Table of Contents
Foreword Mark Sosin xi
Preface xiii
Introduction xvii
1 Fish Decoys and Wooden Plugs 1
2 Rise of the Smart Baits 11
3 The Science of Fishing … and Catching 25
4 Prime-Time Plastics 35
5 Crossover Baits 45
6 The Imposter Quotient 55
7 Flies and Teasers 65
8 What's That Smell? 79
9 It's All About Those Bass 87
10 The Perfect Lure … Well, Almost 101
11 Art of the Retrieve 115
12 What's Your Line 123
13 Rods, Reels, and Smart Baits 133
14 Matching the Bait 141
15 How It All Comes Together 153
16 The Electronic Edge and the Digital World 161
17 Selected Tips, Tactics, and Techniques 173
18 The Smartest Bait Is You 179
19 Arti-Fish-ial Intelligence: Where Do We Go from Here? 187
Afterword 195
Acknowledgments 197