By Michael Jones
BASS Times, Jan. 2003

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

With many lures, the standard advice in responding to strikes is "wait." Although every instinct may be telling you to swing, a momentary pause to let the fish completely engulf the lure is often the best way to improve your hookup percentage. With experience, most anglers have no problem adapting to this strategic slowdown. Then why is it that bass fishermen don't exercise the same restraint when responding to weather or seasonal changes? Unless the conditions impacting a fishery are so abrupt ...

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