| __________________________________________________ March 2, 2004 - Vol. 5 No. 6 __________________________________________________ BASS UNDER COVER ~ BY BERNIE SCHULTZ Impenetrable floating vegetation clogging the surface, making lure delivery seemingly impossible. Most anglers will avoid fishing it. However, as these plants thicken and mat out on the surface, sunlight is denied to their lower portions, and subsequent thinning occurs underneath the mat where cavernous voids develop. Bass locate these underwater caves and thrive within them. They are the bastions of big bass. This carpet-like cover conceals fish - and plenty of them. Once bass take up residence under matted cover, they rarely leave, says Bernie Schultz. Getting them out is the challenge. Flipping vertically with heavy jigs or heavily-weighted soft-plastics is about the only means to penetrate mats. Find out more by reading... BASS UNDER COVER ~ BY BERNIE SCHULTZ http://www.insideline.net/2004/0304.html __________________________________________________ PART THREE IN A SERIES ON LAKE TOHO DRAWDOWN Read the third in a series by Paul Crawford on the state-mandated draw down currently in progress on West Lake (better known as Toho) in Florida. Paul talks about the politics and interest groups surrounding the drawdown. LOWDOWN ON LAKE TOHO DRAWDOWN - PART 3: POLITICS http://www.insideline.net/articles/toho-drawdown3.html __________________________________________________
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