Fishing

News & Tips: Is Your Fish Safe to Eat? Find Out with These Educational Tools...
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Is Your Fish Safe to Eat? Find Out with These Educational Tools

Not only is it rewarding and delicious to prepare the day’s catch as your evening meal, but it can also be incredibly good for you: Fish is an excellent source of protein that’s high in vitamins and…
News & Tips: 4 Fishing Facts About Minnesota and Wisconsin’s Late Spring...
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4 Fishing Facts About Minnesota and Wisconsin’s Late Spring

On the opening day of fishing season in at least two upper Midwest states, ice fishing gear proved to be more useful than regular equipment.  Though lakes there continue to thaw, anglers in Minnesota…
News & Tips: Doug Hannon - A Legend in the Sport of Fishing...
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Doug Hannon - A Legend in the Sport of Fishing

This year we lost one of the most innovative, creative and true lovers of the fishing world when we lost Doug Hannon. Working with WaveSpin Inc. I had the chance to fish with Doug last year. As a kid…
News & Tips: Pre-Season Smallmouth on the Gasconade River...
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Pre-Season Smallmouth on the Gasconade River

Will Rollins, of Vienna, Missouri, has spent his entire life in that little central Missouri hill town. Much of his time, however, he spent happily chasing smallmouth bass on the nearby Gasconade…
News & Tips: Understanding the Catfish Spawn (video)...
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Understanding the Catfish Spawn (video)

The swollen head on this big channel cat indicates it is a male ready to guard a nest full of eggs. Spawning season is peak time to catch many gamefish, but when catfish are considered, it's a…
News & Tips: Will the Brood II Cicada Invasion Improve Bass Fishing?...
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Will the Brood II Cicada Invasion Improve Bass Fishing?

As a professional fisherman, one of the questions I'm often asked every time cicada season rolls around is whether it will make bass fishing better. Now, my expertise is hosting worldwide fishing…
News & Tips: 3 Tips for Topwater Fishing During Cicada Season...
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3 Tips for Topwater Fishing During Cicada Season

Across the Northeast this May, billions of cicadas will descend on states from Connecticut to Virginia. Every 13 to 17 years, cicadas emerge from their underground habitats to shed their skin, and…
News & Tips: Fillet Knife Buyer's Guide
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Fillet Knife Buyer's Guide

There's nothing more satisfying to an angler than enjoying a home-cooked meal of fresh caught fish. The aromas, the taste, and that prerequisite feeling of fullness should be icing on the cake to an…
News & Tips: A Day on Trout Water
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A Day on Trout Water

Most articles about fly fishing focus on the fishing experience, the fish, what flies to use and what tactics work. That's fine but I've spent the better part of this afternoon preparing for a day on…
News & Tips: Lures Are Tools
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Lures Are Tools

Most savvy anglers understand that lures are tools, and that given situations often dictate the appropriate choice, be it a spinnerbait, crankbait, jig or some other style of bait. But just as there…
News & Tips: Fishing Net Buyer's Guide
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Fishing Net Buyer's Guide

Nets are a fishing necessity. Whether you're using one to land a trophy or working a seine to corral bait, nets are important fishing tools. This buyer's guide will overview the "ins and outs" of…
News & Tips: Straighten Heavy Mono Line - Saltwater Fly Fishing Tip...
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Straighten Heavy Mono Line - Saltwater Fly Fishing Tip

To straighten heavy monofilament for tarpon leaders, cut a 25 inch piece of 1/4 inch PVC pipe and install a cap on both ends.  Cut the mono to length and put as many pieces as you can in the tube. …