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Show FISHIN' TIPS ? L from . . .Tom Mann , , . u nilKH TOM: "How many years have you been catching bass on a plastic wnnn?" WAN I S I' A KNOW 1IKI.I.O WANTSTA: Well, I've been lisliinn icily worms about 20 years, waited about four of these years lor tliem to reaeh bottom, spent nearly Hi years retrieving tliem, and may-ie may-ie I've been catching bass on them three or four days. DKAH TOM : "Does freeinK fish witlumt cleaning them detract de-tract from tlic llavor?" l'KO-CHASTINATOK l'KO-CHASTINATOK IIKl.LO 1'IU): Not if the llavor lla-vor was okay when you froze tliem. But, I like to clean them, frece them in w.iter, then when thawed they're skillet' ready. 1IKY M'lSTLK MANN: "I heard Homer Circle, angling editor ed-itor of Siwrls Afield magazine, say you were the first pro to use a bin spinning reel in tournaments tourna-ments and now most of the tiros use one. True?" DUKE OK DL-CATKH DL-CATKH IIKl.LO DL'KK: Uncle Homer tells it like it is. I needed a faster retrieve to rip a little jjeorue spinner and a big spinniriH reel is the answer. Most pros carry one todav. Oil TOM: "How do catfish stinn von?" LITTLE ONEY IIKl.LO ONEY: Catfish can't stinn. lite a bee or hornet. Their pectoral and dorsal fins are sharp and can wound you if you handle them improperly, l'oision on these lins can make the wound very painful, so be careful, hear? |