Summer 2018
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CONTENTS
Bryant Smith, of Castro Valley, Calif. was the first angler to bank over $100,000 from the Wild West Bass Trail.
FLIPPING, CASTING & DRAGGING FOR OFFSHORE BASS ......................................06
By Glenn Walker
DEEPWATER SWIMBAIT TACTICS WITH MICHAEL NEAL.....................................10
By Scott M. Petersen
Photo: Jody Only
CHRISTIE’S CHANCES: 3 CLASSIC NEAR- MISSES ARE A HEAVY LOAD TO BEAR...............40
By Pete Robbins
THE NEKO RIG: ULTIMATE PRO SECRET OR JUST ANOTHER TOOL?...........................44
By Sean Ostruszka
SCHOOLIES IN SUMMER WITH LUKE DUNKIN........................................14
By Dan O’Sullivan
GETTING PAID IN THE WEST: MEET BRYANT SMITH......................................48
By Jody Only
LANDING LUNKERS ON LIGHT LINE..................................................18
By Marc Marcantonio
ON THE ROAD WITH RANDY HOWELL: FROM THE CLASSIC TO TEXAS FEST .........22
By Randy Howell
CO-ANGLER SPOTLIGHT: RACHEL M. URIBE.............................................30
KNOW YOUR FORAGE: SCULPIN ................34
By Mike Gorman
VEGETATION OVERLOAD: WITH KEITH COMBS .......................................38
By Tyler Brinks
BIG WORM WISDOM........................................54
By David A. Brown
3 RULES TO SKIPPING DOCKS WITH MARK ZONA...........................................60
By Tyler Brinks
CRANKIN’ THROUGH THE WATER COLUMNS ..................................64
By Nate Boomhower
FOCUSED ON FROGGING IN THE PNW .......................................................68
By Dan Rice
THE ATV OF BASSIN’: MANEUVERING THROUGH THE UNTOUCHED WATER........72
By Eric Allee
48
GETTING PAID IN THE WEST:
MEET BRYANT SMITH
By Jody Only
60
3 RULES TO SKIPPING DOCKS
WITH MARK ZONA
By Tyler Brinks
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