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Early Summer Spoon Splash

1 [All About The Flutter]

As the bass make their migration out to deep, offshore spots on your local body of water, don’t be afraid to make that migration with them. One of the most fun ways to catch these offshore bass is by jacking a flutter spoon. The bites are electric and often result in rod-jolting action.

How Do You Work It?

For the most part, fishing a spoon in the summertime is unlike any other technique in the bass fishing encyclopedia. Essentially, you’re trying to get a bass to bite a big chunk of metal — it doesn’t sound easy, right? There are two ways to do that. 1) Make sure your line is tight and jerk the bait off the bottom as

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