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The Debate on Fishing Line is Over, Fluorocarbon vs. Braided

Yep, it's finally over! What you ask? Well, the raging (not really) debate over whether to use braid or fluorocarbon when swimming jigs, pitching grass, etc. Sure, in certain situations, like…
News & Tips: Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Radio is Live in Memphis at the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid...
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NASCAR’s Ty Dillon & Mercury Marine Interview on Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Radio

Lee Gordon This week on Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World radio, Lee Gordon, Director of Public Relations for Mercury Marine, will share the company’s newest innovations to make boating and fishing even…
News & Tips: Rat Out Big Fish With a Topwater Mouse...
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Rat Out Big Fish With a Topwater Mouse

Casting the lure towards the vast green mat of milfoil, I cranked slowly on the handle of the baitcast reel, tensing instinctively. Somehow I just knew a strike was coming. Seconds later the mat of…
News & Tips: Types of Fish Caught Off a Fishing Pier...
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Types of Fish Caught Off a Fishing Pier

In the Gulf Coast, beachfront public piers draw all kinds of fishermen this time of year because they attract all kinds of fish. Pier fishing is very different from surf fishing in terms of how much…
News & Tips: 4 Hot Weather Fishing Tips
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4 Hot Weather Fishing Tips

When fishing slows on your local lake because of hot weather, use these tatics to improve your chances of catching more fish: 1. Fish the Current Head to the local smallmouth river and turn over…
News & Tips: Hunting Whitetails: Treestand Locations, Where and Why (video)...
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Hunting Whitetails: Treestand Locations, Where and Why (video)

Strategies for deer hunting with the  GrowingDeer.tv team! It's an early season strategy for hunting one of the larger bucks (Chainsaw) on the property. He’s just beginning to show a pattern so it’s…
Mark Zona (L) Jerry McKinnis (R) by Mark Zona (L) Jerry McKinnis (R)...
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Zona Picks Three Baits for Catching Late Summer Bass

It's getting to be that time of the year, late summer. Yep, talk of football and Mark Zona's beloved Chicago Bears predicted to be the worst team in the NFL this season. This according to USA Today.…
News & Tips: Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Radio is Live in Memphis at the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid...
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NSSF & Dogwood Canyon Park Featured on Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Radio (video)

Tune into Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World radio to catch up on recent education efforts by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and to hear about the latest developments on a little piece of heaven…
News & Tips: Why Do We Hunt?
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Why Do We Hunt?

Hunters have been lying. Or, at the very least, we haven’t been telling the full truth. I’m a hunter. I would know. We’ve been giving all sorts of reasons as to why we hunt. We have documented the $2…
Pro Josh Bertrand by Pro Josh Bertrand
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Mercury Fishing Pro Josh Bertrand is Moving Up

Josh Bertrand has to be one of the most amiable dudes on the Bassmaster Elite Series. Always willing to do an interview, chat, listen and laugh. Just a downright fun fella. However, that's not all…
News & Tips: Late Summer Walleye Fishing Strategies...
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Late Summer Walleye Fishing Strategies

Walleyes on Target So many situations come late summer and fall where if walleye are present, they are going to show up on marine electronics. When walleye start stacking up on rock reefs, deep…
News & Tips: Fish Weed Lines for Hungry Game Fish
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Fish Weed Lines for Hungry Game Fish

Any change in weed growth can create weed edges also known as weed lines and produced some good fishing. This is where the active fish like to gather. The weed line is a fish habitat. Game fish are…