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Fish With The Bass

IF YOU THINK you’ve done something special when you outsmart a bass, don’t let it go to your head. A bass doesn’t have the cerebral aptitude to reason as a human does. It survives by instinct and by reacting to its environment. Bassmaster Elite Series pro Bill Lowen of Indiana succinctly put things in proper perspective when he said, “Savvy anglers don’t try to outsmart the bass. They fish with them.”

Every serious bass angler has favored baits, tactics and tricks for coaxing bites. But these things only work when they are employed in the right place at the right time. If you launch your boat with the idea that a particular bait or technique is

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