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BIG BaSS MONTHLy editor-In -Chief RICk paTRI Art Director MIke LOWRy editorial Contributor aLBeRTO LeON editorial Contributor JOHN LOUGHLIN III editorial Contributor JUSTIN pakDaMaN WHaT aRe THeSe CRaZy SQUaReS IN THIS BOOk?! So, want to learn to how to scan QR codes? There are many free bar code readers available for you to download. Researching this topic on your own can be very overwhelming so we have done a lot of research on the available mobile bar code readers and smart phones to make it easier for you to get started. There are many different brands of smart phones so instead of listing each of them, we used the major brands including android and iPhones. If you do not have an android or iPhone, we also list resources for Nokia, Blackberry, HTC, Samsung, Lg, Siemens, and Motorola... to name a few! android users can get barcode readers from Google Play. Here are a few free ones to get you started: ShopSavvy, Barcode Scanner and NeoReader. iPhone users can get QR code Readers from the iTunes or free mobile bar code reader apps for iPhone i-nigma QR Code Reader. LeTTeR FROM THe eDITOR Can you feel it? I can. It’s the start of my favorite time of the year. No it’s not Christmas silly! It’s not my birthday. It’s that time of year when NASCAR rolls into Daytona and BASS kicks it off with the Bassmaster Classic. It’s the start of the new fishing season! YeeeHAAAAAW! It’s that time of year when we act like little kids at Christmas when we go through the Bass Pro Shops catalog and circle all the items we want or go online to Fishhound.com and fill our shopping carts. So I ask you, will this just be another year of you doing the same thing, or will this be the best fishing season of your life? If your answer is the same as mine then accept this challenge, do things differently and make this the best season ever! Read each issue cover to cover each month. Try out the tips and techniques we include. Send me feedback and help me make each issue better and in turn we can help others become better anglers. We’re all in this together. To hook you up I’m going to include coupons in each of the next 12 issues that will save you money! Here’s proof... goto the Fish Market (our classifieds section) on page 22 and save yourself $50 off a new fishing rod. That’s just how I roll. a special thank you to everyone that took time to email me last month regarding my Dad. You have no idea how much it meant just to know that someone actually reads these words. You guys are the best! Thank you. Cheers. Blackberry and other smart phones. You can get your phone set up to scan barcodes by downloading the reader from Neoreader. Download with your mobile phone: www.get. neoreader.com Editor in Chief BBM