TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2020 | VOLUME 19 | ISSUE 5
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PHOTO BY GARRICK DIXON
PHOTO BY JUSTIN ONSLOW
FEATURES
NATURAL-LEE 30
2020 BASS PRO TOUR POINTS CHAMPION JORDAN LEE
HAS THE “IT” FACTOR — Rob Newell
200 DAYS 38
LESSONS FROM PROS WHO SPEND ALMOST TWO-
THIRDS OF THEIR YEAR ON THE WATER — Sean Ostruszka
JACOB WHEELER’S 5 FAVES 44
THE MLF PRO REVEALS THE HANDFUL OF BASS BAITS
HE DEEMS AS ESSENTIAL, EVERYDAY TOOLS — Tyler Brinks
POPPER LESSONS WITH A MASTER 50
ONE OF BASS FISHING’S MOST FAMOUS TOPWATER SPE-
CIALISTS SHARES HIS TRADEMARK TACTICS — Matt Williams
KVD — PAST | PRESENT | FUTURE 56
THE G.O.A.T. GIVES HIS TAKE ON THE STATE OF PRO
BASS FISHING — Ken Duke
UP FRONT
FIRST CAST — Curtis Niedermier 4
FISHING EXPOSED 6
SOLUNAR TABLES 10
SCREEN TIME 12
THE FRONT PAGE — Edited by Justin Onslow 14
COLUMNS
NEWELL’S NOTES — Rob Newell 20
BALOG ON BASS FISHING — Joe Balog 22
CONSERVATION — TJ Maglio 24
TACTICAL BASSIN — Matt Allen and Tim Little 26
THE JUICE
HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON FISHING LINE — Tyler Brinks 64
NEKO RIG TIPS FROM BRENT EHRLER — Sean Ostruszka 66
THE TOURNAMENT REPORT 70
REVIEW: STRIKE KING RAGE PUNCH BUG — Matt Williams 74
GEARING UP: NEW PRODUCTS FOR ANGLERS 76
A QUARTET OF NEW FROGS — Curtis Niedermier 78
Q&A: MARK DAVIS — Curtis Niedermier 80
THE BASS FEDERATION UPDATES 84
THE LAST CAST — Justin Onslow 88
ON THE COVER: JORDAN LEE — PHOTO BY GARRICK DIXON
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