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A Halloween surprise (all treat, no trick)

Perhaps no other factor has contributed more to the increased top-out size of smallmouth bass than the mild fall weather we have recently experienced across North America.

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How do I keep my boat clean?

Elite Series pro Charlie Hartley takes a lot of pride in his bass boat so we asked him for expert tips on how to keep a boat spick-and-span.

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You gotta fish the moment

One thing I’ve learned over the years is that you have to fish the moment. The guys who win tournaments do that.

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3 keys to lipless cranking on Guntersville

“I doubt if there is a better prespawn lure for fishing anywhere in the country,” Tharp said. “If I only had one bait that time of year to use on a grass lake — which Guntersville is — it would be a lipless crankbait.”

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M is for Motivation

In the final installment of his D.R.E.A.M. series, Clay Dyer reveals what motivates him.

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Lay Lake’s heavyweights

Lay Lake is producing the heaviest catches of all the Coosa River reservoirs, claims Alabama bass ace Mark McCaig.

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Hard work makes for success

This week I want to address a serious subject. It’s the idea that success as a professional bass angler is somehow the result of luck or good fortune. That’s almost always nonsense.

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