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8 FIsHING exPOsed
a New beginning
6 edItOr’s NOte
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News and Notes from around the Lake
20 ask a bIOLOGIst
bass ranges | by Dr. Steven Cooke
22 aNGLer PrOFILe
ramie Colson Jr. | by Colin Moore
ON tHe COVer
savage Gear 3d suicide duck
26 FIsHIN’ WItH tHe raNGer MaN
Forrest L. Wood’s Fishing Wisdom
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Fishing 101 | by TJ Maglio
99 teCHNIQues
tactical approaches to seasonal Challenges | by Curtis Niedermier
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What’s Making News in the bass Federation | by Dan Johnson
128 Last Cast
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