Fishing

News & Tips: One Last Trip on the Ice
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One Last Trip on the Ice

 you are lucky enough (or unlucky enough depending on how you see it) to live in an area that has been getting hit with the extended snow and cold, ice fishing might still be on the agenda. And late…
News & Tips: Change Things Up This Fishing Season
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Change Things Up This Fishing Season

Fishing is a sport we all love. For most, it is not only a hobby  but a true passion. But like anything, we can often become stuck in a rut, doing the "same old" each week, uninspired to try…
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Tools To Get The Job Done

The main part of my seminar season is over, and it’s time to go fishing! Yes, I’ll squeeze in a turkey hunt, as well, but right now after this past winter, I’m ready to pursue anything that has fins…
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Off-Season Crankbait Maintenance

By the end of a fishing season, it’s a pretty good bet that your crankbait boxes are in need of some serious attention. Sorting the baits according to style, depth range and color will ensure you’ll…
News & Tips: The Yucatan Loop Tarpon Adventure
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The Yucatan Loop Tarpon Adventure

If you draw a line straight, West to East, across the Yucatan Peninsula, about halfway down the map, you would connect Campeche on the West with Ascension Bay on the East. Cpt. Miguel Encalada now…
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Catch & Release Issues for Ice Fishing

Anyone who knows me understands that one of my true passions when it comes to the sport of muskie fishing is teaching the virtues of catch and release. While I have covered this topic up one side and…
News & Tips: REMOVED - Headwaters for Prespawn Bass...
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REMOVED - Headwaters for Prespawn Bass

Catching bass during the prespawn period is often a hit-or-miss proposition. One day they're there, the next they're not. Bass enter a period of stress and instability as winter changes to spring,…
News & Tips: The Well-Dressed Angler
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The Well-Dressed Angler

Right about now, northern anglers like myself are scrambling. We're digging through bins in the basement, shed and garage. We're flipping through catalogues and browsing websites. We're trying to…
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What Fishing Line Should I Use?

I’ve long heard this question, and there is so much controversy about what line to use with what lure. The best answer to that is what you are comfortable with. There is a rule of thumb that I go by…
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Channel Bass

Channel bass -- or red fish, as we like to call them -- offer the most exciting saltwater fishing to be had from the Texas Coast all the way around the horn to Maryland. There is nothing that can…
News & Tips: Time for Smallmouths
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Time for Smallmouths

It's mid-March. There's snow on the ground as well as the mention of more in the weather forecast in the northeast. Winter seems reluctant to give way to spring here in western Pennsylvania. But it…
News & Tips: Pocket Water Trout Fishing
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Pocket Water Trout Fishing

Even some of our best trout streams across America — those that are supposed to be a sure bet for catching trophy trout — aren't always able to live up to the expectations we place on them. This is…