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Scientific Angle

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Carl Jocumsen didn’t know what he was missing. The Australian-born Elite Series sensation says the message didn’t sink in until last summer’s Elite Series tournament on Lake Champlain. That’s when live sonar came into play for him in a big way when his brand-new Humminbird MEGA Live unit found a figurative pot of gold.

“I think it was the second day, and I had a single fish at 1:00,” he says. “I was due in at 3:00, and

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