pography Learning to fish laydowns is one of the fundamental lessons of feshwater fishing. An angler casting the shoreline comes to a tree that has fallen into the water. It’s been undercut by years of erosion. Now its root system sticks up like a tombstone, and its trunk extends beneath the water. Several feet out, waterlogged branches break the surface like fingers from a groping hand. These woody skeletons are every man’s structure, and every predator’s ambush point. The angler positions his boat near the tree, and then lobs in his crankbait. As the bait begins its descent, it disappears in a boiling commotion. The angler reacts quickly, setting the hook and steering a hefty muskie clear of its limbs.
By Cory Allen
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