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CONTENTS
Photo by Anthony Stoltz
BA e C ti k que S t e te At
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w f ith iS co h nf i i n de g nce
PREPARING FOR BATTLE WITH SPRING BASS
by Randy Pringle
TRANSITIONING INTO SPRING
by John Barron
LOCATING NUMBERS OF BIG BASS
by Russ Meyer
TAkING yOUR CUES FROM BASS ACTIVITy
by George Kramer
THE CALIFORNIA DELTA: DO WE LOVE TO HATE IT OR HATE THAT WE LOVE IT?
by Jody Only
WHERE’S My BASS?
by Andy Cuccia
VERTICAL FISHING
by Mike Folkestad
TOPWATER BAITS & TECHNIqUES
by Andy Manahl
BACkSEAT ETIqUETTE
by Chris Ricci
Issue 1 April 2011
ISSUE #1
APRIL 2011
OPERATION SPRING BASS
by Marc Marcantonio
DELTA PREDATORS AND PREy
by Dennis Lee
FIT 4 FISHING – ExERCISING THE ANGLING BACkACHE
by Troy Lindner
FISHING WITH CONFIDENCE
by Jim Novotny
DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS
by Mike Phua
BASS ORENO – THE FIRST WAkE BAIT?
by Gene Buchholz
TOURNAMENT PREP
by Tami Curtis
On the COver: Guide Andy ‘Cooch’ Cuccia with two nice Delta bass. Photo By Tony Stoltz
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