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"Belews also fishes “opposite” of what many fishermen would expect. When the sun’s out the brightest, Richardson said, the bass are liable to be in the clearest, shallowest water. It’s not unusual in the fall, he said, to see “wolfpacks” of 3- and 4-pound bass roaming in 2 or 3 feet of gin-clear water, chasing down any minnows that darts into their path."