departments
SHAD SCHANCK
6 editor’s note
who’s the goat? | by Curtis Niedermier
8 solunar tables
10 Fishing exposed
largemouths leaping
13 livewell
news and notes from around the lake
26 ask a biologist
on the cover
understanding thermoclines | by Dr. Brian Weidel
andy morgan
28 angling proFile
PHOTO BY ANDY HAGEDON
bethel university | by David A. Brown
32 Fishin’ with the ranger man
Forrest l. wood’s Fishing wisdom
34 essential skills
Fishing 101 | by TJ Maglio
37 gear
products and insight to help you catch Fish
89 techniQues
tactical approaches to seasonal challenges | by Curtis Niedermier
95 on tour
tournament coverage and highlights
114 tbF
what’s making news in the bass Federation | by Dan Johnson
120 last cast
secrets on the seams of change | by Rob Newell
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