Bassmaster - 1990

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January
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Timely Features - How To Establish A Pattern (Catching a couple of bass in one spot doesn't mean you've found a pattern), Spinnerbaits For Cold-Water Bass (While most anglers offer jigs to deep-freeze bass, these anglers are mopping up on spinnerbaits in winter), Structure Basics: How To Fish Rocky Banks And Bluffs (Steep, sheer banks are virtually untapped hideouts for bass through most of the year), Tactics For Highland Reservoirs (Clear, deep, rocky lakes require special lures, strategies and attitudes from a bass fisherman), The Right Hook (Matching the best hook for each lure and fishing situation may mean more strikes and bigger bass), Hot Baits For Winter Bass (Try these lures and techniques in the slow-down period of midwinter), The Jigs And Pigs Of George Polosky (With more than 25 years of jig-and-pig fishing, this Ohio angler is one of the best in the Midwest), Bass Boats For 1990 (Bigger, better-equipped bass boats lead the wave of new rigs for 1990), Florida Boaters Face Speed Limits (Radical new boating regulations in Florida appearantly will do little to save the lives of humans or manatees), Randy Blaukat Wins Virginia Pro-Am (Heavy fishing pressure and high water had pros resorting to drastic tactics) Short Casts - Bass Programs Gain Ground In Louisiana, A Large Mouthful, New Battery Charger Mounts Permanently In Boats, Hydropower Policy Creates Static, Pin-Up Worms, Retired Sergeant Wins B.A.S.S. Sweepstakes Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Astro-Tables, Mail Call, Short Casts, Pro's Pointers, The Way It Was, Bass Boating Tips, The Tacklebox, Tournament Trail, Harry 'N' Charlie, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler
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February
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Timely Features - Slow-Jigging Vibrating Cranks (Try this finess trick for catching big bass on lipless crankbaits), Catching Triple-Crown Bass (It's a challenging feat to catch largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, especially in the same waters), Tricks That Catch 10-Pounders (Try these tips from trophy-bass specialists when you go looking for the bass of a lifetime), Boatowners' Insurance (In today's sue-happy society, it's vital to have the right kinds and amounts of insurance coverage), Outboards For The 90s (New outboards for 1990 aren't much different from existing models - but they are better), Combatting Bluebird Days (Clear, high skies drive bass into thick cover or deep water. These techniques will catch them), Bank On Banks Lake (An oasis of bass fisning in arid eastern Washington, Banks Lake offers a unique brand of fishing fun), How Deep Do Crankbaits Really Run? (A pro's crankbait tests can help fishermen get more out of their diving plugs), The War Against Acid Rain (Sportsmen and environmental experts are hoping acid-rain reduction plans are not too little, too late), Doctoring The Deadly Tube Jug (Imaginative pros transform tube lures into even more versatile bass catchers), Structure Basics: How To Fish Riptide Short Casts - Managing Bass In South Carolina, Update On Tenoroc, The Future 21 Program Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Astro-Tables, Mail Call, Short Casts, The Way It Was, Pro's Pointers, Tournament Trail, Harry 'N' Charlie, Weekend Angler, The Tacklebox, For Your Information, Trading Post, Coming Up
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March
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Timely Features - Structure Basics: How To Fish Flats (Bass on flats are in a feeding mood, but finding them can be like needle-hunting in haystacks), Back To Basics: Choosing And Using Jigs (Pick the right combination of jigs-and-pig components and you'll have a year-round fish catcher), Crawfish Baits: The All-Around Solution (Looking for a reliable lure to use any day, all year long? The crawfish bait may be your best choice), Trolling Motors For 1990 (Electric motors are being made more durable - and expensive - for the new season), Different Worms For Different Bass (When choosing the best worm design for a fishing situation, start with the tail), Water Weeds: Friends Or Foes? (Aquatic vegetation is both a boon and a bane for bass and bass fishing), Fishing The Lunker Zone (If you haven't caught a trophy bass lately, maybe you're fishing the wrong depth or rime of day), Boat Handling For More Bass (Learning how to handle a boat when the engine is