ISSUE 4, FALL 2018
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Fall 2018
fall foursome from
CODY MEYER
CONTENTS
beat
your best
MEET TAI AU
on the road with
RANDY HOWELL
NED RIG FOR SMALLMOUTH
WITH LUKE CLAUSEN .....................................06
By Tyler Brinks
In the past three seasons, Tai Au, of Glendale, Ariz. has racked up nearly $100,000 fishing the west coast bass scene.
TWO’S A CROWD:
OFFSHORE STRUCTURE & SHALLOW FLATS
ANGLER BATTLES ON THE WATER.............10 FOR FALL BASS...................................................52
By Pete Robbins
By Nate Boomhower
FISHING FOR GYPSY BASS WITH PETE PONDS ..........................................14
By Dan O’Sullivan
LATE SEASON FROGGIN’ WITH BILL LOWEN...........................................18
BREAKING DOWN PENCIL POPPERS WALKING WITH THE BIG BOYS...................22
By Sean Ostruszka
YOUTH ANGLER SPOTLIGHT: MILES KANEKO ..................................................26
DO BASS HAVE PERSONALITIES?................30
By Mike Gorman
CODY MEYER FALL FOURSOME .......................34
By David A. Brown
ON THE ROAD WITH RANDY HOWELL TEXAS FEST TO CANCELLATION.................38
By Randy Howell
STRIVING TO BEAT YOUR BEST MEET TAI AU.......................................................48
By Jody Only
FROM WATER COLUMNS TO LAUNCH, GOOGLE EARTH & LOWRANCE TO THE LURES OF KAYAK BASSING ............................56
By Eric Allee
3 MUST-HAVE REACTION BAITS FOR FALL .............................................................60
By Dan Rice
8 TIPS TO NAVIGATE YOUR LOWRANCE LIKE A ROCKSTAR.............................................64
By Marc Marcantonio
WAITING FOR A BIG SWIMBAIT WIN...........68
By Pete Robbins
SHIMANO CURADO DC REEL REVIEW.........72
By Tyler Brinks
MATCHING YOUR TRAILER
TO YOUR SPINNERBAIT...................................76
By Glenn Walker
RUSS LANE’S LATE SEASON CRANKBAIT TACTICS........................................80
By Scott M. Petersen
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DO BASS HAVE
PERSONALITIES?
By Mike Gorman
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WAITING FOR A BIG
SWIMBAIT WIN
By Pete Robbins