TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018 | VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 2
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FEATURES
AT HOME IN RANGER COUNTRY
50 YEARS AFTER FOUNDING RANGER BOATS, FORREST
AND NINA WOOD STILL KEEP BUSY — Colin Moore
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FISHING THE PRESPAWN HIGHWAY
GROWING GIANTS — TJ Maglio
LEAVING FISH TO FIND FISH — Joe Balog
OFFSHORE IN FLORIDA — Sean Ostruszka
MEET THE 2018 FLW TOUR FIELD
ANGLER PROFILE: JAMES WATSON — Colin Moore
ANOTHER PRIMER ON ETHANOL — Joe Balog
4 TIPS FOR FIGHTING FISH FROM A KAYAK — Matt Ball 20
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ZOOM FROG REVIEW — Matt Williams
NEW HIGH-TECH HARDWARE — Curtis Niedermier
PUNCTURELESS CULLING CLIPS — Chad Love
WHERE SUB-7-FOOT RODS SHINE — Matt Williams 42
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3 SCENARIOS FOR LOCATING STAGING BASS ALONG THEIR
TRANSITION INTO SPAWNING AREAS — Joe Sills
66 GEAR
EDITOR’S NOTE — Curtis Niedermier
FISHING EXPOSED
FLW FOUNDATION UPDATE — Trish Blake
SOLUNAR TABLES 4
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13 ON TOUR
THE RESET BUTTON — Rob Newell
BASS HAVE GONE GLOBAL — Colin Moore 10
12 COSTA FLW SERIES, LAKE OKEECHOBEE — Rob Newell
T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE RESULTS
YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING RESULTS
FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING OPEN RESULTS
IN SEASON — Paul Strege
WEIGHTLESS WORM TRICKS — Curtis Niedermier 16
18 THE BASS FEDERATION — Dan Johnson
BACKLASH WITH JOE URIBE JR. — Sean Ostruszka
DEPARTMENTS
COLUMNS
TAKEOFF
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