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Podcast: Bass Cast Radio
Episode: The Flogger: Old-School Sight Fishing for Deep Water Smallmouth
Description: While largemouth anglers sight fish bedding bass in the shallows, what happens when smallmouth spawn in 10+ feet of clear water where wind and sun make visual detection nearly impossible? In this fascinating episode of The Bass Vault, we dive into the history and application of the Flogger (or bathyscope) - a cone-shaped underwater viewing device that's been revolutionizing smallmouth fishing up north and on the Great Lakes. Originally developed in Europe for underwater viewing, this 3-foot telescope-like tool with a glass bottom plate allows anglers to peer straight down through the water column, cutting through surface glare and chop to...