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June 11, 2013
He won the first Bassmaster Classic in 1971 and repeated in '78, but Bobby Murray is no one-trick pony. He holds a fondness for catching walleyes on his home waters of Arkansas's Lake Ouachita. Options are many but when 'eyes suspend over timber, here and in any deep reservoir, Murray said it's time to spoon-feed the fish – literally.Favoring ½- and ¾-ounce Cotton Cordell jigging spoons, Murray knows that when bait balls move down the lake, they'll tarry over the humps, submerged islands, long points, etc. and walleye will leave the timber with appetites ablaze.
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Species: Lake and brown trout, chinook and coho salmon, steelhead
When: June–July
Where: Ludington, Michigan
Tackle: Orange spoons, black Bombers, alewives, herring strips
Why: There are few places in the country, or the world, where you’ll have a better shot at so large a variety of species in a single summer day.
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