off can lead to success in unusual fishing situations), Honey Holes For The Pros (Certain glory holes were as great in real life as they are in the memories of these top pro anglers), The Best Of Bass And Ponds (Farm ponds are uniquely enjoyable fishing holes, and they can be extremely productive, if you know their secrets), The Edge: Roadmap For Success (Learn how bass and baitfish use nature's edges, and you'll improve your success in catching bass), Texas' Treetop Bass (Choke Canyon is gaining a well-deserved reputation as the hottest of Texas' hot new lakes) Short Casts - The Value Of Coloring Systems, The Earth Day Campaign, Mitigation Projects Face Deadline, Lake Russell Development Could Set Precedent Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Mail Call, Astro-Tables, Short Casts, Bass Boating Tips, For Your Information, Trading Post, The Way It Was, Pro's Pointers, Tournament Trail, Harry 'N' Charlie, The Tacklebox, Coming Up
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April
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Timely Features - Structure Basics: How To Fish Emergent Vegetation (If your lakes have bulrushes, cattails or other emergents, you need to know how to haul bass out of them), Solvint The Post-Spawn Slump (Learn how to find and catch bass during the afterspawn slowdown), The Desperate Diver (This unique, new lure makes fly fishing as effective as baitcasting), Masters Of The Spotted Bass (Five experts on spotted-bass fishing have developed surefire strategies for spots), Smallmouths Au Naturel (This seasonal pursuit of smallmouth bass in natural lakes requires a different set of tactics), Crankbaits In Current (Moving water triggers bass' appetites, and in these places, few lures appeal to their tastes more than crankbaits), Drifting And Dragging (The reel does little work in these two techniques, until its time to wind in a fish), Backwater Boats (Customizing your johnboat can transform it into a bass rig that's just right for your fishing needs), Minijig Methods For Megabass (Once lures of last resort, lightweight jigs are becoming baits of choice for some top bass anglers), Country Markets (They've got what fishermen need), Catch Bass, Not Skin Cancer (Bass fisheren are especially susceptible to deadly skin cancer, unless they learn how to protect themselves), How Hank Parker Chooses A Creek (Tributaries have contributed greatly to this top pro's remarkable success) Short Casts - Angler Sets Perfect Example, Catch-And-Release Bass Streams, How To Choose A Taxidermist, Tackle At Your Feet, The Natural Streams Campaign Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Astro-Tables, Mail Call, Short Casts, The Tournament Trail, Pro's Pointers, The Way It Was, The Tacklebox, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, Harry 'N' Charlie, Coming Up
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May
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Timely Features - The Compression Concept (To find bass faster, look for places most likely to concentrate fish), When Bass Never Eat Shad (Bass love shad - when they can find the baitfish. Here's how to catch bass where shad can't swim), Structure Basics: How To Fish Stump Fields (In reservoirs throughout the country, stump fields serve as housing developments for bass), Top Flies For Lunker Smallmouth (For season-long fly-fishing action on North Carolina bronzebacks, these streamer patterns can't be beat), A Pond Boat Sampler (Small, portable boats open up thousands of acres of remote water where bass grow unmolested), Sound: The Next Frontier (At least one manufacturer is on the verge of marketing lures that may really call fish), Farm Pond Lures (A few well-chosen lures are all you need to haul big bass out of tiny ponds), Which Depth Is Better: Shallow Or Deep (How do the pros know whether to fish shallow or deep? If in doubt, they head for thin water), Night Fishing Secrets Of A Smallmouth Guide (To catch a big smallmouth in summer, you may have to take up night fishing Here's how to do it), Larry Nixon Wins Second Megabucks (Megabucks V evolved into a classic shootout between two of bass fishing's most proficient pros), Wednesday's Hero (Almost anyone can be motivated to perform heroic deeds), The Power Worm (Bass don't just bite these flavored worms and grubs, tests show - they eat them), Texas' Fairy-Tale Fishery (Lake Nacogdoches is bouncing back from its disastrous beginning) Short Casts - Getting The Right Throb, Lyme Disease: Prevention Is The Key, V.O.T.E. For Clean Water, Ray Scott Honored By Hall Of Fame Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Astro-Tables, Mail Call Short Casts, Pro's Pointers, The Tournament Trail, The Way It Was, The Tacklebox, Harry 'N' Charlie, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, Coming Up
