Fishing

News & Tips: How to Pick the Right Wading Jacket
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How to Pick the Right Wading Jacket

For any serious angler that has ever found themselves battling the frosty ice cold conditions of winter, or the windy and rainy weather associated with early spring, the necessity of having a quality…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains...
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Travel Blog: Fly Fishing in the Smoky Mountains

For the lifetime bulk of my summers, North Carolina has remained a cool, refreshing mountain Mecca for curing the hot weather weariness of June, July and August. Whether my parents drove us from the…
News & Tips: Autumn Fishing Safety Tips
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Autumn Fishing Safety Tips

Fall is almost here, which means that some of the year's best fishing is just around the corner. Cold winds and cooling water temperatures are another reality of autumn fishing. Most anglers I know…
News & Tips: Fall Muskie Strategies
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Fall Muskie Strategies

  The author releasing a muskie caught on a perch-colored Hughey glidebait. Fall is trophy time for muskies. Hard-core anglers launch boats through ice, brave freezing wind chills and snowy…
News & Tips: Classic Lures: The MirrOlure
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Classic Lures: The MirrOlure

Harold LeMaster was a high school student in Kankakee, Ill., during the Depression. While walking home after school one day he came upon a fallen walnut tree. Examining the wood, he was intrigued…
News & Tips: Walleyes on Deep Rock Structure
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Walleyes on Deep Rock Structure

On a lot of walleye waters, particularly shield lakes (but some reservoirs as well), a good number of walleyes relate to deep rock structure from summer well into fall. We did a show on Lake of the…
News & Tips: How to Catch Catfish: Fishing for Catfish Tips & Trophy Flatheads...
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How to Catch Catfish: Fishing for Catfish Tips & Trophy Flatheads

Flatheads are the sumos of fresh water fishing . Ten- to 20-pounders are common, and catfish 5 feet long weighing 140 pounds have been caught in recent times. In North America, only blue cats, white…
News & Tips: Keeping a Positive Fishing Attitude
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Keeping a Positive Fishing Attitude

Last week, during a couple consecutive guide trips targeting smallmouth bass on northwestern Pennsylvania's Allegheny River, I was reminded about the difference a day can make. Thursday's trip was…
News & Tips: Fishing Knot Library: How to Tie the Palomar Fishing Knot...
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Fishing Knot Library: Palomar Knot

Palomar Knot: How-to-tie fishing line knot instructions The Palomar Knot comes close to being a 100 percent knot when tied properly. Be sure that when the hook or lure is passed through the loop…
News & Tips: Topwater Fly Fishing for Bass
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Topwater Fly Fishing for Bass

The deer-hair popper landed beside the lily pads with an audible splat. It bobbed for a second and, before the ripples had even subsided, the water beneath opened up and the fly disappeared within a…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Whitewater Bay Florida
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Travel Blog: Whitewater Bay Florida

I'd have thought I'd grown used to the "before-trip" night of anticipation and excited imaginings for a new angling destination, guide, whatever — but I had not. And so, the wee hours before my trip…
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How to Fish Structure 101 (video)

If you're new to fishing, knowing how to find structure and understanding how fish relate to it will dramatically improve your ability to find and catch fish. Lowrance HOOK Reveal 5 Fish Finder As a…