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	• Big Bass Zone: Catch Monster Bass Bill Siemantel, Michael Jones Stoeger Publishing Company, 2005 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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Great Information- changed my whole point of view

This book is great. I now know why my old techniques were only catching average sized bass. The theories and techniques are right on the money. The ideas and fishing techniques in this book made an immediate improvement. I would recommend this book for anybody who is tired of catching small average size bass and really wants to step up to catching lunker size fish.

One Man's Lifetime of Learning By Doing

This book is an attempt to communicate the accumulated knowledge of a fisherman, who apparently has been extremely successful at catching very big largemouth bass in California. The guidelines for specifically targeting these fish probably will help others trying to capture just a fraction of Bill Siemantel's success.

Probably the most enjoyable feature of the book is the pictures of the author with numerous enormous fish. These pictures really get the imagination going, which is certainly something a book like this should do. The book outlines the techniques and tactics he uses. The technique that comes most easily to mind is the use of big baits (of which there are 3 categories). The most prominent tactic is his one-cast presentation. I did find some of his discussion of thinking in terms of ambush opportunities instead of highways to deep water to be helpful.

Unfortunately, the book has many troubling issues. This is really a book that would benefit from a heavy-handed editing. The most prominent issue is in essence a lack of structure which leads to a lack of substance. This comes to fruition in having 2 pages that admonish you to think outside of the box for every 1 page that tells you how to catch big fish. The book does not seem to me to follow a logical development, it seemed more like randomly changing from one topic to another, which I really did not like. Even worse, the book's advice is semi-contradictory telling you not to "backslide" into old fishing patterns then at other times telling you to do exactly that.

For example the following is on page 43, "The purpose of this book is to expand your knowledge, open your mind to new ideas, and progressively turn this learning curve into bigger bass." This introductory sentence should be on page 1, but forty three pages into the book, one is still having to deal with vague generalities.

A second issue is that despite his reassurances otherwise, he offers no proof (not even anecdotal) that these techniques will work in locations other than California. To make this issue more concrete, one only need notice that most of the big baits (other than the tube) look like rainbow trout, which are not on the menu for bass in many places.

In many cases, I found his descriptions of how to actually proceed too vague. I think his descriptions of designing a "milk run" is a case in point. On page 73, he tells the reader to create a point system by "simply assigning a number value to each location." Unforunately, I find this direction to be tautological since the definition of a point system is giving a number value so essentially he is saying create a point system by creating a point system. This is not a lot of help. In addition, this does not seem so simple an act. Unfortunately, he refers to this point system you've created for the rest of the book. Yes, life would be easier if I could just list all the areas that hold large bass as a starting point.

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Gives me a newer perspective

I am a guide and tournament fisherman on the California Delta and spend over 200 days a year fishing this great body of water. Occasionally I will find myself in a rut and need to have my mind expanded. This is when I pick up this book and glance through it. Bill and Mike discuss concepts and theories that have thousands of hours of productive R&D work behind them. This gives me the confidence to achieve some of the awesome results that are shown in this book. Every angler is looking for an edge, it doesn't have to always be the latest and greatest "hot bait". Sometimes thinking "outside the box" is the key to success on a particular day. This book will help you see your favorite lake through a different more productive set of eyes.

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Big Bass Zone - Thinking Man's Book

Big Bass Zone is written by two of the very best in the business - Mike Jones and Bill Siemantel

Bill Siemantel has probably caught and released more bass over 10 pounds than 99.999% of the bass anglers alive. He's put everything he knows about monster bass in this book and is a must read for someone who is dedicated to catching a trophy fish. Big fish of all species take some thought into what they do and where they go. This book's got it!

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The Big Bass Zone provides the fresh ideas you need to you shift your focus from just catching fish to catching the big ones. The authors draw on years of practical experience to break the mold of traditional bass fishing. Instead of relying on the conventional wisdom of fishermen, the authors discard the baggage of traditional bass fishing and look for answers from the fish themselves.

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