TABLE OF CONTENTS
JUNE-JULY 2020 | VOLUME 19 | ISSUE 4
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ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL HOEWELER
PHOTO BY ROB MATSUURA
FEATURES
FULL POWER POWER-FISHING 34
IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMPETE AND SUCCEED WITHOUT
HAVING TO FISH FINESSE? ISH MONROE AND ZACK
BIRGE BELIEVE IT’S [ALMOST] DOABLE — Tyler Brinks
MINING DEEP CURRENT
FOR PRICELESS BRONZE 42
SOME OF THE BEST SMALLMOUTH WATERS PRESENT
MOVING TARGETS, MEGA REWARDS — Cory Schmidt
HOW FISH LEARN 50
UNDERSTANDING LEARNED BEHAVIOR IN GAME FISH
CAN REVEAL BETTER TACTICS FOR CATCHING BASS ON
PRESSURED LAKES — TJ Maglio
PRO FISHING HINDSIGHT 56
TOP MLF AND FLW PROS SHARE WHAT THEY WISH
THEY’D KNOWN ABOUT PROFESSIONAL BASS FISHING
BEFORE THEY GOT STARTED — Matt Williams
UNLOCKING THE OLD BALL AND CHAIN 64
THE CAROLINA RIG PROBABLY DESERVES MORE
RESPECT THAN YOU’RE GIVING IT — Sean Ostruszka
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 22
BALOG ON BASS FISHING — Joe Balog 24
CONSERVATION — TJ Maglio 28
TACTICAL BASSIN — Matt Allen and Tim Little 30
THE JUICE
4 WAYS TO FISH A FROG — Curtis Niedermier 72
HOW TO WAKE UP MORE SMALLIES — Curtis Niedermier 74
THE TOURNAMENT REPORT 78
REVIEW: ABU GARCIA REVO BEAST X — Matt Williams 82
GEARING UP: NEW PRODUCTS FOR ANGLERS 84
HOW TO CHOOSE CRANKBAITS — Curtis Niedermier 86
Q&A: DUSTIN CONNELL — Sean Ostruszka 88
THE BASS FEDERATION UPDATES 92
THE LAST CAST — Justin Onslow 96
ON THE COVER: MARK DANIELS JR. — PHOTO BY PHOENIX MOORE
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