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June
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Timely Features - Structure Basics: How To Fish Canals (As scenery, canals aren't attractive, but they provide plenty of appeal to bass and bass anglers) Current Tricks For River Smallmouths (When warm weather slows down smallmouth fishing in reservoirs, head for the nearest river), Cow Country Giants (Florida's Lake Kissimmee is churning out 10-pound bass at an amazing rate), Rediscover The Rat (Almost 20-years after the first rat-type lure was made, these baits are gaining the popularity they deserve), Giant Stripers After Dark (If linesides are your target, you're wise to sleep all day and fish all night), Don't Forget Spoons! (Don't relegate structure spoons to winter - or to deep structures), Hot Weather Flipping Tactics (Basil Bacon demonstrates that flipping is more than a cold-weather technique), George Cochrane On Topwater Fishing (This former Classic champion has become one of the nations' topwater experts), New Brunswick Smallies (Smallmouths receive little appreciation - or fishing pressure - from anglers in this Canadian province), For Smallmouths Get To The Point (Submerged points are daylong, season-long hot spots for Northern bronzebacks), Trick Up Your Crankbaits (When bass grow tired of hitting diving plugs, modifying the lures may trigger more responses) Short Casts - Hook Your Kid On Fishing, The Pattern Wizard, Cuba Tour Host Sentenced Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Astro-Tables, Mail Call, Short Casts, The Way It Was, Pro's Pointers, The Tournament Trail, The Tacklebox, Harry 'N' Charlie, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, Coming Up
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July / August
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Timely Features - The Trolling Motor Choice (Whether you should buy a manually-operated or a remote-control troll motor depends on how you fish), Structure Basics: How To Fish Humps And Islands (These high spots in a reservoir focus tournament winning concentration of bass), Lead & Blades (If you need to cover a lot of territory quickly, a spinnerbait may be your best alternative), Lures Smallmouth Love (Under the right conditions, any bait will catch smallmouth bass, but these lures offer the best odds), Reaper Madness (There's nothing grim about the Reaper, a soft-plastic that harvests bass by the bushel), Cajun Country Bass (The Mississippi Delta near Venice, LA., is virtually crawling with bass, and plenty of other creatures), Advancements Of The '80s (One of the world's most successful bass pros looks back on a decade of remarkable change), Twenty Years Of Show Time (In two decades, the BASS Masters Classic has grown to become the biggest event in freshwater fishing), A Dream Trip For Canadian Smallmouths (Every bass angler owes it to himself to sample Canada's virgin smallmouth fishing), Is Bigger Better? (Quarter-pound lures and 16-inch worms may be just the weapons for huge bass) Short Casts - A Spinnerbait With A Brain, Zorro's Ninny Fly, Mann's New Bass Baits, The Duck That Found Bass, A Meeting With The President, Trouble At Choke, The Lure Shooter Regular Features - About This Issue, Scott On The Line, Astro-Tables, Mail Call, Short Casts, The Way It Was, Bass Boating Tips, Pro's Pointers, The Tournament Trail, The Tacklebox, Harry 'N' Charlie, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, Coming Up
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September/
October

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Timely Features - Programmed Trolling (On an unfamiliar lake, trolling is a shortcut to finding Bass and their feeding patterns), Dancing The Clear-Water Jig (While most of his competitors use wispy tackle and sissy baits, Jim Jared's high-odds offering is the jig-and-pig), Unsolved Lure Mysteries (Odds are certain lures in your tacklebox catch far more fish than identical baits. Learn how to pinpoint the hot baits), Structure Basics: How To Fish Cypress Trees (A handful of baits and an excellent memory are practically all you need to haul Bass out of this cover), Basic Grubbin' (Plastic grubs have grown popular in recent years, yet some anglers still aren't sure how to fish them), Swim The Jig (When Bass are on the move, a fast-working jig may be the key to bigger and better catches), Bassing The Bluffs (Perhaps the least-pressured structure in a bass lake, bluffs may also be the best of bass hideouts), Open-Water Know-How (Bass may be cover-oriented, but at times a surprising number of fish can be found offshore), A Visit To Venezuela (Gigantic Lake Guri offers fishing thrills to please any serious Bass fisherman), Oklahoma's Little Big-Bass Factory (Thanks to television exposure, Dripping Springs Lake and it's huge Bass are being discovered), Bass-Caster's Elbow (Hard-casting fishermen are vulnerable to bass-fishings version of tennis elbow) Short Casts - Lake Erie Gives Up Pennsylvania Record Smallmouth, Hydropower Projects Approach Relicensing, Country Music Star Honored By B.A.S.S. Regular Features - About This Issue, Astro-Tables, Mail Call, Scott On The Line, Short Casts, Pro's Pointers, The Tournament Trail, Bass Boating Tips, The Tacklebox, Harry 'N' Charlie, The Way It Was, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, Coming Up
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November
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Timely Features - No-Frills Worming (Stanley Mitchell's worm-fishing technique is plain and simple - and effective), Structure Basics: How To Fish Sandbars (In current-laden lakes and rivers, belly up to the bar to find big bass), Rick Clunn Wins His Fourth Classic (A massive final-round stringer in Classic XX vaults Clunn past Oklahoma's Tommy Bittle), Closeup: Strategies For The Classic (Here's how top Classic contenders earned the first five spots), New Life ForFlat-Sided Crankbaits (Except for Rick Clunn and some southeastern anglers, few fishermen gave a second thought to flatsided plugs), The Rise Of The Texas-Rigged Grub (With this setup, the lethal plastic grub can be fished in places nothing else short of a worm can penetrate), Retrieve Techniques: Beyond The Basics (Bass fishing is a hands-on sport. How you handle a fishing rod can make or break a day of bassing), New (And Improved) Tackle For '91 (Fishing tackle manufacturers concentrate on upgrading existing lines for the new fishing season), The Babe Ruth Of Bass Fishing (Ten years after his retirement from tournament fishing, Bill Dance remains one of the most popular heroes of the sport), The Bass Of El Salto (Currently the hottest lake in Mexico, this new reservoir should be the premier fishery for years to come) Short Casts - B.A.S.S. Signs Agreements With Federal Agencies, New Honda Motors Go Easy On The Environment, Nice Shoes, A Saltwater Bass Boat, A Memorable Catch On A Crankbait Regular Features - Scott On The Line, About This Issue, Mail Call, Astro-Tables, Pro's Pointers, Short Casts, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, The Way It Was, The Tacklebox, Harry 'N' Charlie, Coming Up
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December
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Timely Features - Structure Basics: How To Fish Gullies And Ditches (These little trenches are difficult hot spots to find, but that's what makes them such great fishing holes), The Bass That's A True Texan (The world's newest bass has an interesting background and an uncertain future), Low-Profile Bass Fishing (Are bass seeing you, your boat or your line? Take Doug Hannon's advice and get out of sight), New Angling Accessories For 1991 (A variety of products introduced this year will make your fishing and boating more enjoyable and effecient), Electronics For 1991 (Three-dimensional depthfinders and sophisticated navigational aids highlight electronic introductions), New Trolling Motors For 1991 (Electric-motor makers have dwindled, but their products for the new year are better than ever), David Fritts: The Carolina Crankbaiter (A simple system of fishing crankbaits has made this young pro a rising star on the tournament trail), 1991 Tow View Review (The versatility of midsize utility vehicles continues to improve; beefier new packages are available), Electric Trolling (Trolling may not be your favorite way to catch fish, but don't dismiss it before reading this), How To Pattern Big Bass (Follow these tips from big-bass specialists to upgrade the quality of your stringers) Special Section - Living Waters (A special report on America's aquatic resources) Regular Features - Scott On The Line, About This Issue, Mail Call, Astro-Tables, Short Casts, Pro's Pointers, The Tournament Trail, The Way It Was, For Your Information, Trading Post, Weekend Angler, Harry 'N' Charlie, The Tacklebox, Coming Up
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