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FANTASTIC
Fishing Tips:
FROM
HIMSELF!
SPECIAL ADVICE BY THE
NATION’S NUMBER #1 RIVER
AUTHORITY: DAN GAPEN, SR.
At the top of this drawing in section
CurreNT ‘A’ where current flows is designated
fLoW
you’ll generally find large walleye
A
and smallmouth bass staging above a
Large
Shallow and
‘lift’ in from fast water.
Walleye
Rocky Rapids
Below the large fish on the lift will
Channel be a school of channel catfish feeding
Catfish in the shallow, fast, rocky waters.
Pike
Don’t miss the undercut bank on
undercut
the river’s left side. This is an especially
Bank
good stage for gamefish during hot
Crappie
Smallie
August days
Current
Cuts
At section ‘B’ you have a tree fallen
Fallen Tree
into the river. Just above it, where current
in River
buffets into the tree trunk you’ll either
B
Walleye have big catfish or a couple decent
smallmouth bass.
Across the river where the first large
Trophy
Fish
eddy circulates there are several staging
gamefish spots that must be fished.
ROCK
The current cuts on their inside
Bass
edge hold several gamefish species. It
Smallmouth
C
Bass
is here that smallmouth bass and walleye
hold to feed on the downstream
Walleye
migration of food coming into the quieter
eddy water. Northern pike will
hold at the very top just off shoreline
along the descending current. Crappie,
if your river system holds them, will be
Enter
Walk
found where the two eddy currents
Here
upstream
form a quiet area. Or, crappie will be
found near the pike staging spot on the
edge of the soft water.
Flathead catfish will be found in the slower eddy water away from most of the others. If
there are gamefish along the shoreline of the eddy, they will be small.
Halfway between ‘B’ and ‘C’ sections there is an exposed rock. Look for trophy fish of any
kind to stage upstream from the rock while smallies hold to either side on the current
cuts. Walleye always stage where the boiling currents created by the rock straighten out as
indicated.
Finally we have our angler at section ‘C’. He has entered the river at a downstream point
and is working his way upstream. This is proper, proper to present your lure and to prevent
notice to the fish you seek. Turn back to page 130 and buy a couple of Dan’s River DVDs.
Drawn by
Dan Gapen, Sr.
the one and only
“HEAD RIVER RAT”
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FISHING HISTORY
YOU MAY NOT KNOW
For Gapen’s In-line Spinner Anglers
NEPAG HISTORY:
The NEPAG is the original inline spinner lure which
was copied by John Hodak of the Paul Bunyan Bait Co.
in the 1950s and then recopied by the Erie Dearie Lure
Co. which became popular for walleye fishing on Lake
Erie in the late 1960s and 70s.
The original lure, created by my father, Don Gapen,
originator of the world-famous Muddler Fly, was first
made for brook trout on Lake Nipigon and its River
System in the early 40s. It soon became a lure that
enticed all species – walleye, pike, perch, trout and
bass.
Please
turn to
pages
17 & 18
to order
your
NEPAG
collection
saltwater
Today the reborn feathered
NEPAG not only captures saltwater
redfish, sea trout, cobra, jacks, mackerel,
bonita, small tuna, amberjack and
even ‘cuda, it does an equal job on the
following freshwater fish – largemouth,
trout, walleye, white bass,
If you enjoy fishing with feathers here’s a deal
you can’t resist if you’re a trout, bass, walleye or
muskie angler. These same NEPAGS work
equally well on saltwater species such as redfish,
snook, weakfish, jacks, bonita, striper and most
saltwater bottom fish.
YES, Gapen’s NEPAG is deadly on many of
the species you search out. The feathered body
with its mylar strips, in conjunction with the
holograph spinner and glowing painted head is
a lure you MUST have in your tackle box.
striper, northern pike, perch, smallies, muskie, and even crappie when
using the smaller sizes.
The NEPAG can hardly be attributed to any other lure company but
Gapens – for it was created by spelling our name backwards.
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS:
The new NEPAG is virtually snag free with its upward-riding hook. The head is
done in glow paint and the spinner blade is holographic. All these features enhance the
lure’s ability to entice gamefish both fresh and saltwater species.
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THE NEPAG
alaskan rockfish
succumb to a
feathered 1 1 /2 oz.
NePaG