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Drop-shotting may be your best chance at catching that cold water lunker

I like a #2 hook in both but a #4 has served me well, in either

Pro Jason Abram of Piney Flats, Tennessee, ended the day in second place, just 5 ounces behind Lane after bringing a 20-3 limit to the scale

Equipped with a precision machined stainless steel main gear and pinion gear, as well as 17-4 grade stainless steel bearings, these reels offer unmatched durability and smoothness with every cast and retrieve

This is a long, cold, uncomfortable, sometimes miserable, frustrating, body and mind turned to jelly day

They also give the bait some lift, keeping it up in the water column as its retrieved