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Over the last year and especially the last six months the urchin bait has been a true silver bullet in bass fishing

The rattle triggers a bass lateral line, which helps draw strikes in stained or off-color water

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This is the layer of separation between the two sections of water column

Handling the fish with nets and hands also disrupts the mucus membrane covering their bodies, which exposes fish to infection. In their study, the researchers tested a bite-shortened hook, a standard barbless fishing hook modified to have a shorter point or bite. The bite-shortened hooks can be made easily with simple tools