I dont know if bass can laugh, but Ill tell you this: If you go bass fishing with the
attitude of Im the smart human and youre the dumb bass, and bass are capable of
laughing, then you can bet that theyre laughing at you.

Catching a bass, catching any fish for that matter, is a whole lot like getting a date with
someone who couldnt be less interested in you. You need to spend a lot of effort
deciding what to wear, what to say, how to stand, where to stand, and what you should
smell like. Even if you get all of that right, you still might end up going home alone
again.

Ive been bass fishing since just about the time that God invented them, and theres one
thing that I know for sure. If you dont give bass something that they want, in a manner
that bypasses their naturally suspicious nature, and deliver it in a location that has some
bass in it to begin with, then youre going home skunked.

Im going to take everything that I learned about bass fishing and teach it to you right in
this book. I wont use any words bigger than marmalade, and I wont ask you to do
anything that I havent done to try and catch a bass. Come to think of it, that may not be
such a good deal for you, because you wont believe some of the things that Ive done to
try and catch a bass.

Like any good story, well begin at the beginning