LOOKING AHEAD

Jonny Shultz was on the hunt in northwest Arkansas one crisp January morning. His quarry was elusive, even ghostlike, appearing with such randomness that many before had deemed the pursuit not worth the frustration. Schultz, however, was equipped with a trump card that tilted the odds in his favor, and his quest ended not with the crack of gunfire, but with the bowing of a graphite rod against the surge of a 5-pound bass. This fish was nowhere near the shoreline or the bottom contours of the lake. Instead, it and the roaming pack she was extracted from was suspended over the deepest part