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By Scott Staats / The Bulletin
December 16, 2004
One of my favorite places to fish is the John Day River for smallmouth bass, and one of my goals the last half-dozen years has been to catch a fish over 20 inches. This goal was finally attained two months ago when I boated a bass just over 21 inches.
Most smallmouth I've caught came on....