ISSUE 2, SPRING 2018
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Spring 2018
VanDam Talks
SWIMBAIT HOOKS
CONTENTS
ROY HAWK
Heads Out To
The Big Leagues
The New Professionalism
ON TOUR
Roy Hawk of Lake Havasu City, Ariz. is shown in one of his last desert lakes trips before heading out for his rookie year as a 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series pro
Photo: Dick Wells
CHANGING TRAILERS
KNOW YOUR FORAGE:
ON YOUR VIBRATING JIG..............................06 THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER ......................42
By Glenn Walker
By Mike Gormans
3 MUST-HAVE SPRING BAITS .......................10
By Nate Boomhower
PROS POINTERS FOR SPRINGTIME BASS...................................14
By Dan O’Sullivan
ON THE ROAD WITH RANDY HOWELL...................................18
By Randy Howell
ROY HAWK JOINS THE ELITE SERIES.......................................................24
By Jody Only
PRE-SPAWN SCENARIOS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS .........................30
By David A. Brown
THE NEW PROFESSIONALISM ON TOUR.............................................................34
By Pete Robbins
VANDAM TALKS SWIMBAIT HOOKS...........38
By Tyler Brinks
JOHN CREWS: SPRINGTIME CRANKBAIT SECRETS ...........46
By Scott M. Petersen
THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF THE WACKY JIG..........................................50
By Mark Fong
LANDING LUNKERS ON LIGHT LINE .........52
By Marc Marcantonio
ICE-OUT STRATEGIES .....................................56
By Dan Rice
TARGET BASS USING CURRENT JOEY CIFUENTES & MICHAEL NEAL ..........60
By Tyler Brinks
RUN & GUN SCOUTING: IN SEARCH OF HOT SPRING PONDS .........64
By Eric Allee
FISHING UNCHARTED WATERS: LEARNING HAVASU .........................................70
By Dr. Ricky Shabazz
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ON THE ROAD WITH
RANDY HOWELL
By Randy Howell
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THE NEW PROFESSIONALISM
ON TOUR
By Pete Robbins