The Inside Line

The greatest and most popular American pastime is not baseball or football or NASCAR. It is not Black Friday shopping or debating whether chili should have beans in it. It’s not politics, e …

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After 30 years of semi-serious bass fishing, the major lessons don’t come that often anymore. Nor do new techniques – every once in a while a capital-G-game-changer like the drop shot or the Senk …

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For years, the 3.75” Shad Shape Worm has been one of my favorite soft plastic baits. Its shape and profile make it the ideal baitfish imitator. If you follow the Inside Line you know that I have …

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For a remarkably lengthy period of time, no one held a candle to Kevin VanDam on the water. You could have him fishing a puddle of parking lot antifreeze, and put someone else on the best lake in …

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Most of my college classmates likely make more money than I do. Most of my law school classmates almost certainly make much more money than I do. Yet I’m almost certain that none of them have …

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I did not buy a bit of tackle on Black Friday. Did not succumb to the siren’s call of 20% off, BOGO, or any add-ons or freebies. I feel like I let you all down. I feel like I let myself dow …

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