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BY DAVID A. BROWN
D OCK F f R o E r N a Z l Y l
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ummer’s behind us, so thoughts of shade
and shelter take a back seat to the season-
al feeding fest that largemouth bass un-
dertake each fall. No doubt, plenty of green gluttons will pile into creeks and relentlessly pursue
shad all day long, but don’t overlook the relevance
of a classic bass scenario — docks.
The logic is simple, really. A bass will always be a structure-oriented creature and even though fall finds a lot of bass dashing about — often schooling — the ability to leverage solid structure for ambush feeding is just too much to resist. So, when shad move into creeks and pockets
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