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The star is the large mahogany-and-brass centrepin in the middle: a warm, worn wooden drum with softly oxidised fittings, the sort of reel that looks like it belonged to a patient Edwardian angler with a creel basket and a stubborn devoti

Use it to mark structures where you've found perch (such as flats, reefs or bays) as well as other important features, like lake access points

If you come across submerged structure just beneath the surface, a classic topwater plug or pop per like Rapalas Skitter Walk or Skitter Pop will allow you to fish the structure without risk of sinking your hooks into it

I remember watching a bowler at one of the state bowling tournaments bowling with no holes in the ball

Its impossible to predict what a bass will eat every time, but there will be signs