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Tom Tatum is the outdoors columnist for MediaNews Group

You have to really commit to throwing these baits for a long period of time, because after a couple hours of chucking these heavy baits with no results it can be very tempting to go back to the drop shot or some other high percentage technique

In no particular order, my top 5 baits are as follows: 1) The jig : The bass are gorging before winter and one of their favorite meals is a crawdad