Dependable spring zones

What's not to love about spring? After all, the fish are shallow, vulnerable and sometimes easy to catch. It's a time when the odds clearly shift in favor of fishermen or at least it seems that way.

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Supersize jerkbaits

Jordon opts for a big jerkbait when he finds bass feeding on large baitfish, and when he wants to upgrade his catch.

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Unlocking tidal waters

Read how Robert Lee begins with one basic rule when fishing tidal waters. "When the water comes up, the fish move up. When the water goes back down, the fish move back down." In tidal water tournaments, Lee always likes to find a group of fish and stay in one main area, following the fish up and down with the changing tides.

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Fishing line

Most lines used in bass fishing are nylon monofilaments, although recently manufacturers introduced braided, gel-spun polyethylene a superstrong, superthin fishing line. Monofilament and "multifilament" lines have very different properties.

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A Texas twist on drop shotting

Wilcox's success started him thinking about ways to suspend soft plastic baits rather than hair jigs in the heavily timbered reservoirs of north Texas.

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Grubbing on the river

Steve Chaconas has had many colorful careers, but the most pleasurable is his fishing and guiding others on the Potomac.

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