The Drake

Five Kinds of Bass Grabs

THE REAL WARMTH arrives in late April. By dawn, backlit vapor rises from the edge of lily pads; at noon, turtles sunbathe on every exposed log; just after 2 p.m., a quilt of gray clouds arrives from the south. It’s beer-time on your local largemouth pond.

#1: That Has to Be Wood

The cast lands right where the shallows meet the

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