DECEMBER-JANUARY 2021 | VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 1
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PHOTO BY GARRICK DIXON
PHOTO BY JACOB FINE
FEATURES
20FOR20 30 PERFORMANCES , PERFORMERS AND SHINING MOMENTS THAT DEFINED THE CRAZIEST TOURNAMENT SEASON TO
DATE — Joel Shangle and Justin Onslow
WHY PROS BOMB 38 … AND THE IMPORTANT LESSONS THE LEARN FROM IT — Sean Ostruszka
WINTERTIME STRATEGIES FOR CATCHING BIG SPOTTED BASS 44 NOW ’ S THE TIME TO CATCH A TROPHY SPOT . HERE ’ S HOW TO DO IT . — Tyler Brinks
10 MISTAKES YOU ’ RE PROBABLY
MAKING 50 … AND HOW TO FIX THEM — Ken Duke
UP FRONT |
FIRST CAST — Joel Shangle |
6 |
FISHING EXPOSED |
8 |
SOLUNAR TABLES |
12 |
THE FRONT PAGE |
14 |
COLUMNS |
NEWELL ’ S NOTES — Rob Newell |
18 |
BALOG ON BASS FISHING — Joe Balog |
20 |
CONSERVATION — TJ Maglio |
24 |
TACTICAL BASSIN — Matt Allen and Tim Little |
26 |
THE JUICE |
THE TOURNAMENT REPORT |
58 |
REVIEW : 6th SENSE AXIS METAL 2.0 — Matt Williams |
62 |
STOCKING UP : PRODUCTS TO BUY RIGHT NOW |
65 |
GEARING UP : BASS ROD DESIGN — Tyler Brinks |
72 |
GEARING UP : LOWRANCE ACTIVETARGET™ — Joel Shangle 76 |
Q & A : TROY MORROW — Joel Shangle |
80 |
THE BASS FEDERATION UPDATES |
83 |
THE LAST CAST — Justin Onslow |
88 |
COVER PHOTO BY JODY WHITE
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