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News & Tips: Tips for Finding Morel Mushrooms
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Tips for Finding Morel Mushrooms

Spring is morel mushroom season. Hunters of the prized fungi will be out in force as the spring rains come and the nights begin to warm. Grizzled old 'shroom hunters will return from their hunts with…
News & Tips: Topwater Tactics for Spotted Seatrout
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Topwater Tactics for Spotted Seatrout

Captain Benny Blanco piloted his sleek Maverick flats skiff across the green expanses of Florida Bay and slowed down at the "entrance" to Snake Bight. He then cut the engine, tilted it up, and…
News & Tips: Bowhunting Tip: Perfecting the Sitting Position...
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Bowhunting Tip: Perfecting the Sitting Position

Last year while sitting in a natural ground blind with longbow in hand, a young whitetail buck approached cautiously, until he was broadside at 7 yards. I waited, with heart pounding double-time for…
News & Tips: BPS Outdoor World Radio: Women’s Growing Interest in the Outdoors April 5...
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BPS Outdoor World Radio: Women’s Growing Interest in the Outdoors April 5

Larysa Switlyk, host of “Larysa Unleashed” on The Sportsman Channel and also seen on Outdoor Channel’s “Madfin Shark” Series. Larysa Switlyk, host of “Larysa Unleashed” on The Sportsman Channel and…
News & Tips: Dealing With Snow, Cold on Opening Day for Trout...
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Dealing With Snow, Cold on Opening Day for Trout

Although to some it may be hard to comprehend how anyone could want to fish with 2-plus feet of snow in the woods, anglers boldly found their way to the rivers this past weekend. In most years the…
Iaconelli on 'The Rock' by Iaconelli on 'The Rock'
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Table Rock Elite; Iaconelli on The Rock

Locals proudly call this cedar-lined 43,100-acre reservoir in The Ozarks - "The Rock" - and for Mike Iaconelli it sets the stage for an unavoidable pun. After a 75th place finish at Seminole, and a…
News & Tips: Using Bead Heads in Fly Fishing
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Using Bead Heads in Fly Fishing

If you take a quick look into your fly box, what do you see? Do you have barrage of gold bead head nymph patterns lining your fly box or a run of the traditional weighted nymphs? In most cases,…
News & Tips: Wild Rainbow Trout Eases in Fishing Season...
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Wild Rainbow Trout Eases in Fishing Season

Long bank sections of the mountain stream where heavily lined with piles of ice, the frozen reminders of a severe winter. Driven there by high water during the flush of a recent thaw and high water…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: Miami Springtime Tarpon and Gator Trout...
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Travel Blog: Miami Springtime Tarpon and Gator Trout

There had been talk of springtime tarpon and trout between cold fronts in Miami's North Biscayne Bay. Indeed, there had been a specific report from Captain Jim Hobales of Caught Lookin' Charters that…
News & Tips: Which is Best? 3 or 3 1/2 inch Shotgun Shells...
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12 Gauge 3 vs 3 ½ Inch Shotgun Shells: Which Should You Choose for Hunting?

12 Gauge 3 1/2 Inch "Super Magnum" The 3 1/2-inch 12-gauge "super magnum" was introduced about 25 years ago in response to waterfowlers having to switch to non-toxic shot alternatives, principally…
Bryan Thrift Wins Sam Rayburn FLW by Bryan Thrift Wins Sam Rayburn FLW...
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Thrift for the FLW Win on Big Sam

FLW Pro Bryan Thrift takes the title at the FLW event on Sam Rayburn   Chevy pro Bryan Thrift came in with 17 pounds today to break the hold Mercury pro Mark Rose had on first and take home the win…
News & Tips: Product Review: Bass Pro Shops XPS Lazer Blade Lures...
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Product Review: Bass Pro Shops XPS Lazer Blade Lures

The popular Bass Pro Shops XPS Lazer Blade lure has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 on basspro.com. Clearly, I'm not the only fan of this fine quality metal lure that retails for around $4.79. Here…