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The spotted bass on this river are ferocious fighters. Fish these 10 spots, and you’ll be massaging your biceps at the end of the day.

As our kayaks drifted in the swift current of the Chickasawhay River, Jeff Glass pointed out a cut on the left side of the river.

That’s the mouth of Archusa Creek,” he said. “We usually catch some right where the water flows into the river.”

I maneuvered the kayak near the mouth of the cut, and quickly pitched a Hoot Gibson Jig into the mouth of the creek. As soon as I got the slack out of the line and swam the jig over the ledge, a nice spotted bass jumped all over the lure. The ravenous fish clearly intended to make a quick meal of my offering, and put up quite a fight when I set the hook. The bass hit the jig like a torpedo, and fought me with a fury rarely seen from a largemouth bass. But then again, that’s the way the spotted bass fight on this river.

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