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Jody Pfannenstiel enjoys fishing the many weed and grass beds at Wilson Reservoir. He'll also fish the lake's legendary rock formations, too.

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A top-water popper tricked this nice smallmouth into striking.

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Unhooking a nice smallmouth that hit a top-water lure.

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Jody Pfannenstiel looks for the next fishing spot on Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Jody Pfannenstiel enjoys fishing the many weed and grass beds at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Jody Pfannenstiel enjoys fishing the many weed and grass beds at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Jody Pfannenstiel enjoys fishing the many weed and grass beds at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth that fell for a Zara Spook.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Lifting a nice smallmouth aboard at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Jody Pfannenstiel enjoys fishing the many weed and grass beds at Wilson Reservoir.

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A plastic frog, with the hooks facing up, is a great lure for fishing flooded weeds and grasses.

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Jody Pfannenstiel with a nice Wilson smallmouth.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Flooded cattails and reeds also make for good bass fishing at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A largemouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A nice largemouth caught on a jig, fished around rocks where fish feed on crawdads.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A largemouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A largemouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Jody Pfannenstiel pulls a bass from some of Wilson's legendary smallmouth rocks.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth bass caught on a jig that imitates a crawdad.

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A plastic frog fished amid flooded vegetation is a great bass-catcher at Willson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

Jody Pfannenstiel with a largemouth bass, left, and smallmouth bass he caught one morning at Wilson Resrvoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle

A smallmouth bass jumps to throw a lure at Wilson Reservoir.

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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle