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April 18, 2014

After finishing strong on Lake Seminole, I wanted to keep the ball rolling — especially since the second event was also on familiar waters.

The St. Johns River is a massive waterway. It flows more than 300 miles north to Jacksonville, Florida, where it enters the Atlantic Ocean. At various points along the way the river broadens into vast, shallow lakes — including lakes Jessup, Monroe, George, Dexter, Woodruff and Crescent. It's a beautiful river, full of fish. But at this time of year, they tend to congregate in very specific spawning areas.

By Stan Fagerstrom
Product Review Editor

April 15, 2014 

I like to get the go ahead from the editor of a magazine or website before I start trying to put something together readers of that editor’s publication are going to find of interest.

Heidi Roth, the gal who calls the shots here at Inside Line, will tell you I did that when I ran the idea by her for the column you’re reading right now.

“Heidi,” I had asked, “how about me doing a couple of columns about the tremendous smallmouth bass fishing that’s available in the Pacific Northwest.  Everybody knows about the salmon, steelhead and big walleyes out there but I’m still running into anglers who are reluctant to believe just how darn good the bass fishing for smallmouth can be.”