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Advanced Product Review – River2Sea Scott Martin Rover
While surface lures can be effective many times throughout the year, from the postspawn period through the fall is when most anglers consider topwater baits a prime weapon. One of those baits that we’ve grown to like over the years was the River2Sea Rover 128. This walking bait was ...
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Postspawn Options with James Niggemeyer
by Dan O’Sullivan Show of hands. How many of us are in the postspawn period around the country? Ah, by that response, the answer would be, most of us. Postspawn can be frustrating. We can see cruisers still in the shallows, and we can probe dozens of good looking spots, only to c ...
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Community
by Dan O’Sullivan One of the most frustrating aspects of life today is the fact that we seem to not be able to find the time to smell roses or have the time to just experience those around us. When I was a kid, we lived in a small community outside of Auburn, Calif. called [...]
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We Love to Fish Update – A Full Time Venture
by Rob Lever – We Love to Fish A year ago I wrote about the start of We Love to Fish and how it became a labor of love for me. We Love to Fish gives a guest with a developmental disability thechance to experience a day on the water. Each guest is treated with [...]
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Attacking Bass in Current with J Todd Tucker
by Dan O’Sullivan For many bass anglers in several regions throughout the country, fishing current is a foreign occurrence. Many areas don’t have the kinds f river systems that offer anglers the chance to fish in heavy current. Most anglers spend their time on some sort of ...
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Advanced Product Review – Fin-tech SS Minnow Jighead
In TV lore, the SS Minnow is the name of a doomed vessel that shipwrecked castaways on a desert island. In the fishing world, SS Minnow can now be given a reputation as one of the most innovative swimbait heads on the market. Fin-tech; the home of the innovative Title Shot jigheads and t ...
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Go Froggin’ with Dean Rojas
by Dean Rojas (as told to Dan O’Sullivan) I started frog fishing many years ago, and it has always been one of my favorite ways to catch bass, but to me, the frogs available always were less than ideal for the way I liked to fish them. I like to look at a piece of [...]
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Denny Brauer Says “Time for Docks”
by Dan O’Sullivan By now, the bass in most of the lakes around the country are in some phase of the spawn. Whether they are just heading there in the north, getting there in the middle or on their way out in the south; the spawn is the focus this time of the year. For [...]
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Video – Pro Crankbait Tips with David Walker
It’s the time of the year when bass are finishing their spawning cycle and starting to make their way out to their summer haunts. Now is the perfect time to target them with shallow to mid-depth crankbaits. One of the pros who makes a point of targeting those transitional fish this ...
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Sightfishing Tips from the Pros
by Dan O’Sullivan We all know that the springtime period can be one of the best for catching quality bass. With bass in the shallows coming and going from the spawn, the likelihood of catching big fish; perhaps even a personal best, are great. For a tournament angler, the springtim ...
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Alabama River Charge Event Preview – by Jim Hardy
Editor’s Note – We rarely do event preview stories on Advanced Angler, unless it is for a Bassmaster Classic or Forrest Wood Cup. Our charter is primarily about helping you catch more fish by working with the pros to have them share tips and techniques in a how to format. How ...
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Kevin VanDam’s Secret Weapon for Suspended Bass
by Dan O’Sullivan Kevin VanDam is a power fisherman. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits etc.; the man is on the move at all times. His all out attack has become famous, and his style has earned him a list of credentials a mile long. Bass fishing history is rich with VanDam momen ...
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Video – Under the Lid with Gary Klein
Our Under the Lid series has always been one of our more popular features here on Advanced Angler. Since the onset of the website more than two years ago, we’ve had the chance to ilm the tour level rides of some of the best anglers in the business. Well, add another Legend to that ...
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Advanced Product Review – AFTCO Fishing Shorts and Performance Tech Underwear
by Dan O’Sullivan We spend quite a bit of time here at Advanced Angler dissecting equipment. The fashionable items to review start with lures and baits, rods and reels, line etc.; and with good reason, they drive our fishing economy. I’ve always said that the best inventions ...
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Video – Jerkbaits in Detail with Mike McClelland
When it comes to fishing jerkbaits, those anglers from the Midwestern part of the country have long been known as some of the premier “jerkbaiters” out there. Sure, the West has its share of stellar examples, as do the Northeast. However, the jerkbait has become synonymous ...
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