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Right now I'm in Destin, Fla., for an educational seminar at Bass Pro Shops. It's for all the Bass Pro managers.

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Winter fallacies, part 2

Now that you know bass will hit reaction baits in cold water, it's time for us to talk about how to present those baits.

The Goodyear Minnow

In the coldest of weather, an armada of boats loaded with anglers dressed like Nanook of the North float together and bounce sauger jigs off the bottom trying to catch a Sauger.

Back to basics

Too often we (professionals) convey the idea that you have to have a lot of fancy — and expensive — tackle to catch bass.

How-To

The Mysterious Mudbug

Ken Cook, a former fisheries biologist and a Bassmaster Classic champion tells us about crawfish and crawfish lures.

How-To

How to deal with temperature changes

One of the first lessons I ever learned about bass fishing is that bass can and will change temperaments very quickly and unexpectedly.

How-To

Finessing your French fry

One lure, the plastic French fry, often gets overlooked when we talk about finesse fishing, but believe me, this bait has some amazing potential when you rig it a certain way and start casting it with a spinning rod and light fluorocarbon line.

How-To

An unlikely champ

Elwood Lumpkins was given less than a 50 percent chance to survive an operation that was the result of a botched weight-loss surgery from 2003 one of 24 surgeries Lumpkins has undergone in the past four years.

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