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TECHNIQUE: SWIMBAITING COD

This Blowering cod
couldn’t resist the slow
worked swimbait

Fishing in tandem with another angler who is using a

surface lure, I’ll chase their casts with a big swimbait

USE IT OR LOSE IT
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