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LRI IPPLPE IN SG S
BY PETE ROBBINS
all about that bait:
I
n the fall, bass are notorious
for strapping on the feedbag
and herding shad into the
tributaries, pinning them up against the bank for a free-for-
all. It sounds like every angler’s
dream, a chance to dominate
indiscriminate feeders – until
you get out there, and sud-
denly the fish are not only
tough to find, but tough to
catch when you do finally
locate them.
For both Elite Series
pro Ott DeFoe and FLW
Tour pro Clark Reehm,
there’s no better tool
for overcoming these
frustrations than a lipless
crankbait. Lots of anglers
rip them free from aquatic
vegetation in the early spring
to trigger big pre-spawn fish, and
then forget about them until the
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Credit Clark Reehm
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