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Article: Bassing down the river: float fishing can take you to the best smallmouth action of your life. (includes related article) (Cover Story)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Bonnier Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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There may be some better bass lures on the market than a floating Rapala, but few of them make fishing so much fun to watch.
I looked up from tying a knot to see my friend Mike Nestor pitch his Rapala beneath a bush overhanging the Connecticut River. You know the routine: Let the ripples die, twitch the rod so that the Rapala bobs on the surface. Any time now. ...
But nothing. Mike made several half-turns on the reel. The Rapala made a wiggly wake. Perfect, I thought. Get ready. ... Nothing.
"Man, I thought sure there'd be a bass under that bank," I said.
"Probably is," Mike said. "I just gotta get that plug in there closer." He ...