, it’s all about the crawfish.”

By that, Williamson means his version of the crawfish. Not the soft-plastic version commonly found in a bag on the tackle store shelf, but the version created by hand when he blends

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