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Battle-Tested Tips: How Alton Jones Won The Classic
By Vic Attardo

With winter’s chill still in their bones, the bass in South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell had little reason to bite at this year’s Bassmaster Classic. But Texas pro Alton Jones gave them just enough motivation to grind out a win with a three-day weight of 49 pounds, 7 ounces.
Fishing in his 11th Classic, the 44-year-old Jones worked a complicated pattern that depended as much on location as lures. Still, it was three baits — a Booyah Pigskin Jig, a Booyah AJig and a Cotton Cordell C.C. Spoon — that paved his road to victory. More



Score Big Time! Locate Bedding Bass In Murky Water
By Mark Hicks

How do you catch bedding bass when you can’t see them?
This is a common problem when dingy water, cloud cover or windy conditions prevent you from seeing what’s beneath the surface, even with polarized sunglasses. Under these conditions, you must resort to blind bed fishing. That may sound daunting, but savvy fisherman Rob Kilby scores big by blind bed fishing every spring. More



Tungsten Weights? Are They Worth The Extra Cost?
By Margie Anderson

Who could ever have imagined that anglers would be paying more than $5 for a single worm weight? Boggles the mind, doesn’t it?
“You have to keep in mind that if something puts otherwise impossible fish in the boat for you, the check you cash after a tournament makes it well worth the few bucks you spent at the tackle shop,” says professional bass fisherman Gary Dobyns. “Tungsten weights opened up the whole world... More



Weird Weather: Coping With Extremes
By Don Wirth

Want to start an argument?
Just put a bunch of otherwise amiable people in the same room and mention the topic of global warming. Many are convinced that the temperature of the earth is rising, and that this spells disastrous consequences for our planet. To back up their claims, they cite such sources as former Vice President Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” as demonstrating beyond the shadow of a doubt that global warming is real... More



Find The Best Spots Fast! Favorite Trophy Smallmouth Hideouts
By Darl Black

Big smallmouth — once you’ve caught one, you want to catch another and another and another.
You can never get enough. It’s an addiction.
It’s best to identify a smallmouth addict so you don’t unintentionally befriend one, thinking he or she might become a new largemouth fishing buddy. If not forewarned about their pastime passion, you might be swept up in their brown-fish addiction as well. More



Create Your Own Spinnerbait
By John Neporadny Jr.

Buying a good spinnerbait can be a bargain since it is a lure for all seasons. However, buying the perfect spinnerbait for each situation you encounter can be quite expensive. Since spinnerbaits come in a wide array of sizes, colors and blade configurations, you could go broke trying to buy one of each type.
The most cost-effective solution to this problem is to make your own spinnerbaits from scratch or buy some standard spinnerbaits and change the skirts and blade configurations. More



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