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TECHNIQUE: LAND BASED FLATHEAD

A soft plastic eating fl ats
caught fl athead coming in

Big fl athead don’t want to work too hard for

their next meal and by working these bait loaded

areas, and spending time in them, eventually

you’ll have an encounter

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