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FISHING THE NARROW WINDOWS

OVER the past few seasons we have spent quite a bit of time chasing big flathead in the shallows using a mix of big soft plastics and hard bodied lures. This is the most exciting way I know to chase big flathead and even the shallowest water can produce huge fish. We have refined our methods carefully over time. Chris Metcalfe was one of the pioneers of this type of fishing, using large soft plastics up to 12 inches long to catch monster flathead in the shallows. Since that time we have experimented with a range of lures to

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